The failure of governments to build enough social homes in the past 20 years is “shocking” and “uneconomical”, says the author of a landmark Blair-era…
View More UK failure to build social homes ‘shocking’, says author of 2004 reportTag: Social housing
Sunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlords
Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove have been accused of caving in to Tory MPs lobbying in favour of landlords’ interests after it emerged that significant…
View More Sunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlords‘All my friends have moved’: how UK cities have been hollowed out by housing price rises
Everybody I grew up with has moved out. They can’t afford to live here,” says Sallie Clarke, as she readies the offices of Home-Start Lambeth…
View More ‘All my friends have moved’: how UK cities have been hollowed out by housing price risesSunak says no extra help with mortgages as fixed rates climb to 6%
Rishi Sunak has ruled out extra help for UK homeowners struggling to pay soaring mortgage costs, as the average two-year fixed-rate loan rose above 6%.…
View More Sunak says no extra help with mortgages as fixed rates climb to 6%Rogue UK landlords using ‘ghost tenants’ to con taxpayers out of millions
Rogue landlords are conning the government out of millions of pounds by fraudulently claiming housing benefits for so-called “ghost tenants”, it has been revealed. Criminal…
View More Rogue UK landlords using ‘ghost tenants’ to con taxpayers out of millionsFrom energy costs to TV bills: what has gone up in price today?
It’s been dubbed “bleak Friday” by some: pre-announced price rises for many household bills are to take effect on 1 April, adding to the misery…
View More From energy costs to TV bills: what has gone up in price today?Build to rent’s glitzy goldrush raises fears for social housing
The Keel, a converted former HMRC office block overlooking Liverpool’s waterfront, is billed as the solution to dull, impersonal renting. Tenants in the block of…
View More Build to rent’s glitzy goldrush raises fears for social housingUK housing crisis: how did owning a home become unaffordable?
The UK has a housing crisis: in recent decades the cost of buying a home has risen faster than wages, leaving many workers priced out…
View More UK housing crisis: how did owning a home become unaffordable?