A new multibillion pound housing and regeneration agency must understand local government better than its predecessor if council-owned housing companies are to become more involved in development, it...
A new system of charging developers for the knock-on effects of extra housing should raise up to £280m per year more for council services, says a new study
Housing association tenants are generally satisfied with the service they receive from their landlord but want more opportunity to take part in management decisions, according to a study by the...
Families at risk of having their homes repossessed are to start receiving help from next week, after 60 councils agreed to fast-track a £200m mortgage rescue scheme brought forward in the Pre-Budget...
Local authorities are to receive a total of £101m to help ensure that house building continues during the economic downturn and that the industry is primed for when the economy improves
Construction is the biggest industry in the UK but plagued by a skills shortage. Mark Farrar explains how a new national network is working with employers to improve workforce training — and...
Government plans to bring council rents in line with those of housing associations have run into more trouble after ministers recommended a two-year cap on increases
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs should focus on better understanding rural economies now it has lost its climate change brief, MPs have said
House building targets should be revised in the face of the credit crisis to prevent greenfield sites from being developed unnecessarily, MPs said this week
The government has favoured the Private Finance Initiative, partly to keep debt off the national accounts. But, Mark Hellowell argues, with the financial crisis hitting providers, the schemes will...
The Highways Agency's case to use a public-private partnership contract for an improved motorway communications system was 'doubtful', the Commons Public Accounts Committee has said
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has promised a council tax freeze in Scotland for the second successive year despite local authority fears about new financial pressures
Chancellor Alistair Darling's Keynesian plans to increase public spending and borrowing in a bid to lift the economy stirred controversy this week as Opposition politicians attacked the...
As credit crunch turns into recession, it's time for a revival in public sector banking, argue Chris Leslie and Stephen Cirell. And local authorities could lead the way
