Council housing managers have urged the government to halt the rolling introduction of Universal Credit, which they said is causing “considerable hardship” to tenants.
February’s housing white paper “signalled government has started to understand some of the key issues” that hold back housing delivery, CIPFA conference heard from Eamonn Boylan,...
A 12-strong coalition of organisations concerned with rural areas has warned these face becoming “enclaves of the affluent” unless the government acts on the lack of affordable housing...
Some 425,000 houses are planned for green belt sites, of which more than 70% will be unaffordable, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has said.
The government has been urged to rethink the deregulation of health and safety legislation in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, which is believed to have killed at least 79 people.
The government has confirmed emergency financial assistance will be given to Kensington and Chelsea Council in the wake of the fatal Grenfell Tower fire.
The next government must give councils cash to build homes and stop developers using the planning system to get out of building affordable homes, a rural charity has said.
The proposals to tackle the affordability crisis in the government’s housing white paper do not go far enough, the Local Government Association has said.
Housing revenue account borrowing caps should be reviewed to allow local authorities to build more homes, the Communities and Local Government Committee has said.
The government’s ambition to build one million homes does not go far enough to meet the country’s true housing need, a Public Accounts Committee report has stated.
Local authorities have been given powers to crack down on rogue landlords including the ability to issue fines of up to £30,000, in a bid to help renters.
The government balance sheet is increasingly being used to support flagging sectors of the economy from infrastructure to mortgages. What are the risks to the public finances?
Financial speculation has led to an “unsustainable” global housing crisis, according to the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to housing.
