NEWS

Right to Build Expert Task Force launched ...

10/Feb/2017

Today, Friday 10th February, NaCSBA has announced the launch of the new Right to Build Expert Task Force. The Task Force will help Local Authorities, community groups and other organisations ...

DCLG grant for Teignbridge Council ...

27/Jan/2017

Teignbridge Council has been awarded 581,303 from the national Community Housing Fund. The local authority was awarded a slice of DCLGs 60M fund to work more closely with communities across ...

Sajid Javid visits self and custom builds in Europe ...

17/Jan/2017

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid started 2017 with a visit to Germany and the Netherlands to research European housing models and uncover how they might be used in the UK he ...

Locations of first garden villages announced ...

09/Jan/2017

The first wave of garden villages, planned to create tens of thousands of new homes across England, has been given the go-ahead by the Government. Ministers have backed 14 projects ...

HAB launches Mini-Bond Crowd Fund ...

09/Jan/2017

  HAB Land, part of HAB which was launched by Kevin McCloud and stands for Happiness, Architecture, Beauty has publicly launched a brand new Mini-Bond crowd fund, having already secured ...

The Community Housing Fund ...

31/Dec/2016

Community-led housing has been given a boost thanks to the launch of a new annual 60 million fund. The Community Housing Fund has been created with the aim of helping ...

What’s in store for 2017? ...

30/Dec/2016

There’s much for NaCSBA to look forward to in 2017, here we review some of our key aims. Over the coming months, we hope to see all Local Authorities across ...

18,000 people want to exercise their new Right to Build ...

14/Dec/2016

New research carried out by The National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA) has revealed that about 18,000 people have signed up to Local Authority custom and self-build registers to ...

Month in view: November ...

30/Nov/2016

Round up of NaCSBA’s key activities carried out in November: Right to Build Expo This month NaCSBA has been hard at work organising the Right to Build Expo- which is ...

The Scottish Conservatives call for self build plan ...

30/Nov/2016

The Scottish Conservatives have called for a plan to help boost self build in order to tackle Scotlands housing shortage. Citing Scottish government figures that revealedthe number of house completions ...