Following the government’s scrapping of the housing revenue account cap, council finance directors will face a dilemma about how to balance new homes between the HRA and their housing companies,[…]
Housing has become the Cinderella ministry in government. Statements at a recent conference suggested local authorities will have to consider different approaches if they are to get large-scale developments off[…]
The prime minister has delivered a new housing policy and though it moves in the right direction, Jonathan Bunt argues it remains insufficient to provide enough new homes. Two weeks[…]
Britain has a housing crisis and Westminster needs a solution. According to Jonathan Bunt it will require new approaches and, seen in the right way, there are key factors that[…]
Why did LGPS funds recently turn down the opportunity to invest in housing assets? Jonathan Bunt argues this is an area where pools could offer real value, if they can[…]
When asked for my opinion on the Prime Minister’s announcements at the Conservative Party conference on the “rebirth” of social housing, my response was that it managed to be both[…]
Local authorities want to develop new homes but, says Jonathan Bunt, they need more clarity that councils have the powers to develop affordable homes through alternative structures. There is an ongoing[…]
Part of the solution to the financial viability of schemes is how they are legally structured and how taxes, particularly stamp duty land tax (SDLT) and corporation tax, apply.
Councils have found innovative solutions to provide housing through wholly owned companies but central government is threatening to make right to buy apply to their properties. Jonathan Bunt predicts councils[…]
