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Need to know: City Hall backs council housing for capital
London mayor Sadiq Khan launches initiative to help councils build homes for social rent, with first three local authorities signing up to deliver 2,500 homes.
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Case study: Delivering homes for local people in rural communities
In a highly desirable Dorset location a community land trust and a housing provider have delivered homes that local people can afford, writes Josephine Smit.
Case study: Infill development with imagination
Plans to develop six houses in south London demonstrate the challenges of bringing through small infill sites, and their potential, Josephine Smit finds.
Case study: Making the most of meanwhile use
The FIELD co-working space in Brighton's Preston Barracks was temporary, but its influence on its entrepreneurs, local people and the ensuing development lasts longer, Josephine Smit finds.
Case study: Defining an urban cultural quarter
Leeds' SOYO combines well known cultural assets with new homes, cafes and open spaces in a newly branded place, finds Josephine Smit.
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Opinion: Market forces can have social costs in regeneration
Revival of places like south London's Bermondsey Square brings vitality, but market forces can push gentrification too fast and too far, writes Chris Brown.
Opinion: NPPF Garden City omission is hard to justify
Last month more than 60 local authorities, masterplanners and developers signed an open letter to the government decrying its decision to drop the reference in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to 'Garden City' principles.
Opinion: The root of the city housing crisis lies in banking
While many have been asking how we secure cities for all, in some cities whole streets are now for no one, writes Tim Williams, and ultimately banking is to blame.
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