Matthew Pennycook says Labour must close loopholes in changes to rules in England and Wales passed by GoveLong-awaited reforms to the leasehold system in England and Wales have been delayed for several months due to...
Read MoreConsultation launched on increasing socially rented housing stock by limiting criteria allowing tenants to buy Ministers will make it harder for tenants in England to buy their own council homes under changes designed to...
Read MoreCoroner’s report finds Sarah McGreevy died after climbing on box on sixth floor balcony to unblock pipe repaired with tapeA woman who accidentally fell to her death from the sixth floor balcony of a Hackney council block...
Read MoreA decade of planning policy has achieved nothing, leaving millions of people still dependent on cars, study showsA decade of planning rules designed to create housing connected to public transport routes has achieved nothing, a...
Read MoreHomelessness charities call for long-term plan and say 18% increase to 4,780 people ‘should incense us all’Rough sleeping in London hit yet another record high this summer, with an 18% increase on the summer before,...
Read MoreTreasury plans £5bn total investment in housing supply and a reduction in discounts under the right-to-buy schemeThe Treasury has announced an extra £500m for social homes in the budget, in what appears to be a...
Read MoreRHS says ensuring access to green space as part of housebuilding push could help ease pressure on NHSRequirements for gardens and the planting of trees must be included in Labour’s planned new rules for housebuilders,...
Read MoreLong-delayed regulations may ‘encourage’ housebuilders to equip homes with solar panels, rather than requiring themLabour is considering making solar panels optional on new homes in England, after pressure from...
Read MoreSubsidiary of electricity firm SSE signs ‘unique and novel’ employment and social housing deal with local councilsMore than 1,000 new homes are expected to be built across northern Scotland linked to a £20bn...
Read MoreExclusive: Housing secretary wants billions more to meet new-homes target but chancellor is set to limit spendingAngela Rayner and Rachel Reeves are at loggerheads over a major programme of social housebuilding, in the latest...
Read MoreExclusive: Some authorities say they are ‘being set up to fail’ when fault often lies with developers sitting on sitesCouncils have raised the alarm over what they describe as unrealistic government targets for new...
Read MoreA roundup of the government’s work, from its early moves on energy and housing to Thursday’s workers’ rights billLabour has been frustrated with commentary suggesting it has not achieved enough since winning...
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