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20 Apr 22
The need to improve the energy efficiency of social housing is clear – but the means of funding it is not.
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18 Jan 22
Social housing conditions have deteriorated in part because housing associations have become accountable to investors in the City, rather than to tenants, sector experts told MPs this week.
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8 Nov 21
A London council has begun a ‘key amnesty’ aiming to reduce tenancy fraud, promising “no questions asked” of those who have been using council homes illegally.
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31 Aug 21
Government plans to spend £8.6bn building affordable homes still leave a large unaddressed need for social housing, an expert has warned.
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24 May 21
The Grenfell Tower fire has so far cost the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea £406m, documents have revealed.
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22 Mar 21
The government has “not yet grasped” the scale of funding needed to decarbonise UK homes by 2050, the Environmental Audit Committee has warned.
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19 Mar 21
Councils will be allowed to hold Right to Buy receipts for five years before investing them under new government plans.
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27 Jul 20
Additional grant funding of around £10bn will be required if the government is to meeting social housing demand, according to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.
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29 May 20
What are the potential lessons for policymakers on housing finance following the coronavirus outbreak?
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5 May 20
Rehousing individuals and families currently on the waiting list for council housing could take up to 17 years, given the current backlog and the slow pace of development, research from CIPFA has...
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30 Mar 20
The economic fall-out from the Covid-19 pandemic will require higher levels of investment in social housing, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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4 Mar 20
Tenants have received discounts of almost £5bn to help purchase council house properties since the raising of right to buy discounts in 2012, according to the Local Government Association.
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26 Feb 20
Natalie Elphicke has been appointed parliamentary private secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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29 Jan 20
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has apologised for a host of failures in the lead-up to the Grenfell Tower Fire at an official inquiry but the apology has been deemed an “insult” by...
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28 Jan 20
Nearly 70% of councils in England spent more than planned on homelessness support last year due to shortages of affordable housing and insufficient housing benefits, according to analysis.
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21 Jan 20
Local authorities have until March to publish data on building owners that fail to act on unsafe properties, the housing secretary has announced.
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17 Jan 20
There are still 91 social housing buildings covered in Grenfell-style ACM cladding over two years after the tragedy, official figures have shown.
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10 Jan 20
More than 13,500 affordable homes have been lost in the last four years due to planning rules which allow offices to be converted into housing without planning permission, council leaders have...
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8 Jan 20
Restrictions on council right to buy receipts, lack of grant funding and land shortages are stifling council housebuilding efforts, a survey has found.
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19 Dec 19
Councils must be given greater flexibilities to allow them produce more houses and end the housing crisis, writes Gavin Smart, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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4 Dec 19
Campaigners have warned that a Grenfell-like tragedy will happen again as government efforts to remove dangerous cladding have failed.
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29 Nov 19
The government must remove the hurdles it has set down if it is serious about tackling the escalating housing crisis London is facing, writes Lewisham mayor Damien Egan.
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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.
20 Apr 22The need to improve the energy efficiency of social housing is clear – but the means of funding it is not.
18 Jan 22Social housing conditions have deteriorated in part because housing associations have become accountable to investors in the City, rather than to tenants, sector experts told MPs this week.
8 Nov 21A London council has begun a ‘key amnesty’ aiming to reduce tenancy fraud, promising “no questions asked” of those who have been using council homes illegally.
31 Aug 21Government plans to spend £8.6bn building affordable homes still leave a large unaddressed need for social housing, an expert has warned.
24 May 21The Grenfell Tower fire has so far cost the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea £406m, documents have revealed.
22 Mar 21The government has “not yet grasped” the scale of funding needed to decarbonise UK homes by 2050, the Environmental Audit Committee has warned.
19 Mar 21Councils will be allowed to hold Right to Buy receipts for five years before investing them under new government plans.
29 May 20What are the potential lessons for policymakers on housing finance following the coronavirus outbreak?
26 Feb 20Natalie Elphicke has been appointed parliamentary private secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
29 Jan 20The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has apologised for a host of failures in the lead-up to the Grenfell Tower Fire at an official inquiry but the apology has been deemed an “insult” by...
28 Jan 20Nearly 70% of councils in England spent more than planned on homelessness support last year due to shortages of affordable housing and insufficient housing benefits, according to analysis.
21 Jan 20Local authorities have until March to publish data on building owners that fail to act on unsafe properties, the housing secretary has announced.
10 Jan 20More than 13,500 affordable homes have been lost in the last four years due to planning rules which allow offices to be converted into housing without planning permission, council leaders have...
19 Dec 19Councils must be given greater flexibilities to allow them produce more houses and end the housing crisis, writes Gavin Smart, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
29 Nov 19The government must remove the hurdles it has set down if it is serious about tackling the escalating housing crisis London is facing, writes Lewisham mayor Damien Egan.
