Minister admits sharp rise needed to hit 1.5m housing target

Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells the BBC's Build Baby Build ministers are "pulling every lever" to increase building.
Hartford Courant

Opinion: An ode to New Britain, Connecticut’s ‘Hardware City’

The all-smiles Courant photo of Gov. Ned Lamont and New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart at the opening of the housing complex developed in a Landers, Frary & Clark building in New Britain got me thinking ...
NBC Connecticut

Tenants told to evacuate New Britain building due to structural concerns

Residents living in an apartment building in New Britain were told to vacate their homes immediately due to structural issues. City officials said an out-of-state landlord for a building at 638 ...
World Socialist Web Site

Behind Britain’s housing crisis—the financialisation of housing and the rise of the rentier class

Wherever you go, one topic dominates the conversation: the high and ever-rising cost of housing, be it mortgage payments or rents. In London, it takes four incomes to afford a two-bedroom apartment.
inews.co.uk on MSN

There’s no yearly housing target… says minister as 1.5m new homes promise looms

Ministers say a slow start was down to 'addressing' a 'legacy' of low housebuilding figures from the previous Conservative ...
AOL

Could robotics and timber tackle Britain's housing challenges?

LONDON (Reuters) -Gigantic robot arms controlled by artificial intelligence glide around a vast factory in Oxfordshire, England, making building frames from timber, one of the world's oldest ...
WTNH

New Britain mayoral candidates meet for debate

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart is stepping down at the end of her term, paving the way for Republican Sharon Beloin-Saavedra and Democrat Bobby Sanchez to face off in a ...