Uk & International

A housing association has become the first in the UK to announce a permanent move to a hybrid working model and will offer interest free loans to its 700 colleagues to create defined workspaces in their homes.

Private sector tenants are leaving London in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research which found that landlords renting properties in the capital were the only ones in the country to report that tenant demand had fallen more than it increased. A survey of National Residential La

Housing costs are felt more by households that rent, according to new research by Vienna University of Economics and Business. The study, conducted by Professors Emanuel List and Wilfried Altzinger, investigated the financial burden that housing costs place on particular households and found that ho

Offices and other buildings within London's Square Mile left vacant due to the coronavirus pandemic could be repurposed into 1,500 new homes by 2030 under plans unveiled by the City of London Corporation.

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that the city must find housing for the entire population of Skid Row, its infamous homeless neighbourhood, within six months. LA is suffering from a severe housing and homelessness crisis. As of January 2020, there were more than 64,000 homeless people in LA county, 41

Almost 150 new homes are set to be developed on top of existing apartment blocks in London thanks to a joint venture between a housing association and a developer.

A social enterprise is giving people who are homeless access to a virtual address so they can access vital services as part of a pilot initiative in England. ProxyAddress has partnered with organisations including Lewisham Council, Barclays, Monzo, Monese, Crisis, The Big Issue, Ordnance S

A voucher scheme that was supposed to deliver billions of pounds worth of green home improvements in England has been cancelled a year early by the UK Government.

Housebuilders in England that carry out repairs on new-build homes are asking residents to sign non-disclosure agreements, an MP has alleged. Clive Betts, MP for Sheffield South East and chairman of Parliament’s housing committee, told BBC Radio 4’s Money Box programme that the practice

People who are homeless in England are to be prioritised for the coronavirus vaccine after the UK Government accepted advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). In a letter to secretary of state for health and social care Matt Hancock at the start of the month, the JCVI

A social housing development in Eindhoven has integrated a vertical forest. The first 'vertical forest' in the Netherlands will be integrated into one of two new smart buildings to be built in the city of Eindhoven.

A housing association is to begin work on opening the UK’s first LGBT+ affirming retirement community after securing a £5.7 million loan from the Mayor of London.

Excess heat recovered from the sewage treatment process could be used to power more than 2,000 homes thanks to a new carbon-cutting partnership between Thames Water and Kingston Council.

A Scottish initiative to create jobs for people with experience of homelessness has achieved success in England. Speaking in a blog for the National Housing Federation, PA Housing chair Hattie Llewelyn-Davies said the Naumann Initiative, which was pioneered by Kingdom Housing Associat

Michael Cameron, CEO of the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR), has been appointed to the board of the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority in Ireland. The Regulator will have responsibility for establishing and maintaining a register of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), preparing standards by w