Blog closure
Blog closure
As of June 2016 we are closing this blog and it will no longer be updated. For future updates from the Homes and Communities Agency, please visit www.gov.uk/hca.
A fresh look at deregulation
The current package of deregulatory measures goes with the grain of how regulation has changed over the last six years. But it is worth setting it in a wider context.
Reducing the risks: How the HCA can speed up house building
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Stuart Sage, Posted on:
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Development, local growth, Speeding up development, Uncategorized
Last month, the HCA released its Land Development and Disposal Plan, listing 125 sites across the country to be marketed to developers. Read on to find out how we have been accelerating land disposal at Cottam Hall, Preston.
From coalmine to new community
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Alan Bishop, Posted on:
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Categories:
Design, Development, Employment, local growth, Speeding up development, Uncategorized
Turning a coal mine into a housing development is not without its challenges...
Crest Nicholson: The benefits of working with the public sector
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Kevin Bourner, Posted on:
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Categories:
Development, Diverse housing, Employment, jobs, local growth, Speeding up development
A £500million development in Southampton is helping to bring thousands of new homes and jobs to a former shipyard site in Woolston.
The social housing sector has never known a year like last year…
How was 2015 for you? I can safely say that the social housing sector and the regulator have never known a year quite like it.
Housing targets: How to build the communities behind the big numbers
The Government’s spending review set some ambitious targets – and rightly so. But to meet the commitment to one million new homes by 2020 we will need to find creative ways to get houses built.
A place to call home
We recently marked World Homeless Day. Its strap line, “locals act locally on a global scale” couldn't be more poignant.
HCA winners at the Housing Oscars
The housing sector donned its finery last week for the annual Inside Housing Awards, established to recognise success and innovation in delivering homes across the country. The HCA took home five awards from ten categories at the event. And, as Executive …
Greg Clark visits Cranbrook: A new community for Devon
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark visited Cranbrook in East Devon this week to see the incredible progress being made at one of the country’s fastest-growing new communities. Cranbrook, near Exeter, is one of the largest housing …
Help to Buy, or 76 years worth of tea...
Every year we get access to a wide range of national statistics, which help us make sense of the impact that our work with partners is having on people and places across the country.