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Focus on priorities has allowed us to continue regeneration: HCA chief
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Green shoots as work starts on eco-homes at Hanham Hall
Read the full story on the thisisbristol.co.uk website
HCA announces latest release of public land to build new homes
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First site awarded funding under the £570m Get Britain Building
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A look at the Daedalus former airfield site in Hampshire, and HCA's role in its transformation
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In conversation: Julian Ashby
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Sanctuary appoints contractors for 1,100 homes
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HCA praised for its equalities commitment
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Pat Ritchie and Julian Ashby feature in 24 Housing's list of most influential people in housing
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First councils sign up to HCA programme
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Inside Housing meets our new director of Regulation, Matthew Bailes
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Pat Ritchie writes on the changes to regulation and what these will mean for the social housing sector
Read the full story on the Guardian Housing Network website
Brunel's Passenger Shed to be used for Bristol to London electric line
Read the full story on the thisisbristol.co.uk website
HCA starts hunt for new £5bn housing panel
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Study shows true impact of Decent Homes programme
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First council homes built in Manchester for 20 years completed
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Pat Ritchie's latest column examines the role housing plays in the country's well-being
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HCA allocates £570m to stalled housing schemes
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Royal visit for Reading regeneration
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Search launched for Manchester regeneration partner
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North West to benefit from Empty Homes funding
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£70m released to renovate empty homes - list
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Housing association to convert empty Georgian offices into new homes
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New town will be Britain's biggest since Milton Keynes with 10,000 homes
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Cambridgeshire eco-town plans resubmitted
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Bidding opens for empty homes cash
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Supported housing boost in HCA programme
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Pickles names heads of social housing regulation
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HCA allocates £5m in latest affordable rent deals
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Multi-million pound scheme in Bootle, Merseyside, complete
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HCA to re-tender 23,000 home framework
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Fiona MacGregor's column in 24Housing
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Adactus first to net HCA's early payment
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Get Britain Building fast tracks site: Full list
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More than half the homes on Longbridge site sold
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Ex-homeless community wins funding
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Report says councils 'key' to solving housing crisis
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Vision could 'transform one of Bristol's biggest eyesores'
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Builders undeterred by £420m fund restrictions
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£11m public grant housing deal for Barratt
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Funding for 600 Traveller pitches announced
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Housing figures recognised in New Year honours - Fiona MacGregor
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Details of £420m development fund revealed
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Energy-efficient homes completed in Barnsley's Green Corridor
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Creative Challenge for Bristol's Enterprise Zone
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HCA research shows majority of social housing residents happy with design and quality of homes
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Landlords rush forward affordable housing projects
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Galliford Try signs largest affordable housing deal
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Council's eco-friendly homes are landmark development in town
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Pat Ritchie writes on the Affordable Homes Programme
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Social landlord to build 900 homes in North West
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The London Residential Research team on the HCA’s official statistics
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Housing co-op secures HCA pot
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Sharp fall in new affordable housing construction
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Ken Loach opens low-carbon affordable homes development in Derby
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Government Housing Strategy: Full reaction
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HCA affordable homes contracts top £1bn
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Hundreds of homes to be delivered in £9m deal
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£3.8m deal struck to secure 700 homes
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Pat Ritchie's regular opinion column talks about community cohesion
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An in-depth look at our Economic Assets and what it means for the sector
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Award for Northampton Council Housing
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Executive director Deborah McLaughlin talks about regeneration in the north
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HCA invests £700m to help preserve and enhance England's built heritage
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New regulatory board members announced
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New homes for former shoe factory in Leicester
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Affordable homes projects reach £560m
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HCA: we'll have asset plans by April
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HCA reviews £240m equity stakes in regional JVs
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HCA chief executive pays a visit to Stonebridge Park
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Beds for homeless boosted with £37m funding
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HCA agreement to deliver nearly 1,600 homes across the south
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Whitehall unearths land for 54,000 new homes
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Great Places inks largest HCA deal so far
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First residents arrive at community housing development
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Helping forces staff to get a piece of the action
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Open House London explores social housing past and present
