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Tue, 9 October 07
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politics.co.uk
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NHF COMMENDS GOVT FOR KEEPING HOUSING PROMISES
The National Housing Federation, which represents England's housing associations, has commended the Government for keeping its promise to invest £8bn in urgently needed social homes... |
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Sat, 6 October 07
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The Times
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HOUSING BOOM PUSHES HALF OF YOUNG WORKERS OUT OF MARKET
Half of young workers are priced out of home ownership because the house price boom has pushed even modest properties out of their reach in hotspots in London and the South West of England... |
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Fri, 5 October 07
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BBC News
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FLAT-PACK HOMES GO ON THE MARKET
People with low incomes on Tyneside are being offered the chance to buy an affordable flat-pack home. The timber-framed BoKlok structures, costing up to £150,000 will be built near Gateshead... |
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Wed, 3 October 07
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24dash.com
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PETERBOROUGH TO BUILD ENGLAND'S SECOND 'ZERO CARBON' COMMUNITY
A site in Peterborough has moved a step closer to becoming the country’s second 'zero carbon' community. As part of English Partnerships’ Carbon Challenge, house builders have been invited... |
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Mon, 1 October 07
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Building Magazine
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HOUSEBUILDERS ‘WILL HIT ZERO CARBON TARGET’, SAYS HBF
Federation boss Baseley denies claim that private sector is not working to 2016 deadline. The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has hit back at claims that the private sector will miss the government’s... |
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Mon, 1 October 07
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Building Magazine
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ZERO-CARBON HOMES SHOCK AS NATIONAL GRID ENERGY BARREDIn a surprise move this week the government revealed that homes using renewable energy provided through the national grid will not qualify as zero-carbon. In long-awaited guidance on the government’s... |
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Mon, 1 October 07
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Building Magazine
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ECO-TOWN CONTENDERS MARK OUT POSSIBLE BROWNFIELD SITESCouncils have lost no time in responding to prime minister Gordon Brown’s plan to double the number of eco-towns, with Manchester and Birmingham earmarking large brownfield sites in preparation... |
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Sun, 30 September 07
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The Sunday Times
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MINISTERS PAY £450,000 TO FLATTEN TERRACED HOME
THE GOVERNMENT has paid out a record £450,000 for an end-of-terrace house in one of the Victorian streets being bulldozed across northern England to make way for modern housing developments... |
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Sun, 30 September 07
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Slough & Windsor Observer
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GREEN BELT BLOW AFTER THE INSPECTOR CALLS
GREEN Belt around Windsor will be lost after the Government rejected the Royal Borough’s strategy for housing development. In a major setback, the Planning Inspectorate ruled this week that six... |
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Fri, 28 September 07
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24dash.com
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LONDON TO STAGE AFFORDABLE NEW HOMES SHOW
Londoners currently priced out of the capital’s booming housing market are invited to the Housing Options Affordable New Homes Show in October. The event at The New Connaught Rooms, in Covent Garden... |
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