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Why is the Conservative government dragging its heels over housing reform?
Why is the Conservative Government dragging its heels over housing reform? Amongst a great government fanfare, the then DCLG Secretary Sajid Javid published the twice delayed Housing White Paper on 7 February 2017 entitled “fixing our broken housing market” At the … Continue reading
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Tagged APPG Inquiry Into Quality of New Homes, customer care, leasehold, new homes ombudsman
Consumer Code for Homebuilders – Causing the Confusion!
So much for “Clearing the confusion” the Consumer Code for Home Builders (CCHB) appears to be creating it with its latest webpage purporting to “answer” consumer’s questions following the government announcement last month that a statutory new homes ombudsman was being created. … Continue reading
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Tagged APPG Inquiry Into Quality of New Homes, Consumer Code for Home Builders, customer care, house builders, new homes ombudsman, quality, standards
Government Consultation – Apathy, Ignorance and Lack of Publicity
Government Consultation: New homebuyers – why you should be bothered! So after four years of campaigning for the government to set up an independent New Homes Ombudsman, new homebuyers finally have a golden opportunity to tell government to set one … Continue reading
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Strengthening consumer redress in the housing market – A Consultation.
An 8-week consultation is launched with the potential to give new homebuyers a route to an independent new homes ombudsman This 8-week consultation, hot on the heels of the ‘behind closed doors’ sessions of the APPG EBE Inquiry to “look into the potential … Continue reading
Consumer Code For Home Builders Revised
New homebuyers are short-changed as the latest revision to housebuilders’ ‘non-mandatory’ Consumer Code is published. A year ago, I wrote an article that I showed the Consumer Code for Home Builders (CCHB) is failing new homebuyers. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumer Code for Home Builders, house builders, new homes ombudsman
Petitions to Government – Are they a waste of time?
The parliamentary petitions system has come under criticism lately when it was revealed that fewer than ten of the thousands of petition appeals launched by the public had led to a change of policy.As at 3 March 2017, more than … Continue reading
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Sajid Javid’s Housing White Paper – Britain’s Broken Housing Market
“We were promised a White Paper, but we have been presented with a white flag – feeble beyond belief”.. said John Healey shadow minister of state for housing. Others commented it was a “predictably damp squib” and a “missed opportunity.” … Continue reading
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Tagged APPG Inquiry Into Quality of New Homes, house builders, new homes ombudsman, planning, quality
NHBC hand millions in cash-backs to housebuilders
The NHBC has come into justifiable criticism in the national press recently. The NHBC provides warranties for around 80% of new homes built in any given year. Last year its accounts show it spent £90 million fixing 11,000 defective new … Continue reading
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Government push to build prefabs to meet its housing target
Prefab Sprout! Flat pack new homes – no Allen keys required! But will prefabs be the answer to Britain’s housing crisis? As reported in The Telegraph last Saturday, the government is to embark on a building programme to “embrace the first … Continue reading
Annual Report 2015/16 – Consumer Code for Home Builders
The first Annual Report by the Consumer Code for Home Builders since April 2014, was finally published this month. In May 2014, I asked the question, Is the Consumer Code for Home Builders (CCHB) fit for purpose? In March this year I … Continue reading
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