The abolition of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system later this week will free up councils to invest more in affordable homes, the Local Government Association has said.
The government has finalised the amount that councils will have to pay to take control of council house rents in their area, with payments lower than originally planned.
The good news is that the government is scrapping the much-hated Housing Revenue Account from April. The less good news is that the Treasury, not councils, could still end up in the driving seat
Millions of struggling families will miss out on help from the government’s Green Deal energy efficiency scheme and could end up in fuel poverty, according to the Local Government Association.
Tenants who abuse the social housing system by unlawfully subletting their property could face up to two years in prison under plans published for consultation today by the housing minister.
The UK faces a ‘lost decade’ of house building unless the government demands more from developers, a think-tank has said. This should include greater conditions on the use of any public land released...
The National Housing Federation has hit out at ministers’ calls for social landlords to be more transparent about their spending, saying they do not want to become government bodies ‘by default’.
Plans to cut £490m from the annual welfare bill by capping Housing Benefit for social housing tenants with spare rooms could end up costing the government money, experts have warned.
The government today launched its housing strategy, encouraging councils to bring forward plans for large developments and offering £400m in cash for stalled projects.
Plans to free more public land for developments and to encourage private investment in new home building are expected to feature in a government housing strategy set to be published today.
Councils given more planning powers under the localism agenda should be monitored to ensure they take a positive attitude towards proposals to build new homes, according to business leaders.
Wandsworth has put on hold its plan to issue a council bond to finance housing improvements. But the London borough's finance director believes that this form of borrowing still has a role to...
Four Whitehall departments have identified enough spare land to accommodate 54,000 new homes, more than half of the government’s target for house building on surplus public sites.
Scottish Infrastructure Secretary Alex Neil will tomorrow defend the Scottish Government’s plans for increased capital spending, after a setback for a showcase rail project raised fresh doubts over...
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the government will increase the discounts offered to council house tenants to buy their homes as part of a plan to boost construction of new homes.
Shadow communities and local government minister Caroline Flint has pledging that a future Labour government would stop Housing Benefit going to landlords who house tenants in sub-standard properties.
