Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 17:12
In the next 20 years the number of households in the East Midlands will grow by 30 per cent, a faster rate than anywhere else in the country but last year fewer than 11,000 homes were built. The East Midlands county of Derbyshire is facing an uphill struggle to meet this demand. Michelle McKenna reports.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 17:02
There is a serious under supply of housing in the West Midlands where housebuilding has fallen by 50 per cent in recent years. But despite a difficult economic backdrop, several partnerships in the region are pushing ahead with major developments to meet the growing demand
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 14:51
Like many counties, Worcestershire has to balance accommodating its growing population with the preservation of rural villages and market towns. Andy Jowett reports
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 11:17
Paul Lewin of Northampton Borough Council explains how the authority and its partners are working to ensure existing properties are fit for purpose while laying the groundwork for a major expansion of new homes. Andy Jowett reports
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 11:28
Leicestershire has seen a flurry of regeneration activity in recent years and there is a determination that tough economic times will not derail its ambitious plans for the future. Andy Jowett reports
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 16:02
Lyng Community Association was set up in 2000 to breathe new life into a tired West Bromwich housing estate. Its Chair Wendy Bodenham talks to Housing about the work done to date and its vision for the future
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 16:56
The last few years have seen an explosion of aerials and dishes needed to access rapidly changing TV reception, creating implications for social landlords, whether that is in planning, building regulations, safety or simply aesthetics – but Crystal Electronics helps them to resolve the issues and clear the clutter
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 16:19
South Wales has much in common with the former industrial heartlands of neighbouring England, but as it follows the familiar process of physical and economic regeneration, it is also re-asserting its own distinct cultural – national – identity
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 15:45
A demonstration project in Penrhiwceiber, Wales, intends to show that 19th Century terraced homes can be brought ever-greener into the modern world
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 15:34
Does it make sense to replace houses built with straw, with houses built with – wait for it – cork? Definitely, says Aspire Housing which is using the natural material to breathe new life into scores of ‘non-traditional’ miners’ cottages in north Staffordshire
