4 INDUSTRY NEWS
FROM THE EDITOR
Jack Wooler
In 2019, the Conservatives won a majority with their self-reportedly “greenest” manifesto ever, which also included targets to help address the countrys stifl ing housing crisis with a commitment to build new homes a year.
In 2022 however, these promises are wavering.
At the time of writing, the contentious leadership challenge to replace Boris Johnson as PM is nearing its close, and two runners remain – Rishi Sunak, and Liz Truss.
long a lengthy campaign which has seen multiple televised clashes be- tween hopefuls many arguably progressive moves in the housebuilding in- dustry of the last few years have been called into uestion as each challenger sought to score points with their voter base.
Early on in the race, Truss reported in a Sunday newspaper that, if elect- ed she would abolish top down hitehall-inspired talinist targets in reference to the homes goal. ore recently ousing Today reported that una has followed suit saying his team does not believe in arbitrary top-down numbers.
Meanwhile, despite the sweltering heat wave we experienced in recent weeks – leaving little to the imagination when it comes to climate change – the overnments legal net ero commitments are also being ues- tioned.
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Case study:
Over 80 homes are being constructed on a brownfi eld site in Folkestone
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Case study:
A new site in Hastings introduces mixed-use offerings behind a retained facade
Climate Challenge: James Parker reports on a house prototype that can rise and fall when a fl ood occurs
HOUSEBUILDER & DEVELOPER
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In what has been described by climate eperts and other commentators as a race to the bottom both hopefuls have put out rhetoric against green spending, with Sunak moving against onshore wind farms and heat pump subsidies and Truss hoping to suspend certain green levies.
hatever political position you tae on such issues however it is arguable that when it comes to your businesses the instability of this current turmoil will be the cause of most stress and stalling progress.
lip-fl opping and pledge-abandoning are liely to see long held promises of levelling up “peter out,” as our regular columnist Brian Berry of the Federation of Master Builders puts it. As he notes in this issue, it is looking liely that eptember will bring our thirteenth ousing inister since and nd since more revolving door than stable platform.
In a time of sills and materials shortages as well as rising prices infl ation and a slowing economy signs of stable growth are craved by all businesses. s such erry argues that these crises and the achievement of a better fu- ture are intrinsically linked.
SEASIDE SPECIAL MEASURES
Reporting from a Brighton conference which highlighted the tough challenges facing constrained towns and cities on delivering big housing targets
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In order to level up or whatever new slogan is introduced to describe better fairer environments across the nation a more climate-friendly resilient built environment for our growing populace and the infrastructure obs and economies to support them it is to builders that politicians should look.
hat those builders need most is stability. Jack Wooler
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