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The UK is in the middle of a housing crisis, with a lack of social housing being highlighted this year. We’ve broken down the housing policies in the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos for you.

Would you like some free warm gear? Well as it’s nearly Christmas we thought it was about time for another Beanie Giveaway.

The certainty of a December election will do nothing to resolve the uncertainty and economic impact of Brexit on housebuilding, especially if the eventual outcome is a no-deal. 

As the UK housebuilding industry braces itself for a weaker economy and the unknowns of Brexit, it also faces the capping of Help to Buy in 2021 and the end of the scheme in 2023. 

Published on 1 October, the Future Homes Standard, with accompanying proposed revisions to Part L and Part F, has radical implications for the housebuilding industry and its supply chain.

We are delighted to announce that H+H has been awarded an “Excellent” rating in the BES 6001 Framework Standard for responsible sourcing of construction products.

Our Technical Director Cliff Fudge will be chairing this year’s Housing Summit.  To be staged at the Arup Campus in Solihull on 11 October, the event will combine Government and Business interpretations of the outlook for housing in the UK.

An interesting policy document published recently by the Labour party looks to radical reform of land ownership to address the housing crisis.
 

Neil Thomas, Director of Housing at H+H considers the current drive to MMC

So MMC is the solution for the housing crisis?  As a shorthand for the need to reinvigorate the housebuilding industry to deliver higher volumes fast, it’s as good a term as any other.
 

The new Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, has reaffirmed government commitment to increasing home ownership, but is focusing most attention on expanding the shared ownership model.

H+H is delighted to announce the appointment of Phil Ball as Operations Director, taking control of the company’s three manufacturing plants in Kent and Yorkshire.

H+H’s Director of Housing Neil Thomas had a life-enriching experience this summer building houses in Malawi as part of a Habitat for Humanity project supported by H+H customer Miller Homes.

Delivering those 300,000 homes per year is a challenge and attention is very focused right now on Modern Methods of Construction. But what does MMC actually mean?

The H+H philosophy is that we don’t have customers – we have partners. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the relationship the H+H Account Teams have with the merchants

Will the focus on offsite wipe traditional blocks off the market?  Jenny Smith-Andrews of aircrete manufacturer H+H doesn’t think so...

I was delighted to attend the recent Chartered Institute of Housing conference in Manchester on behalf of H+H where we demonstrated our MMC solution, Celcon Elements. Theresa May’s surprise last-minute appearance at Housing 2019 attracted throngs of delegates, eager to hear what the outgoing Prime Minister had to say. May was on good form (even joking that she had someone on hand with cough sweets, just in case) but her speech was not met with universal acclaim. 

It is no secret that the construction industry is facing significant problems with finding the next generation of workers. What’s more, young people can often be unfairly typecast as lazy and lacking enthusiasm which can make it harder for those who are genuine in their passion for a career in construction as they feel they are constantly having to prove themselves.