Doubling the duration of the Affordable Homes Programme to 10 years could lead to a “substantial” increase in housing delivery and would enable housing associations to increase their land-led development activity, new research has found. A report commissioned by the Consortium of Associations in the South East (CASE), the National Housing Federation (NHF) and Shelter found that a move to longer term funding would change housing associations’ land-purchasing behaviour and the types of sites they choose to take on. Under a 10-year grant programme, housing associations could buy more sites without planning permission and tackle larger and more complex sites, the report argued. Read more on Inside Housing.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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