Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps will be lifted for local authorities in areas of “high affordability pressures” to build more homes, it was revealed in the Budget today.
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.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has claimed it is a "different organisation now", in response to a highly critical report into its handling of the Grenfell Tower...
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea “failed its community” on the night of the Grenfell fire and in the weeks that followed, according to the taskforce set up to examine...
Homelessness will rise unless the freeze is lifted on the Local Housing Allowance rate for families in the private rented sector, council leaders have warned.
Council departments need to work together to improve walking connectivity between new housing developments, says Local Government Information Unit policy researcher Andrew Walker.
While there has been some progress on improving the private rented sector more needs to be done - including looking into whether local authorities have the capacity to tackle rogue landlords,...
The government has announced an extra £11.7m in new burdens funding to local authorities to help them meet their obligations under the Homelessness Reduction Act – but councils warned...
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...
A homelessness charity has called on the government to change rules on housing eligibility that “shut out many homeless people”, in a report released today.
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
Westminster Council has announced plans for a voluntary ‘mansion tax’ on buildings worth more than £10m in a bid to freeze council tax for other residents.
