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Exclusive - Only two councils made housing scheme sales

7 November 2008

Only two of the ten councils offering a shared ownership package to social housing tenants made sales in the scheme's first two-and-a-half years, Regeneration & Renewal can reveal.

Housing regulator vows renewal role

7 November 2008

The upcoming housing regulator will use its powers to ensure that social housing residents are engaged in the regeneration of their areas, the agency's boss said this week.

Glasgow City Council extends development agreement

7 November 2008

Glasgow City Council has extended a development agreement on a stalled private housing development with Mansell Partnership Homes,.

Safety first

7 November 2008

How local authorities are trying to avoid getting caught in the EU tender trap.

Council looks at buying crunch-hit housing schemes

4 November 2008

A council in Surrey is considering spending £300 million on turning halted private sector housing developments into social housing, it emerged this week.

HCA to quiz social landlords over spending

31 October 2008

Registered social landlords that have been allocated money for the next two years to build social housing are to be quizzed by the new housing and regeneration super-agency to ensure that they will be able to spend it.

Ministers study state banks' mortgage policy

31 October 2008

The Government is considering how recently nationalised banks might stimulate the housing market, communities minister Iain Wright told Regeneration & Renewal's Northern Regeneration Summit last week.

Carbon definition likely to be DCLG's, says expert

31 October 2008

The cross-government definition of zero carbon is highly likely to fall in line with the DCLG's current definition, an expert has said.

Short of stirling?

31 October 2008

Expert review of Riba's 2008 Stirling prize winner. With photo slideshow.

Keynesian conversion

By Sir Peter Hall

31 October 2008

Europe shows the way to eco-towns