Conservative proposals to overhaul England’s planning system have been met with scepticism from housing groups, which claim the reforms could put affordable home development at risk
Services run by local authority housing departments are continuing to improve with no evidence yet that rent arrears have risen during the recession, a study has shown
Seventeen councils are to receive £1m to train staff as part of a campaign to turn hundreds of empty private homes into social housing or sell them to first-time buyers.
Seventeen councils are to receive £1m to train staff as part of a campaign to turn hundreds of empty private homes into social housing or sell them to first-time buyers
Four arm’s-length management organisations are set to drop their legal challenge to the government’s decent homes programme after two were offered money by the Homes and Communities Agency.
An appeal for ministers to write off £16bn of council debt as part of major changes to the housing finance system has failed, town hall representatives have admitted.
A major government programme to improve social housing in England has been undermined by poor monitoring of work carried out by councils and housing associations, the National Audit Office said this...
Efforts to improve the quality of social housing by the end of next year are being thwarted by councils failing to refurbish their homes fast enough, housing minister John Healey claimed this week
It’s supposed to be lighter touch but it is certainly tougher. The Audit Commission’s first area assessments were revealed this week – and put up on the Oneplace website for everyone to see. David...
