This article summarises the latest news from the social housing and construction sector
New rules mean housing providers will be required by law to install smoke alarms in all social housing, and carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in social and private rented properties with fixed appliances such as gas boilers or fires.
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Traditional house building techniques are not sustainable with the UK needing around 150,000 new social housing homes built every year to meet demand. More and more organisations are looking at modern methods of construction as the answer
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Growth in Britain’s construction industry hit its strongest pace in four months in November, as delays obtaining materials such as timber eased.
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Derelict sites across the country will be transformed into new homes under a flagship government scheme to regenerate brownfield land, boost local communities and support people onto the property ladder.
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Major issues for the growing housing emergency and the government’s building targets discovered in latest report. “More land needs to be allocated and major improvements to the planning process will be needed”
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Costs associated with modern methods of construction (MMC) could fall by a third as demand in the sector grows, reveals a new report published Constructing Excellence
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