English councils should do more to track down the owners of empty homes as a first step towards bringing extra housing into use, the government has said
The supply of new housing in England is almost certain to have dropped in 2008/09 after almost a decade of steady expansion, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Housing associations in Wales are failing to meet many of the regulatory standards set out by the Welsh Assembly Government, the audit watchdog has said.
Proponents of ‘social insurance’ believe it is an answer to the huge policy challenge of caring for elderly people. But there is a fear that the recession might put an end to such radical...
A council-owned housing company that was heavily criticised by inspectors after a scandal over the allocation of homes has received a clean bill of health
Police chiefs are to hold talks with Audit Commission inspectors about the allocation of council homes in Nottingham before the council set up an arm’s-length management organisation
A senior housing officer has been dismissed by her local authority after failing to declare that she had moved into sheltered housing previously used by elderly people
Every cloud has a silver lining, and the credit crunch could give social housing its moment in the sun. Richard Parker says RSLs could become major home providers, with a little help from the new...
The failings of the housing finance system must not be used by local authority landlords as an excuse for poor performance, the head of the new tenants’ watchdog said this week
