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A New Era of Social Rented Housing in England Briefing Paper
A briefing paper outlining the case for social rented housing, barriers to its development, prospects for a change in supply and an outline of trends in the supply of social housing.
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Housing Research and Opinion
Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
Building regulation in England to ensure that people are able to access and use buildings and their facilities.
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Building Control Approved Document
Ageing Safely
Protecting an ageing population from fire risk in the home
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Fire Safety Guidance
Approved Inspectors: changes to structure of approvals and schemes of insurance
Information on changes to Approved Inspector oversight arrangements, and new guidelines for the schemes of insurance.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Ban on combustible materials in external wall systems: impact assessment
Impact assessment on the proposed changes to the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and 2 amended Approved Documents.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings
Government response to the consultation on banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Brownfield Land Map
Interactive map to locate available brownfield sites in England
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Housing Development Data
Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Circular 02/2018
This circular draws attention to the publication of the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and amended guidance.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Building London’s future: The next generation of council homes
This report sets out the research findings of the GLA for new opportunities to increase council homebuilding in London, based on feedback from local authorities.
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Housing Research and Opinion
Building regulations and fire safety procedural guidance: circular letter 15 July 2020
This circular letter draws attention to the publication of revised Building Regulations and Fire Safety Procedural Guidance.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Building regulations: divisional circular letters
Guidance about changes to building regulations policy.
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Building Control Approved Document
Building safety advice for building owners, including fire doors
Advice on the measures building owners should take to ensure their buildings are safe.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Building Safety Programme: letters
Letters from the Building Safety Programme, established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe, now and in the future.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Building safety: independent expert advisory panel’s statement on BS8414 test
This statement sets out the panel’s response to recent press reports on the adequacy of the BS8414 tests.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Combustion appliances and fuel storage systems: Approved Document J
Building regulation in England for the storage of fuel systems and combustion products.
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Building Control Approved Document
Community Infrastructure Levy
This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.
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Funding Guidance
Connection Agreement Between: Fire Alarm Monitoring Organisations (FAMO) and Fire Rescue Services (FRS)
Agreement to to aid an improvement in operating standards and consistency across the fire alarm monitoring industry
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Fire Safety Guidance
Conservation of fuel and power: Approved Document L
Building regulation in England setting standards for the energy performance of new and existing buildings.
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Building Control Approved Document
Consultation on the Use of Receipts from Right to Buy Sales
Closed consultation paper on options to reform the rules governing the use of Right to Buy receipts.
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Funding Guidance
Consultation outcome on a New National Model for Shared Ownership
Consultation outcome on a new national model for shared ownership to make it easier for people to buy more of their own home.
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Funding Guidance
Cost Benefit Analysis of Residential Sprinklers
Analysis of the impact of the installation of sprinklers in new build residential accommodation and their impact on future fires and their consequences
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Fire Safety Guidance
Direction on the Rent Standard
The direction requires the regulator of social housing to set a new rent standard for registered providers of social housing. It is accompanied by a policy statement which sets out the government’s policy on rents for social housing
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Rent Information
Draft Building Safety Bill
The draft Building Safety Bill takes forward reforms to the building and fire safety system.
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Fire Safety Legislation
Drainage and waste disposal: Approved Document H
Building regulation in England for foul water drainage and disposal.
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Building Control Approved Document
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Sprinkler Systems in the United Kingdom: An Analysis from Fire Service Data
A detailed analysis of data on fires in UK premises with sprinkler systems over the period 2011 to 2016.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Sprinkler Systems in the United Kingdom: An Analysis from Fire Service Data Incidence of Deaths and Injuries in Sprinklered Buildings: A Supplementary Report
A study of all primary fires between 2013 and 2018 to assess the impact of sprinklers on fire fatalities and injuries.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Electrical safety: Approved Document P
Building Regulation in England covering electrical safety in dwellings.
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Building Control Approved Document
Enforcers’ Guidance
Collected perceived insights into and application of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 for the benefit of enforcing authorities
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Fire Safety Legislation
Event Safety
Suite of best practice documentation for fire safety at events
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Fire Safety Guidance
Everything you Need to Know about Build to Rent in London
An overview of why build to rent is relevant to housing in London, the benefits it can bring, and an explanation of key issues that boroughs need to consider when thinking about build to rent in their local areas.
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Funding Guidance
Fire performance of cladding materials research
Reports summarising research carried out by BRE to investigate the behaviour of selected non-ACM cladding products.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Fire Safety Risk Assessment Guidance
Guidance for the identification of a competent fire risk assessor.
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Fire Safety Guidance
Fire Safety: Approved Document B
Building regulation in England covering fire safety matters within and around buildings.
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Building Control Approved Document
GLA Affordable Housing Capital Funding Guide
The rules and procedures for providing housing with funding from the GLA.
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Funding Guidance
Global Accounts of Private Registered Providers
An annual summary of the financial status of social housing providers who own or manage at least 1,000 homes
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Housing Development Data
Great Places Commission: Ten recommendations for creating great places to live
Recommendations from the Great Places Commission for how housing associations, national and local government, and other key partners, can collaborate to make these a reality
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Housing Research and Opinion
Guidance for local authorities on formal applications to disapply government rent policy
The arrangements for a local authority to apply to the Secretary of State for the Government’s Policy Statement on Rents for Social Housing to not be applied to specified accommodation.
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Housing Regulation
Guidance for the Reduction of False Alarms and Unwanted Fire Signals
Guidance to help reduce the number of false alarms from fire alarm systems
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Fire Safety Guidance
Guidance on Dereliction, Demolition and Remediation Costs
Guide to some of the key issues when dealing with the redevelopment of previously developed land. It also provides an indication of the likely range of remediation costs per hectare for a given past use and a proposed future use.
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Housing Research and Opinion
High speed electronic communications networks: Approved Document R
Building regulation for England covering requirements for high-speed electronic communications networks in buildings.
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Building Control Approved Document
Homes England Capital Funding Guide
The rules and procedures for providing housing with funding from Homes England.
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Funding Guidance
Homes England Funding Programmes
Summary page for the various Homes England Funding Programmes
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Funding Guidance
Homes For All: Putting Council Housing At The Heart Of Local Recovery
A report from RIBA outlining steps councils can take to deliver new council housing and ways that they can raise standards of design, quality and sustainability across the built environment.
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Housing Research and Opinion
Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21
Summary page with further information on the Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21
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Funding Guidance
House Building: Permanent Dwellings Started and Completed by English Region
Time-series data on starts and completions of new build dwellings in English regions, on a quarterly basis
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Housing Development Data
House Price Data: Quarterly Tables
Quarterly house price data based on a sub-sample of the Regulated Mortgage Survey
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Housing Development Data
House Price Statistics for Small Areas in England and Wales Statistical Bulletins
House prices and number of transactions for property sales in England and Wales, on an annual basis, updated quarterly.
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Housing Development Data
Housing Act 2004
Legislation for the introduction of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and other housing legislation
Category:
Housing Legislation
Housing Benefit Information, Guidance and Good Practice for Local Authority Staff
This information is for local authority staff who process claims and administer Housing Benefit, including Local Housing Allowance.
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Housing Regulation
Housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS) enforcement guidance: housing conditions
Guidance for local housing authorities about their duties and powers under part 1 of the Housing Act 2004.
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Housing Legislation