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Damien Sharkey

Damien Sharkey is managing director at HUB

Young people in new home

Housing can boost young people’s life prospects

This summer, the LSE Centre for Economic Performance released a report entitled ‘Covid-19 and social mobility’, which said Britons under the age of 25 “face declining social mobility unless bold moves are made to create a fairer society”.

Planning and dev

ESG can’t be box-ticking exercise

This year, the World Economic Forum placed the climate emergency firmly at the top of the agenda for governments and corporates across the globe. 

Planning

Design vital to housing delivery

If developers learn one thing from this year’s Stirling Prize winner, it is that they should invest time and energy in pursuing good-quality architecture in residential schemes – but this does not have to mean higher costs.

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Relationships key to BTR success

Any successful project starts with a sound understanding of the planning and development context, but when it comes to the build- to-rent (BTR) sector, research and engagement must go above and beyond.