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HCA unveils first affordable rent contracts
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Pat Ritchie is listed at number 21 in their top 100 people in residential housing
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Pat Ritchie talks about the HCA role in managing the former RDA assets
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RDA land and buildings transferred
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Government publishes list of £300m list of assets transferring to HCA
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Norwich war memorial and gardens on awards shortlist
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How we did it - feature looking at use of a design code at Upton, Northamptonshire
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Transfer lets Milton Keynes retain development control
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Getting it down Pat - profile piece on Pat Ritchie
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HCA acquires 52 RDA coalfield sites
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Boost for first time buyers as housing fits bill for HCA cash
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HCA seeks new board members
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Plans for national RDA asset scheme
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HCA announces winning bids for £1.8bn housing programme
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HCA launches rural e-learning course
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HCA takes control of RDA assets under "stewardship" deal
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Leatherhead night hostel gets million pound makeover
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Homes and Communities Agency appoints new development partner in Greenwich
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HCA confirms FirstBuy allocations
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HCA beats home starts target by more than half
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HCA reveals extent of public land sell-off for housing
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Park and Ride to cut emissions
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Robert Napier has been reappointed to his position as Chairman of the HCA
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New toolkits launched to tackle England's 734,000 empty homes
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Old Fire Station homeless project takes shape
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HCA welcomes £30m funding for Housing Market Renewal
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We took part in a live Q&A debate about regenerating existing stock
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Colin Molton discusses how localism may see an end to a top down approach to housebuilding
Read the full story on the Western Morning News website
HomeBuy Direct helps first time buyer in Malton
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£210m FirstBuy scheme launched by the HCA
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HCA offers up first sites under the accelerated land "build now pay later" model
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A feature on the High Bickington parish plan in Devon, an excellent example of localism in action
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An interview with Pat Ritchie about the new role of the HCA and priorities for the months ahead
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Birminghamto build homes for forces
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Homeless entrepreneurs celebrate £3,000 investment
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HCA Assistant Chief Executive Stephen Muers writes on the challenges of community cohesion
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HCA issues guidance for its partners explaining how the Feed-in Tariff relates to HCA funded schemes
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HCA Assistant Chief Executive Stephen Muers on keeping cohesion as your focus point
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Public-private link in scheme to build more than 2,300 homes
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Artwork unveiled at Elba Park in Sunderland
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HCA Chief Pat Ritchie on investment and regulation in social housing
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Countdown under way for re-opening of Norwich Memorial Gardens
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Terry Fuller Column – Getting flexible
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Families' joy as they move into new council homes
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Concrete post-war council houses to make way for new eco-friendly homes
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HCA launches Homebuy Consultation
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HCA chief Pat Ricthie defends Code for Sustainable Homes ‘Waivers’
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At home with Pat Ritchie, Chief Executive of the HCA
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Plans for homes on Severalls Hospital site set for go ahead
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Sunderland City Council in deal for landmark Vaux Brewery Site
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Grainger appointed as developer at Aldershot Barracks
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An interview with Pat Ritchie, where she talks about the challenges ahead for the HCA
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Grainger, the UK's biggest listed landlord, has been selected as preferred developer at the Aldershot Garrison site in Hampshire
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The regeneration of the Robin Hood Gardens estate has moved a step closer, with the appointment of approved developer
Read the full story on the East London Advertiser website
Pat Ritchie was one of 25 influential women from the sector who took part in a special issue of the magazine, entitled "Women in Housing"
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Peterboroughplanners have given permission to start building Britain’s biggest development of zero carbon homes
Read the full story on the Construction Enquirer website
Estates Gazette talks to Pat Ritchie about her career, the new role of the HCA, and the housing sector
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An interview with Pat Ritchie, where she talks about the HCA's new role and the year ahead for the sector
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Families move into Birmingham's first HCA funded affordable zero-carbon homes
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The creation of a £500m national housing bond has moved a step closer
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Around a thousand families are set to benefit from £9.6m of investment for affordable homes across Norfolk
Read the full story on the Housing Excellence website
A £300m investment plan for jobs and regeneration moves a step closer this week
Read the full story on the thisiskent.co.uk website
Innovation key to regeneration in the south-west of England, says Colin Molton
Read the full story on the Property Week website
Money Matters, Richard Ennis' column in Municipal Journal
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Affordable new homes in Milton Keynes
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Residents start building their new homes in County Durham
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HCA appoints firms to engineering panel
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Homes for heroes win £660k grant
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HCA chair on New Year Honours list
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Original builders to carry out Old Fire Station revamp
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