Former servicemen and women suffering from mental illnesses, such as post traumatic stress disorder, will be prioritised for social housing, under new proposals announced by the government.
A PF snapshot survey has revealed 93% of councils across England are planning to borrow more against their housing revenue account now the cap has been lifted.
Ken Lee, chair of CIPFA’s housing panel, says there are plenty of actions the government can take if it wants to send a positive message about social housing.
The long-awaited social housing green paper, published last week, pledged to support local authorities to build more. But the Chartered Institute of Housing’s David Pipe says it did not go far...
The government has come under fire from campaign groups for failing to commit new funding to boost social housing, in its long-awaited green paper released today.
Council leaders have praised the government’s “positive” u-turn on the definition of affordable housing but said it was “hugely disappointing” that local authorities would be punished for low build...
The government must refocus its housebuilding spend on affordable homes and suspend the right to buy scheme, according to the Chartered Institute for Housing.
Local authorities need government funding to help them make a success of the act recently brought in to prevent and reduce homelessness, says the LGiU’s Andrew Walker.
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...
The self-financing settlement offered to councils by government in order to increase council house construction has failed to live up to its promise, CIPFA and the Chartered Institute of Housing have...
From next year, council tenants earning over a set amount will pay higher rents, with the extra amount going to the Treasury. This is punitive and will be a bureaucratic nightmare, critics say
An expert panel led by former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has been formed to lead the government’s programme to regenerate 100 of the most rundown housing estates in England.
