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Tag Archives: affordable housing
Two Tribes?
Like the first snows of a chilly winter, Google and Twitter have brought me a flurry of rather gloomy reports on the problems of rural life in the last couple of weeks.
Posted in Development/Land-Use
Tagged affordable housing, commuting, housing delivery
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What Would You Do With Half a Million Quid?
In my worked example I imagined a Community Right to Build project of ten houses for sale, generating a pot of money for the CRTB ‘good cause’ of around half million quid. What does that buy?
How to CRTB #4 – A Worked Example
Following the discussion about Community Right to Build (CRTB) over the past weeks and months, it strikes me that it is still focused firmly on affordable housing. As I have suggested previously, the CRTB may make a modest contribution to … Continue reading
Posted in Community Right to Build, Development/Land-Use
Tagged affordable housing, Community Right to Build, development, policy, value
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Affordable Housing Budgets Slashed by 60%
In presenting the Comprehensive Spending Review, George Osborne today confirmed early reports of a massive cut in the funding of affordable homes. Over the next four years capital investment will drop to £1.1bn per annum, compared to £2.8bn a year … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Community Right to Build, policy
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How to CRTB #2 – Creating Value
I said in a previous post it was ironic that the Coalition spending-cuts have hit a programme aimed at supporting community run pubs. It isn’t ironic, of course – in fact it’s ideologically consistent with the whole thrust of the … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Big Society, Community Right to Build, consensus/support, development, land-use, planning, value
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How to CRTB #1 – Building a Consensus
Yesterday’s announcement from the Department for Communities and Local Government lowered the required majority of support for a Community Right to Build project from 90% to 75%. This is surely a move in the right direction for those keen to … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Community Right to Build, consensus/support, land-use, policy, pub, shop
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