LGA chair Lord Porter says ‘self-build’ is the future for
social housing, with future tenants having designs on the design of up to
100,000 new homes and building regulation the only criteria. Next week, the
chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to confirm that from as soon as next
month councils will no longer have to doff a borrowing cap to housebuilding.
Porter wants to push for bolder – councils directly working with tenants on
design rather than councils simply commissioning volume housebuilders. Read
more on 24housing.
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