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8 Nov 19
A government initiative to build 200,000 homes for first time buyers has failed to produce a single home since it was announced in 2015, the National Audit Office has found.
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6 Nov 19
The Grenfell Tower inquiry report was released last week - more than two years after the Kensington and Chelsea block went up in flames. But progress on improving safety remains too slow, says the...
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30 Oct 19
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has exposed a “serious failure” in communication between the council and various other public bodies.
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11 Oct 19
Council spend on temporary accommodation has exploded over an eight-year period due to a shortage of social housing, an umbrella group has found.
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7 Oct 19
Constraints on council housebuilding remain despite policies aimed at boosting housing supply, the Chartered Institute of Housing has said.
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26 Sep 19
Housing should be considered infrastructure along with roads and rail to help solve the shortfall in UK homes, a housing association director has told the Labour conference.
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26 Sep 19
Political consensus to tackle the housing crisis is needed but is at an early stage, a conference has heard.
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23 Sep 19
The UK must invest £128bn over the next decade to fix the housing crisis, according to research.
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17 Sep 19
Lib Dem spokesperson for housing Tim Farron has said charity Shelter’s proposals to build 3.1 million homes over the next 20 years were “ambitious, but we should do it”.
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26 Aug 19
Westminster must reform the Right to Buy and allow councils to keep all the receipts from homes sold under the scheme, the Local Government Association has said.
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9 Aug 19
Thousands of new council homes supplied by green energy are at the heart of a vision for Wales put forward by the region’s government.
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18 Jul 19
Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire has been “far too slow” and could risk another tragedy, MPs have warned.
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27 Jun 19
The prime minister and the housing secretary have put forward a raft of proposals to tackle the UK’s housing issues.
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17 Jun 19
Thousands of homes are to be built in rapidly expanding communities following a £142m injection of cash in infrastructure improvements.
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7 Jun 19
Social housing renters are still being failed by poor regulation two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, a charity has warned.
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23 May 19
Questions have been raised over the council’s clean-up effort in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, which left potentially toxic residue on residents’ homes.
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30 Apr 19
The government does not yet have “all the ingredients” it needs to hit its target of 300,000 new homes by 2025, according to a leading civil servant.
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26 Apr 19
The supply of new homes will not be enough to solve the severe undersupply of housing in this country, says CIPFA’s Tim Reade.
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4 Mar 19
Central government has gone some way towards supporting the building of social rented homes but it needs to do much more, says Chartered Institute of Housing policy advisor John Perry.
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27 Feb 19
Housing associations, councils and the mayor of London have called on the government to hand over £5.2bn to protect housing in the capital against the impact of a no deal Brexit.
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19 Feb 19
Local authorities will be key to facilitating prison reforms by providing housing for ex-offenders, the justice secretary has said.
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7 Feb 19
The number of social rent homes in England has plummeted by 165,697 in just six years, analysis by a trade body has found. ...
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24 Jan 19
A group of seven benefit assessors from councils in London have been convicted of committing housing benefit fraud worth £1m across three councils.
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21 Jan 19
London councils are spending more than £22m each year renting back homes sold under right to buy, research has found.
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15 Jan 19
More than 50 councils will benefit from a £2.4m pot to crack down on rogue landlords, housing minister Heather Wheeler has announced.
8 Nov 19A government initiative to build 200,000 homes for first time buyers has failed to produce a single home since it was announced in 2015, the National Audit Office has found.
6 Nov 19The Grenfell Tower inquiry report was released last week - more than two years after the Kensington and Chelsea block went up in flames. But progress on improving safety remains too slow, says the...
11 Oct 19Council spend on temporary accommodation has exploded over an eight-year period due to a shortage of social housing, an umbrella group has found.
26 Sep 19Housing should be considered infrastructure along with roads and rail to help solve the shortfall in UK homes, a housing association director has told the Labour conference.
26 Sep 19Political consensus to tackle the housing crisis is needed but is at an early stage, a conference has heard.
17 Sep 19Lib Dem spokesperson for housing Tim Farron has said charity Shelter’s proposals to build 3.1 million homes over the next 20 years were “ambitious, but we should do it”.
9 Aug 19Thousands of new council homes supplied by green energy are at the heart of a vision for Wales put forward by the region’s government.
18 Jul 19Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire has been “far too slow” and could risk another tragedy, MPs have warned.
30 Apr 19The government does not yet have “all the ingredients” it needs to hit its target of 300,000 new homes by 2025, according to a leading civil servant.
4 Mar 19Central government has gone some way towards supporting the building of social rented homes but it needs to do much more, says Chartered Institute of Housing policy advisor John Perry.
27 Feb 19Housing associations, councils and the mayor of London have called on the government to hand over £5.2bn to protect housing in the capital against the impact of a no deal Brexit.
24 Jan 19A group of seven benefit assessors from councils in London have been convicted of committing housing benefit fraud worth £1m across three councils.
21 Jan 19London councils are spending more than £22m each year renting back homes sold under right to buy, research has found.
15 Jan 19More than 50 councils will benefit from a £2.4m pot to crack down on rogue landlords, housing minister Heather Wheeler has announced.
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