Millions of pounds are being poured into rundown estates in northern England as ministers deny claims that too much housing investment is concentrated in the South.
Government efforts to promote the Private Finance Initiative in housing have received a boost after 19 local authorities bid to join the third round of the programme.
Local authority representatives have welcomed the government's decision to abandon controversial proposals to withhold housing benefit from antisocial tenants after a consultation exercise revealed...
The government has ruled out any immediate changes to the Freedom of Information Act, but has committed itself to introducing a draft Civil Service Bill later this year.
Six months ago, Salford City Council was on the verge of setting up an arm's-length management organisation to help it meet the decent homes target by 2010.
Another major housing association is coming under close scrutiny by the Housing Corporation after admitting it faces difficulty meeting the decent homes target.
Councils in Scotland are still struggling to cut rent arrears and are owed £28.5m 7.4% of the income they were due last year, the Accounts Commission said this week.
The National Housing Federation has delivered a 'hands off' warning to the Audit Commission over its increasingly broad inspections of housing associations.
A council's tenants have delivered a major blow to the government's housing strategy after rejecting proposals for an arm's-length management organisation on January 9.
Welsh Assembly ministers must take immediate action to stimulate housing demand in the Heads of Valleys region because the issue is hindering regeneration initiatives, experts have warned.
Housing associations that fail to win grants because of competition from private developers have been invited to manage estates for the companies that carry out construction.
District councils are outperforming top-tier authorities in the drive to meet the government's decent homes target, according to a leading housing inspector.
The Department for Work and Pensions is making little headway in its struggle to tackle benefit fraud, the auditor general has said in qualifying its accounts for the 14th year in a row.
Council tax bills in Scotland are set to rise by an average of about 4.5%, after the local government funding settlement announced this week by Finance and Public Services Minister Andy Kerr.
A Treasury-commissioned report on the state of the UK housing market has prompted calls for a £2bn funding boost to reverse the 'crisis' that has plagued the social housing sector.
Regional housing boards will be given more time to draw up future funding plans, but have been warned they must continue to reflect government priorities.
