City councils
Aberdeen City Council has started work on three new council housing developments, marking a significant milestone in its flagship 2,000 new council houses building programme. The developments, located in Kincorth, will provide 381 homes, including a mix of flats and houses built to the Gold Standard for construction. This
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Winchester City Council has given the green light to plans to create a new wetland in Micheldever, aimed at removing nitrates from the environment. The 0.54 hectare wetland, designed by Aquascience, will be built in a meadow to the north of Waterloo Cottages and Barron Close, utilizing water from
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The Los Angeles City Council has approved significant revisions to the city's Housing Element, which will launch an ambitious rezoning program to address the city's housing crisis. The plan aims to establish a more equitable distribution of affordable housing across Los Angeles by rezoning parts of
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The Duluth City Council has taken a significant step towards redeveloping the unprofitable Lester Park Golf Course by voting unanimously to transfer ownership of approximately 37 acres of land to the Duluth Economic Development Authority (DEDA). The land, which constitutes about 14% of the total golf course property, will be
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Residents living next to a planned 340-home estate in Chelmsford have expressed concerns over the expected increase in houses and the tallest buildings being situated on the highest point of the land. The development, proposed by Hopkins Homes, was given the green light by Chelmsford City Council last week, but
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Victoria Falls City Council's plans to allocate new residential stands on Wood Road have been put on hold due to environmental concerns raised by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA). The council had planned to allocate 20 low-density housing stands, but the EMA has insisted that the council must
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Construction has started on a 17-acre plot to bring a further 94 homes to the Wellington Park development in Sunderland. The second phase of the development, located on Riverside Road, north east of the city centre, received planning approval from Sunderland City Council in January 2021. Once complete, the estate
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Mayor Sylvester Turner has backed away from a $15 million housing project in the city's Clear Lake area, which was at the center of a controversy over the selection process for federal recovery funds. The withdrawal comes after the former housing director, Tom McCasland, accused Turner of favoring
Local government
As the UK continues to recover from the pandemic, the number of homes being built has reached record levels, with significant increases in both completions and starts. In the first quarter of the year, 220 homes were completed in Dacorum, the highest number for the quarter since records began in
Local government
Building work on new homes in Oxford accelerated in 2021, with Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government data showing that work began on 360 homes in the city during the year, an 80-unit increase compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, 130 homes were completed in the same period, a
City councils
In its ongoing effort to address the need for more affordable housing in Naperville, the city council is considering an inclusionary zoning ordinance that would incentivize developers to build affordable units. The proposal has sparked debate among council members, with some expressing concerns about the potential unintended consequences of such
City councils
The Durham City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget, which includes a 2 cents property tax rate increase to fund community safety, affordable housing, green infrastructure projects, and COVID-19 recovery. The total approved budget of $529.7 million reflects a new property tax rate of 55.17 cents per
