Manchester City Council and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund have joined together in a partnership that aims to deliver affordable homes across the city.
The £392bn of assets held under the Local Government Pension Scheme should be harnessed to tackle chronic underinvestment in affordable and social housing, according to a leading think-tank.
The government will need to overhaul land value capture policies if it is to meet its targets on housebuilding and the delivery of public infrastructure, councils have warned.
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.
Richard Gawthorpe, group business development director at Norse Group, explores the UK housing crisis and what government – of all levels – might do to kickstart construction.
The Scottish Government’s increased surcharge on second and rental home purchases is “inconsistent with any sensible tax policy”, according to a leading think-tank.
Tenants are rushing to buy their homes following the Right to Buy changes announced in the last Budget, according to the Local Government Association (LGA), with the LGA calling on the Government to...
New and immediate mandatory housing targets for councils have come into force alongside a “common sense” approach to the green belt through the updated National Planning Policy Framework.
Reversing the Scottish Government’s 2024-25 cuts to affordable rented homes is needed to address “spiralling” waiting lists, housing associations have warned.
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.
