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.
BMXs, boomboxes and black eyes: growing up on Peckham housing estates in
the 80s – in pictures
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As a teenager, Russell Newell photographed the Peckham estates where he
lived, and his images – unseen for 40 years – document his friends, his
community...
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