The government’s new-home pledge and prioritising of social housing is welcome news, but councils are facing a dire situation with massive housing revenue account deficits.
Local authorities could be required to replace homes sold under Right to Buy on a like-for-like basis as part of a government plan to reverse the decline in council housing.
Decent homes in the UK are in short supply. Kate Henderson, National Housing Federation chief executive and the voice of social housing, tells PF that the crisis can be solved.
Matthew Pennycook has set out priorities for the government’s housing agency, including maximising the social housing delivered through the remaining Affordable Homes Programme funding.
The Welsh Government has been warned that its target of building 20,000 new social homes by 2026 will not be met unless significant additional funding is ploughed into the scheme.
A cross-party coalition of more than 100 council landlords has warned that the council housing system in England is broken, with “urgent action” needed from the government if it is to deliver its...
Building enough homes to house everyone on England’s social housing waiting lists would cost more than is spent each year on the NHS, according to a report from a property consultancy.
Social housing providers have taken the “deeply concerning” decision to build fewer homes as a result of the financial pressures upon them, exacerbating a chronic shortage in social housing, an...
The government has been accused of economic illiteracy for failing to allow councils to use 100% of right-to-buy proceeds to improve the availability of social housing.
The social rent cap and increased spending due to new legislation have created a “perfect storm” at the London Borough of Southwark, slowing housebuilding, a senior officer has said.
To build more homes, councils don’t need false limits and a Kafkaesque sting set by central government, writes Cllr Diarmaid Ward, Islington Council’s deputy leader.
Councils will be unable to build new social and affordable homes to help address the housing crisis without political support from Westminster, an expert has said.
PF speaks with Darren Baxter, principal policy adviser for housing and land at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, to discuss the options for dealing with the unsustainable use of temporary accommodation...
Improving the generosity of benefits and making a long-term commitment to boost social and affordable housing numbers are critical to fixing the temporary accommodation crisis, an expert has said.
Significant government investment to almost quadruple social and affordable home-building could reduce homelessness and deliver net economic benefits of £1.5bn a year, researchers have said.
The UK’s social housing model is too reliant on providers making sales to generate income, creating “conflicts of interest” in the system, MPs have been told.
The government has briefed that allowing councils to keep 100% of their right to buy receipts for two years will help increase social housing stock by thousands – but it could fail without other...
The government has proposed a temporary cap on social housing rent rises next year to help tenants already under “considerable pressure” from the cost-of-living crisis.
