Developer chosen for 700-home project

Landlord and builder picked for abattoir site homes

A contractor and landlord have both been chosen to help deliver the next stage of a multi-million pound regeneration scheme.

Contractor on track to deliver predicted results

Construction and maintenance firm Kier has announced that it is on track to deliver trading results in line with expectation.

Keeping it real

Have house builders misused the word ‘sustainable’ in the national planning policy framework debate?’

To the lighthouse

Contractor chosen for £28m regeneration scheme

A housing association has chosen a contractor to deliver a £28 million regeneration scheme which will deliver 205 homes.

Unlocking the green code

Green leases are becoming more common for social landlords with commercial property, says Ben Halsey, senior associate at Lewis Silkin

From riches to rags and back

A Welsh landlord took on an ambitious project to refurbish a derelict Grade II listed mansion. Katie Puckett finds out how they managed to bring it back into use

The other side of the story

Dale Farm has dominated the headlines in recent months. But as Alex Turner finds, there are plenty of examples of landlords and Travellers working together successfully

How to...

Social landlords can play a big role in improving the energy efficiency of the nation’s homes. But they must lobby hard to ensure ministers understand that they will need support to do so, says Martin Wheatley

Foreign intervention

The threat of climate change may not be a big enough priority in most countries, but going green can help to tackle other, more pressing, socio-economic problems, as demonstrated by a retrofit project in South Africa, says Jane Henley