Uk & International

A landlord in the Republic of Ireland discriminated against a homeless man by telling him that they would not accept Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), a court has ...

A housing development company is to create the UK’s first private sector, fully integrated investor, developer and manager to focus wholly on affordable housing. Multinational commercial real ...

Property website Zoopla has announced plans to overhaul its rental adverts to ban posts which refuse to take renters on housing benefits. The move comes after the ...

Plans to deploy immigration officials to Dublin’s lead homelessness agency have been approved by Cabinet. The move was agreed by ministers last Tuesday because of an increase in ...

Offsite timber frame manufacturer Stewart Milne Timber Systems has entered into a ground-breaking partnership to deliver timber frames for more than 1,500 homes for major UK housing association L&Q. ...

Researchers at Northumbria University have come up with a solution for mould, mildew and damp which cost housing associations, landlords and homeowners millions of pounds a year ...

Mental health charity Mind used a parliamentary reception in Westminster this week call for MPs to make sure the rights of people with mental health problems are ...

A housing association which provides accommodation exclusively for Orthodox families has defeated an application for Judicial Review by a mother and her young son over its allocation policy. ...

More than 165,000 of the most affordable rented homes have been lost across England in just six years, according to new analysis from the Chartered Institute of ...

England should follow Scotland’s lead and introduce open-ended tenancies for private renters, according to a new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The left-wing ...

Selective licensing schemes in England are helping to tackle poor standards in the private rented sector but could be even more effective with more government support, the ...

An SNP MP has urged the UK Government to accept amendments to its Domestic Abuse Bill to tackle the increased risk of financial abuse under the current ...

New legislation to bring an end to costly fees imposed by landlords or letting agents in England is to come into force this summer. Speaking at the ...

L&Q has become the first UK housing association to publish a report into both its gender pay gap and the difference in pay between its black and ...

Councillors at a North Yorkshire local authority have given plans to establish a new wholly owned commercial housing company the green light. Harrogate Borough Council said the ...