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.
A severe housing shortage and lack of sustainable funding to replace sold social homes have forced councils to spend more than £1.7bn putting people into temporary accommodation, the Local Government...
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.
Rising borrowing costs and inflation have led Spelthorne Borough Council to consider shelving its planned housing investments and seeking out an alternative way to deliver them.
Managing housing services within Newcastle City Council could save nearly £1m a year compared with existing arrangements, freeing up money to be invested in improving the housing stock and serving...
Long-term funding and better Home Office communication is needed to improve work to house asylum seekers in England, according to the officers leading local responses.
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.
Unscrupulous landlords are profiting from expensive and poor-quality housing for vulnerable people because fragmented regulations and a lack of official data have allowed them to get away with it, a...
