The next government should introduce legislation to allow as many as 40 cities in England to expand for over a period of 35 years into garden cities that would house more than 150,000 additional...
A majority of people support the construction of new social housing as well as a strong government role in the sector, a poll for the Fabien Society has found.
As many as 40 new garden cities may be needed across the country within the next 20 years to solve the UK’s housing crisis, according to submissions for the Wolfson Economics Prize.
Policy Exchange has encouraged politicians from all parties to develop a plan to improve the condition of Britain’s social housing estates. The think-tank said decades of neglect had led to social...
Some 36 priority housing projects are to receive a share of £850m to help get construction started, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.
Councils will be able to join forces with developers to bid for a share of £200m in cash to build new homes on previously-developed land, housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis has announced.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has confirmed that new limits will be placed on how much councils and housing associations can charge leaseholders for repair work.
A consultation on creating a development corporation responsible for delivering a garden city of up to 15,000 homes in Ebbsfleet has been launched by Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today.
All political parties have been urged to commit to council tax revaluation in the next parliament by the British Property Federation, which said most voters would see little change after a review.
Planning minister Brandon Lewis has set out proposals to quicken the development of neighbourhood plans as part of further government reforms to encourage housebuilding.
Families with disabled people have been most affected by government’s spending cuts and tax and benefits changes since 2010, an analysis carried out for the Equality and Human Rights Commission has...
Housing minister Brandon Lewis has urged councils to submit bids for a £3m fund intended to quicken the planning process for new developments, amid concerns that construction could be hampered by...
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to reform the controversial bedroom tax so that claimants are only penalised if they turn down suitable alternative accommodation.
Local authorities could be forced to publish the value of the council flats and houses that they own, under government plans unveiled by housing minister Kris Hopkins.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said he would be ‘very disappointed’ if councils were not retaining nearly all of business rates by the end of the decade following the coalition’s local...
There is little appetite among voters to pay higher taxes to support public services, and other options will be needed to pay for local government and the NHS in future, the CIPFA conference has...
More than two-thirds of councils and housing associations say new requirements to include social value measures in procurement contracts have improved services and cut costs, according to research...
The Treasury is to limit the loan-to-income ratio of mortgages underwritten by the government’s Help to Buy scheme at 4.5:1 after the Bank of England announced restrictions on the use of these loans...
More than £20m of funds to help people hit by government welfare changes, such as the introduction of the ‘bedroom tax’, was unclaimed by councils in 2013/14, the Department for Work and Pensions has...
The Help to Buy equity loan programme violated Treasury guidelines because it was introduced without an assessment of the alternatives, MPs have said today.
Councils will have to put in place pre-approved planning permissions on brownfield sites deemed suitable for housing in a bid to remove obstacles to development, Chancellor George Osborne has said.
The International Monetary Fund has warned that imbalances in the housing market present a risk to the UK’s recovery and called for planning reforms to increase the supply of land for new homes.
