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National Audit Office highlights the risks of Affordable Housing Programme
Image: National Audit Office highlights the risks of Affordable Housing ProgrammeDespite a successful launch, the Government’s Affordable Housing Programme has left little room for manoeuvre and...
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Homeless soldiers in Bristol build their own homes
Image: Homeless soldiers in Bristol build their own homesThe first homes in the country to be self-built by former members of the Armed Forces have been officially opened in Bristol by television...
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Olympics missiles: Defence secretary vows to defeat residents’ legal...
Image: Olympics missiles: Defence secretary vows to defeat residents’ legal challenge as deployment confirmedThe defence secretary Philip Hammond has vowed to defeat resident “activists” opposed to...
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Derby Homes’ chief executive Phil Davies dies in his sleep
Image: Derby Homes’ chief executive Phil Davies dies in his sleepColleagues have paid tribute to Phil Davies, chief executive of ALMO Derby Homes, who has passed away aged 59.
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TV architect George Clarke welcomes loan scheme for empty homes
Image: TV architect George Clarke welcomes loan scheme for empty homesOne of the key demands of property campaigner George Clarke has been realised with the creation of a low-interest loan scheme to...
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British Safety Council concerned that reduction of deaths at work has “stalled”
Image: British Safety Council concerned that reduction of deaths at work has “stalled”The construction industry led the grim tally of deaths at work, in the latest provisional figures released by the...
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Tottenham FC star Ledley King joins Boris Johnson on a visit to a new...
Image: Tottenham FC star Ledley King joins Boris Johnson on a visit to a new Tottenham community hubThe Mayor of London Boris Johnson visited a new community hub, part of a £41 million regeneration...
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HCA sets out its priorities for 2012 to 2015
Image: HCA sets out its priorities for 2012 to 2015The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has set out its priorities for the remainder of the current spending period. Its Corporate Plan 2012-15 details...
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Halton Housing Trust properties to be used as setting for new ITV drama...
Image: Halton Housing Trust properties to be used as setting for new ITV drama HomefrontITV studios is using Halton Housing Trust properties in Avondale Close, Widnes, as part of the setting for...
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Private renters now equal social renting market share, according to English...
Image: Private renters now equal social renting market share, according to English Housing SurveyHome ownership might remain the dominant tenure but its significance is waning as England fast becomes a...
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Revised household formation figures still outstrips housebuilding, RICS warns
Image: Revised household formation figures still outstrips housebuilding, RICS warnsThe lower expected rise in the formation of new households over the next decade doesn’t necessarily ease the...
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Shelter reveals 8 million people are just one payday from being homeless
Image: Shelter reveals 8 million people are just one payday from being homelessMillions of people are just a payday away from homelessness, according to Shelter figures that reveal one in three could...
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Cautious optimism as CML figures show rising first-time buyer activity
Image: Cautious optimism as CML figures show rising first-time buyer activityFirst-time buyers are making a tentative comeback, if figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) are anything to go...
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Amendment to tackle “wild west” lettings agents welcomed, but more must be done
Image: Amendment to tackle “wild west” lettings agents welcomed, but more must be doneAn eleventh hour amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill intended to tackle rogue lettings agents...
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Prisk announces first 45 Build to Rent Fund projects to deliver 10,000 new...
Image: Prisk announces first 45 Build to Rent Fund projects to deliver 10,000 new private rental homesHousing associations have made their presence felt in the developer market with a strong showing on...
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Pickles warned London’s economy put at risk by planning changes
Image: Pickles warned London’s economy put at risk by planning changesLondon’s economic growth could be stunted by plans to allow the conversion of offices into homes, and the removal of protection...
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Rotherham man Stephen Carter jailed for unsafe and illegal gas work
Image: Rotherham man Stephen Carter jailed for unsafe and illegal gas workAn illegal gas fitter who put lives at risk with his shoddy work is in prison following a prosecution brought by the Health and...
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TV chef John Burton-Race cooks up tasty donation to help homeless in Amber...
Image: TV chef John Burton-Race cooks up tasty donation to help homeless in Amber Valley Celebrity chef and contestant in BBC One’s ‘Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is’, John Burton-Race, will...
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Housing associations to be represented on Government health and care programme
Image: Housing associations to be represented on Government health and care programmeThe appointment of the National Housing Federation (NHF) to the Government’s strategic panel on health and care is a...
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Collecting the rent to cost social landlords half a billion quid thanks to...
Image: Collecting the rent to cost social landlords half a billion quid thanks to welfare reformWelfare reform is expected to make collecting rents more expensive, with the cost to social landlords...
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