NEWS

Garden Cities Alliance ...

28/Feb/2017

On February 22nd, NaCSBA recently the Garden Cities Alliance event in Letchworth Garden City. Keynote speeches were from Richard Bacon MP and from Lord Matthew Taylor of Goss Moor who ...

NaCSBA Task Force Update ...

28/Feb/2017

The Right to Build Task Force held its first Board meeting this month,with senior Board Membership from RICS, RTPI, NHF and GLA in attendance, amongst others. Richard Bacon MP, who ...

Scottish Working Group Update ...

28/Feb/2017

NaCSBA’s Scottish Working Group, led by Angela Doran (NaCSBA’s Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Executive Committee Member) has held its second meeting to discuss the unique Scottish self and custom ...

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 ...