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Affordable and social homes get £2bn boost from Rachel Reeves
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set aside £2 billion for affordable and social homes in her spring spending review, the government has said
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Design Council says building ‘typical’ new homes will derail zero carbon drive
Boosting design quality is the only way the government can reach its 1.5 million new homes target without breaching the UK’s climate commitments, a report has found
Stride Treglown launches housing pattern book for Wales
Stride Treglown has published Tai ar y Cyd Pattern Book, a housing pattern book for Wales, supported by the Welsh government
London sees 91% collapse in mayor-funded affordable housing starts
The number of mayor-funded affordable homes started in London last year collapsed by 91 per cent compared with the previous 12 months, according to a new report
Reeves commits £500m to affordable homes ahead of budget
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she will commit £500 million more to the country’s affordable housing programme ahead of this week’s budget
Stirling Prize contender wins approval for 100% affordable housing in York
Stirling Prize contender Mikhail Riches has won planning permission for an 100 per cent affordable housing scheme in York
Studio MULTI wins consent for its biggest scheme yet
Studio MULTI has won planning consent for its biggest project yet: a 17-storey co-living and affordable housing scheme in Rotherhithe, south-east London
Absent Angela and pleas for council housing: the AJ at Labour Conference 2024
This year's rain-soaked Labour party conference was ‘a housing conference with politics on the side’, according to one panellist. So what did the AJ team learn from its three days mixing with the new party in power in Liverpool?
Affordable housing solution #5: Empower a self-build and community housing drive
In the last of our series of articles in support of the new Architects’ Action for Affordable Housing campaign, Alex Ely of Mae and Luke Tozer of Pitman Tozer suggest ways the next government could kickstart housebuilding across the UK
Affordable housing solution #4: Create equity in housing supply
As part of our support for the new Architects’ Action for Affordable Housing campaign, the AJ is running a series of weekly articles suggesting how the next government could kickstart housebuilding across the UK