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Homes England, the government's housing agency, has finalised its research themes for its six-year, 1,800 home Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)...

26 February 2021 Through the partnership, it is receiving an £85m grant to deliver 1,724 additional affordable housing starts by 31 March 2022. Two years on, and Craig Luttman, Deputy Group Director of Development and Sales at L&Q reflects that “the partnership has made it possible for us to provide more affordable housing to a broader range of young families across the Midlands, south east England and in the north west with Trafford Housing Trust. The clarity and the certainty on the forwar...

Before you start If you’re eligible to apply for grant funding, you’ll need to submit your proposal using our online application process. You should use this guidance to help you prepare your proposal. Applications are now open. The deadline for submitting an application is midday on 18 May 2021. At the time of this guide’s publication, the full findings of the technical consultation for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) New Model for Shared Ownership have...

Homes England has updated its strategic partnership model and is opening it up to a broader range of partners.

Apply for affordable homes funding through a strategic partnership Understand the different types and requirements of strategic partnerships and check if youre eligible to apply for affordable homes funding. From: Applies to: We have designed the strategic partnership framework for accessing grant funding for organisations that: have a strong delivery track record have ambitious development plans to build new affordable homes at scale and pace To make an application, you need to contact us...

10 Feb 2021, 08:36Comments (1) Construction and healthcare are in a period of rapid change and transformation. Embracing digitisation and modern methods of construction is key to delivering healthcare infrastructure that meets the needs of today and the future, writes Andy Macfarlane of Curtins. For more than a decade, both the healthcare and construction sectors have been on parallel tracks of embracing rapid transformational change, driven by the digitisation of the processes for how we desi...

8 Feb 21 John Carter is the commercial director for commercial real estate at Aldermore Bank. In this feature, he looks at why quality assurance is key for lenders when they are considering Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) projects. The trade off between quantity and quality is something consumers have been juggling with for years. To help consumers understand the quality of a product, various assurance schemes exist; the red tractor logo for instance, promotes and regulates food quality i...

Why did you choose construction as a career? I am creative with an active, problem-solving mind, so becoming an architect was a natural fit for me. I have always been aware that construction is a male-dominated industry, but I grew up in rural Ireland with five brothers – they taught me how to handle myself. What are you most proud of in your career to date? Probably working on Paradise Birmingham with Argent. I have been so fortunate to have been working on this masterplan since my first few...

17 councils secure funding from Housing Advisers’ Programme The Local Government Association (LGA) has announced the 17 councils that have successfully applied to its Housing Advisers Programme. The councils will receive up to £20,000 each to secure expert advice to drive forward locally-led solutions to housing challenges. The winning projects include developing carbon-neutral homes, delivering custom and self-build housing, redesigning homelessness prevention services and delivering affor...

Actis welcomes NHBCs report on the future construction 18 January, 2021 SHARE An in-depth NHBC report into how lessons learned from the past century can help increase the use of timber frame and other Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) in the future has been welcomed by insulation specialist Actis. The 48-page document, Modern Methods of Construction: Building on Experience, examines what drove the use of s...