Government plans to encourage home building have been broadly welcomed – but doubts remain about whether the reforms are enough to meet the UK's rising demand for housing.
People living in social housing in England will be able to swap homes more easily with other tenants anywhere in the country, the government announced today
Housing groups are warning today that benefit reforms brought in under last month's Budget threaten to make three quarters of a million people homeless
Cutting Housing Benefit will not only affect those families that rely on it, but could widen the poverty gap and affect the recovery, says Campbell Robb
Plans to build tens of thousands of new homes have been scrapped following the government’s decision to axe regional house-building targets, the National Housing Federation said today
Councils’ attempts to use the Private Finance Initiative to build houses have suffered from massive cost over-runs and delays, the National Audit Office said today
Ministers’ promises to prioritise cash for new social homes amid broader cuts in communities spending has been questioned by experts and dismissed by the Opposition as ‘false’.
The government has offered councils a ‘once-and-for-all’ deal to reform the housing finance system, which would give authorities the chance to keep the rental receipts from their tenants in return...
A government target that requires 60% of new homes to be built on brownfield sites is slowing down house building and restricting growth in urban areas, a think-tank claims
The ten projects set up to boost housing markets in the Midlands and North of England are making good progress in spite of the recession, the Audit Commission has found.
The Conservatives’ planning green paper, launched this week, proposes to scrap most of Labour’s reforms and devolve many decisions to local communities. But critics fear this will be a charter for ‘...
Housing associations have emerged from the credit crunch in better condition than the wider economy but remain exposed to further fluctuations in the property market, a report published today...
