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As design director of Kevin McCloud’s Hab Homes, Isabel Allen stays out of the celebrity limelight, though it couldn’t function without her experience and a steep learning curve since she joined him. Their plans for housing touch the fundamentals... Read full story

Prefabrication’s latest outing has a new twist – not only can these homes wear different facades, but their funding package gives social housebuilders long term cheap loans, unlocking money the banks aren’t giving. Now that’s really neat, says Hugh Pearman. Read story

If David Cameron’s conversion to garden cities is genuine he might want to visit the oldest, Letchworth, whose heart is in serious decline. A new housing scheme is attempting to revive its rural/urban ideals, but how far can it succeed? Read story

Gateshead has an ambitious plan to tackle its housing shortage, and while the wheels may be moving slowly, dwellings on sites sprinkled across the city are inching towards what will eventually be a 2,400 home scheme. Read story