Uk & International

North West of England social landlord Onward Homes has overhauled how it responds to reports of damp, mould, and hazards after a wider order was issued by the Housing Ombudsman.

England is facing its twelfth consecutive record high in the number of children living in temporary accommodation, according to new figures released last week. Homelessness charity Crisis said the statistics show a situation that has become “normalised” despite the scale of human impact.

The private rented sector in England enters a fundamentally new regulatory era today as the first phase of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 comes into force, sweeping away long‑standing practices and reshaping how letting agents, landlords and tenants operate.

Housing secretary Steve Reed has moved to shut down speculation that the government is considering rent controls in England, insisting ministers have no plans for a rent freeze or similar intervention in the private rented sector.

Registered housing provider Plexus has made significant changes to how it prepares properties between tenancies after England's Housing Ombudsman found severe maladministration in how it handled a complaint about damp, leaks, and mould.

Crest Nicholson has issued a stark profit warning and opened talks with its lenders after a sharp deterioration in trading conditions pushed the FTSE All‑Share housebuilder into a more precarious financial position.

At least 104 children in England have died since April 2019 with temporary accommodation (TA) cited as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill‑health, or death, a stark new report has revealed.

Local authorities in England are receiving extra funding, training and guidance needed to fulfil their new duties ahead of new protections for tenants kicking in next month.

England's Housing Ombudsman has published its Business Plan for 2026-27 following feedback from the sector. In recent years, the Ombudsman has made significant improvements to both its determination outputs and efficiencies, despite an ongoing freeze to its membership fee.

A landmark mixed‑tenure cohousing neighbourhood is set to rise at Northstowe after South Cambridgeshire District Council granted planning permission for a 145‑home scheme that will bring two resident‑led communities together side‑by‑side — a UK first at this scale. The project is the

A man and his two accomplices have been sentenced for their involvement in a sale-and-rent-back scheme.  Rajinder Gill has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for running a sale-and-rent-back scheme without being authorised and illegally providing credit agreements and mortgages.

The gap between what councils in England pay out in housing benefit and how much the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reimburses them is projected to cost local government nearly £4 billion between 2017/18 to 2029/30, new analysis reveals.

Ireland’s construction industry will need to recruit between 95,000 and 110,000 additional workers if the State is to meet its housing and infrastructure ambitions, a new report from Property Industry Ireland (PII) has warned. The Ibec-affiliated group’s skills analysis highlights a wide

A row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can no longer be protected from flooding. Proposals have been approved for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council to acquire 16 residential properties at Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl. It follows s

One in nine (11%) new homes in England constructed between 2022 and 2024 have been built in areas of medium or high risk of flooding, according to new analysis from insurer Aviva.