Gavriel Hollander
Gav is business reporter on Inside Housing. He edits the weekly business section, and covers a range of issues to do with social housing finance.
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No panacea
This week, your intrepid business correspondent braved a hazardous sea crossing and explored hitherto unchartered parts of the globe to visit the self-build pioneers of Holland.
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Organised chaos
The second law of thermodynamics and the financing of new housing are not, at first glance, subjects that lend themselves to easy analogy. But bear with me for a moment…
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Less is less
Today’s Inside Housing brought with it the perhaps less-than-surprising news that social landlords think they will be able to build fewer subsidised homes if there is less subsidy.
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Ken's conundrum
The ranks of those people trying to bring institutional investors into the social housing fold were swelled this week by an unlikely source.
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Time to take the plunge
With institutional investors still very much the Holy Grail for housing associations desperately working out how to operate in a grant-restricted world, they could do worse than look to the valleys.
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Comment on: Privates on parade
Chris - yes, the affordability of 'affordable housing' is a massive, massive issue. But it is almost seperate from this argument.
Under the new model, it doesn't matter if your landlord is a for-profit developer or nor-for-profit housing association if both can charge the same level of 'affordable' rent.
Yet, if we are just talking about upping the supply it's got to be a case of the more the merrier. -
Comment on: Privates on parade
The thing is, Chris, if there is going to be no more capital subsidy then having the private sector take up some of the slack of under supply has got to be a good thing.
It shouldn't matter that these companies make a profit - in fact it's their ability to make a profit that means they can build homes without leaning on the government. -
Comment on: A bump in the road
Nick, one minute you tell us you'll spare us the anal details, the next you're cupping yourself sadly.
Make up your mind...
Good work though. It'll all be worth it. Probably -
Comment on: Cause for concern
You should never be afraid of blowing your trumpet, Alex. Never
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Comment on: Jog on
Good point John, except one is more dangerous to do in your sleep than the other...
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