Budget soundbites

Chancellor ‘ignored’ housing in autumn statement

The National Housing Federation has attacked the chancellor for ignoring the housing sector in his new infrastructure investment plan.

Finalists announced for Sustainable Housing Awards 2011

The finalists for the Sustainable Housing Awards 2011 have been announced.

EU threatens government with house price rise fine

The UK government could be fined millions of pounds by the European Union if it judges that house prices are rising too quickly, under new rules.

Rent control

The government must reduce the emphasis on homeownership and make renting a more attractive option, says Jon Cruddas

Writing on the wall

Another law bites the dust

EU rules are forcing a rethink on asbestos regulations, says Claire Gregory, associate at Brabners Chaffe Street

Ringing the changes

Opened last year, Orbit Heart of England’s Sampson Close development in Bell Green is one of the first schemes in the area to meet Passivhaus standards. Here the various partners explain why they are taking this high energy efficiency approach to house building.

Get your Act together

With a host of legal acts coming into effect this year and next, Caroline Thorpe helps you to learn your lines so you can take to the housing stage with confidence

Battening down the hatches

Inside Housing’s exclusive salary survey shows it’s been a difficult 12 months for most housing employees. Simon Brandon reports on the regime of pay freezes and increased workloads introduced by organisations as they battle the economic gloom

Stuck in the mud

Despite the Localism Act being passed, the role LEPs can play in housing remains uncertain, says Liz Jenkins, partner, and Laura Coates, trainee, at Clyde & Co