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24 Jul 18
Expensive rents and a lack of social homes have caused a 73% rise in homelessness among working people, a charity has said.
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19 Jul 18
The government has adopted proposals for council tax on empty homes to be quadrupled.
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18 Jul 18
Haringey Council has voted to bury the controversial development scheme aiming to join forces with the private sector to build more housing.
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18 Jul 18
Proposals to ban Grenfell-style combustible cladding on high-rise blocks do not go far enough and must be extended to other buildings, say MPs.
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18 Jul 18
Council leaders have urged the Lords to back a bill to double council tax premiums on empty homes in England in order to tackle a “chronic housing shortage”.
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17 Jul 18
A “disastrous” Ministry of Defence property deal could get worse when rental rates are reviewed in 2021, MPs have said.
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13 Jul 18
Housing associations should be doing more to help unemployed social renters back into work, a think-tank has said.
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13 Jul 18
Local authorities need to put in place 25-year infrastructure plans to deliver economic and social benefits, Lord Andrew Adonis told the CIPFA conference yesterday.
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6 Jul 18
A commission has been launched to help English councils halt the “runaway train of increasing homelessness”.
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5 Jul 18
Nine in 10 councils think increased tax is crucial to stabilising the adult social care sector, council leaders have said.
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3 Jul 18
The government will set up a delivery board to help local government deal with the challenges of Brexit, James Brokenshire has announced today.
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2 Jul 18
Housing developers must be held to account if they fail to deliver promised community benefits, James Brokenshire has said.
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27 Jun 18
The government must refocus its housebuilding spend on affordable homes and suspend the right to buy scheme, according to the Chartered Institute for Housing.
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25 Jun 18
Councils must be given new compulsory purchase order and borrowing powers to buy and develop land for housing, the Onward think-tank has recommended.
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25 Jun 18
Councils should have the flexibility to raise taxes to fund areas that are a priority for local people, the Localis think-tank has argued.
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21 Jun 18
Kensington and Chelsea council’s efforts to re-house residents after the Grenfell Tower fire were ‘incompetent’ and ‘indifferent’, a survivor has suggested to MPs.
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20 Jun 18
The government has launched its promised consultation on banning combustible cladding on the exteriors of high-rise residential buildings, the housing secretary has announced.
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19 Jun 18
A New York-style property levy could give local authorities a multi-billion pound windfall to put toward housebuilding, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering has said.
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18 Jun 18
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.
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12 Jun 18
Only one third of councils will be able to replace homes sold under the right to buy scheme in five years’ time, council leaders have warned.
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11 Jun 18
Ending homelessness could reap the government a £16bn windfall within a decade, according to a leading charity.
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6 Jun 18
Local authorities are plotting a court battle against government plans to build a third runway at Heathrow airport, council leaders have confirmed.
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1 Jun 18
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council spent 25% of its usable reserves last financial year as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire, figures out today have revealed.
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24 May 18
While much of the focus was understandably on cladding, the Hackitt Review could have a profound impact on tenant engagement, regulation and housing management, says Chartered Institute of Housing’s...
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22 May 18
Local authorities will bear the brunt of changes to legal aid planned by the Ministry of Justice, a network of law professionals has warned.
24 Jul 18Expensive rents and a lack of social homes have caused a 73% rise in homelessness among working people, a charity has said.
19 Jul 18The government has adopted proposals for council tax on empty homes to be quadrupled.
18 Jul 18Haringey Council has voted to bury the controversial development scheme aiming to join forces with the private sector to build more housing.
18 Jul 18Proposals to ban Grenfell-style combustible cladding on high-rise blocks do not go far enough and must be extended to other buildings, say MPs.
18 Jul 18Council leaders have urged the Lords to back a bill to double council tax premiums on empty homes in England in order to tackle a “chronic housing shortage”.
17 Jul 18A “disastrous” Ministry of Defence property deal could get worse when rental rates are reviewed in 2021, MPs have said.
13 Jul 18Housing associations should be doing more to help unemployed social renters back into work, a think-tank has said.
13 Jul 18Local authorities need to put in place 25-year infrastructure plans to deliver economic and social benefits, Lord Andrew Adonis told the CIPFA conference yesterday.
6 Jul 18A commission has been launched to help English councils halt the “runaway train of increasing homelessness”.
5 Jul 18Nine in 10 councils think increased tax is crucial to stabilising the adult social care sector, council leaders have said.
3 Jul 18The government will set up a delivery board to help local government deal with the challenges of Brexit, James Brokenshire has announced today.
2 Jul 18Housing developers must be held to account if they fail to deliver promised community benefits, James Brokenshire has said.
20 Jun 18The government has launched its promised consultation on banning combustible cladding on the exteriors of high-rise residential buildings, the housing secretary has announced.
19 Jun 18A New York-style property levy could give local authorities a multi-billion pound windfall to put toward housebuilding, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering has said.
6 Jun 18Local authorities are plotting a court battle against government plans to build a third runway at Heathrow airport, council leaders have confirmed.
22 May 18Local authorities will bear the brunt of changes to legal aid planned by the Ministry of Justice, a network of law professionals has warned.
