Ministers crack down on buy-to-let rip-offs
News Article 11 May 2005
The government has launched a High Court bid to close down six property firms it is concerned are exploiting "get rich quick" schemes.
More houses planned for southern England
Press Review 9 May 2005
John Prescott is planning another 140,000 houses for southern England.
Brown bids to make homes an election issue
News Article 3 May 2005
Gordon Brown has highlighted plans to extend home ownership in a Labour third term.
IPPR criticises affordable homes plans
Press Review 7 April 2005
Ministers are planning to build more than double the number of homes needed to cause a significant fall in house price inflation, according to research commissioned by a think tank close to Labour.
Warning on housing renewal scheme
News Article 5 April 2005
Some areas suffering from low demand for housing could be losing out as a result of a government regeneration scheme, MPs have found.
Prescott faces local regeneration opposition
Press Review 4 April 2005
John Prescott's proposals to revitalise blighted areas of the North by demolishing thousands of homes have been undermined by bitter resistance from councillors in the deputy prime minister's Hull constituency.
Conservatives vow to protect Green Belt
News Article 18 March 2005
The Conservatives have unveiled plans to give local people a greater role in determining where new homes are built.
Prescott sets out plans for more homes
Press Review 18 March 2005
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has unveiled a strategy for building 211,000 homes over the next 16 years in Milton Keynes and in the South Midlands - up 45 per cent on previous estimates.
Public building delivery 'improving'
News Article 15 March 2005
The delivery of public building projects on time and on budget has "considerably improved" according to the National Audit Office.
Prescott puts 'wow' into housing
News Article 9 February 2005
John Prescott has defended the government's policy on affordable housing.
Flood risk threatens new homes plan
Press Review 1 February 2005
Insurers have told ministers that their plans to construct 85,000 homes in the Thames Gateway must be modified due to the high risk of flooding.
Prescott vows to tackle community decline
News Article 31 January 2005
John Prescott has set out the government's plans to develop sustainable communities by tacking the "cycle of decline".
MPs slam Prescott's housing policy
Press Review 31 January 2005
John Prescott's housing policy will lead to "irreversible" damage, a committee of MPs said on Sunday.
MPs condemn housing plans
News Article 30 January 2005
A committee of MPs has warned that the government's housing plans fail to do enough to protect the environment.
Housing strategy
Policy Consultation 24 January 2005
Comment from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, the Traditional Housing Bureau, the British Property Federation, CITB-ConstructionSkills and the Construction Products Association
