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Deadline for Designing Homes for Life 2005

HBF weekly news summary, 3 December 2004

A weekly news summary covering all aspects of the housebuilding industry. This week's bulletin is written by John Slaughter, the HBF's director of external af…

HBF weekly news summary, 26 November 2004

A weekly news summary this week by John Slaughter, the HBF's director of external affairs, covering all aspects of the housebuilding industry. Available to mem…

Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004

This act has now received Royal Assent, although the implementation date is not yet known.

Home Information Packs

The Housing Act 2004 has just received Royal Assent. It includes the expected requirement for vendors to provide home information packs.

Hazardous waste

A new website deals with queries about hazardous waste.

Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004

This act has now received Royal Assent, although the implementation date is not yet known.

Call for youngsters to help solve Britain's housing crisis

With Britain's housing supply crisis worsening, industry chiefs are calling on the nation's youth to help.

Member Briefing - Contaminated land issues, November 2004

The HBF has been talking to Defra, the Environment Agency and the ODPM for several months about the landfill directive and waste management.

Proposed Changes to RPG8

In relation to the specific content of the Revised Regional Planning Guidance for the East Midlands to 2021 - Draft Proposed Changes, the HBF has supported the…