• Rachel Reeves' billion pound boost for council housing, design codes and the vital role of retrofit

  • Oct 24 2024
  • Length: 34 mins
  • Podcast

Rachel Reeves' billion pound boost for council housing, design codes and the vital role of retrofit

  • Summary

  • This week Sahiba Chadha is joined by the architect Tara Gbolade to discuss:


    Rachel Reeves' £1 billion boost for council housing in the autumn budget // How planning reform and design codes could help create 1.5 million homes // Calls for the government to engage more with architects on retrofit // And the architecture critic, Joseph Rykwert, has died aged 98


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