Uk & International

Social landlord L&Q has been ordered to pay £142,000 in compensation after the Housing Ombudsman found there to be a "prolonged period of decline" at the social landlord.

The UK Government has launched a consultation on proposals concerning standards registered providers must meet so tenants live in safe, quality homes, have choice and protection, and can hold landlords to account.

The number of households stuck in temporary accommodation in England was at a record high between January and March this year, new figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have shown.

The UK Government has repeated its manifesto commitment to build one million new homes over this Parliament with a number of new measures to unblock the planning system and build more homes in the right places where there is local consent.

Newcastle City Council is considering bringing its arms-length management organisation (ALMO) Your Homes Newcastle back in-house as part of a review of housing in the city. A report due to be discussed by the council’s cabinet on Monday 24 July sets out a number of different options which

A rise in investor strategies targeting affordable housing will see the sector account for 23% of private institution-owned rental housing by 2025, according to research from JLL.

Plans to replace gas boilers in many of the UK's homes with hydrogen-based alternatives are likely to be scrapped, Grant Shapps, the UK energy minister, has indicated.

The Welsh Government has launched a green paper which calls for evidence on housing adequacy and fair rents. Recognising the pressure the rising cost-of-living is placing on already struggling household budgets, the government said it is committed to helping tenants by delivering adequate housing an

Work to boost suitable housing options for older people in England kicked off this week as a UK Government-appointed taskforce met for the first time in London.

A housing association has apologised after the body of a man was discovered in his home after laying dead for six years. Robert Alton was found dead inside his flat on Hemsworth Road in Bolton on 9 March 2023.

Long-awaited plans to abolish so-called no-fault evictions in England will be introduced to Parliament today, the UK Government has announced. Housing secretary Michael Gove said the Renters’ (Reform) Bill will allow tenants to challenge poor landlords without losing their home.

A housing association in Salford has launched a new fire safety campaign following a serious fire at one of its tower blocks sparked by an e-bike battery.

Housing associations in Northern Ireland have exceeded targets for new homes in the past 12 months after one of the most successful periods for the sector in recent years.

Legislation that aims to improve conditions for private renters in England is due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week, four years after it was initially discussed.

A project to deliver a tower block of affordable homes specifically for single women has been granted planning permission.