Hill lands £1.5bn Lewisham regeneration partnership

10-year strategic deal will drive affordable housing and estate renewal

OMA-designed affordable housing completed in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury

730 Stanyan, a mixed-use development with 160 affordable apartments has been completed in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood. Designed by Netherlands-headquartered architects OMA and San Francisco’s Y.A. Studio, the project was… The post OMA-designed affordable housing completed in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Octopus Capital forward purchases Allison Homes’ Devon development

The 150-home scheme is the first full-site purchase for the Octopus Affordable Housing Fund, in a deal supported by Homes England. The post Octopus Capital forward purchases Allison Homes’ Devon development appeared first on Property Week.

Neave Brown affordable housing award 2026 shortlist announced

The Architects’ Journal Neave Brown affordable housing award 2026 shortlist announced Schemes by Mary Duggan, Morris+Company, jmarchitects and Satish Jassal feature on the shortlist for this year’s RIBA Neave Brown Award for affordable housing The post Neave Brown affordable housing award 2026 shortlist announced appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Josh Butler

Five key takeaways from the Draft London Plan

The Architects’ Journal Five key takeaways from the Draft London Plan The newly published Draft London Plan includes a tiered system for affordable housing quotas, a refocused energy standard, and the prospect of data centres on greenbelt land The post Five key takeaways from the Draft London Plan appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Josh Butler

RICS - Affordable housing: Challenges and solutions 18052023

The cost of living crisis has made addressing the affordable housing challenge even more pressing. The pandemic shone a spotlight on the importance of keyworkers to towns and cities, yet many are being priced out of living locally. Students and other low-income groups are also finding the housing situation problematic. Hear from a panel of experts as we discuss how affordable housing can best be achieved and the public policy and market-based levers most likely to bring about early results.

RICS - WBEF - Affordable net zero housing in the world’s urban megacities, 06032023

Affordable and innovative green housing will accelerate the transition to net zero and conversely, if new housing is not climate friendly, it will negatively impact the climate threat. Can net zero, healthy, smart homes be affordable? How are the world’s megacities adapting, and what are the prime examples?

nla - The Kerslake Review, 27072022

Lyn Garner, CEO of the London Legacy Development Corporation, has been appointed to lead on the implementation of recommendations in the review of GLA Group housing delivery by Lord Kerslake. She talks to Peter Murray about a more streamlined approach to delivery across Mayor-led organsitions like TfL, OPDC and the LLDC.

The B1M - Why Our Cities Are So Expensive, 31082022

All around the world it’s getting harder and harder to find an affordable place to rent, let alone buy. London is in the middle of a high-rise building boom that’s reshaping the city Just last year 587 new skyscrapers were in the pipeline. It’s not like there’s no new housing being built. It’s just that a lot of it isn’t really affordable. The B1M looks at schemes predominantly in London such as Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Elephant & Castle

nla - Ilona Rose House - Barbara Brownlee and John James, 27072022

Peter Murray talks to John James and Barbara Brownlee of Soho Estates and Soho Housing Association, respectively, about Ilona Rose House on Charing Cross Road, getting the right mix of housing types in our cities and Soho ‘bouncing back’

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