The rate at which right to buy discounts have been handed out in the past six years has sparked a social housing ‘firesale’, the Local Government Association has warned.
The government should take an “urgent look” at increasing funding to affordable housing as more than 150,000 homes for social rent have been lost in five years, the Chartered Institute of Housing has...
Housing charity Shelter has launched a commission to lobby the government over the future of social housing, following concerns highlighted by the Grenfell Tower fire.
None of the 36 local authorities that have asked for central government support to install tower block fire safety measures such as sprinklers have received any funding so far, housing secretary...
The government cannot meet its housebuilding targets unless it scraps the borrowing cap on local authority housing revenue accounts to “unleash” council housebuilding, MPs have said.
The Chartered Institute of Housing has called on housing professionals, tenants and the general public to take part in a debate in order to “make a case” for social housing.
Liverpool City Council plans to set up a new housing company to build new homes, create jobs and manage demand for public services, says mayor Joe Anderson
The chancellor will use this week’s Autumn Budget to set out how the government will build 300,000 homes a year, 100,000 more than currently built each year, it emerged over the weekend.
The Right to Buy scheme could “grind to a halt” because local authorities do not have the cash to replace sold homes, the Local Government Association has warned.
Council departments need to work together to improve walking connectivity between new housing developments, says Local Government Information Unit policy researcher Andrew Walker.
Employers and the government should pay contributions to help employees save for a mortgage rather than pay pensions contributions, a report out today said.
Theresa May's promise of an extra £2bn for housing may have signalled a welcome change of approach but the government needs to do more to truly tackle the housing crisis, says...
Rent controls are common across Europe and a levy on excessive rents could help generate revenue to build more social housing, says Generation Rent’s Seb Klier
Local authorities that are “good and competent” should be able to borrow more to build homes, a Conservative MP has told a fringe session at the Tory’s annual conference.
Councils and housing associations must work together in this “challenging” financial climate if the UK is to combat the housing crisis, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.