Uk & International

The boards of Network Homes and Sovereign Housing Association have formally agreed to merge to form one of the largest housing associations in the country. Set to be created on 1 October 2023, SNG (Sovereign Network Group) will manage more than 82,000 homes serving over 210,000 r

South of England housing association Abri Group has been ordered to pay over £9,000 in compensation after two separate findings of severe maladministration from the Housing Ombudsman.

New planning reforms regarding river pollution have been unveiled that the UK Government claims will lead to 100,000 new homes being built.

Sanctuary Housing has been ordered to pay over £5,600 in compensation for leaving a resident and her child living in damp and mould for years and then failing to provide proper redress for the situation.

The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration in how Newham Council handled a damp and mould case, taking the local authority more than three years to resolve the issue and repeatedly not keeping the resident updated on repairs. The landlord has now been ordered to pay £5,400 in com

The chief executive of a housing association in England has been ordered to apologise directly to a resident after her noise nuisance complaints were ignored or not acted effectively on for nearly two years.

A local authority in England has been criticised by the housing regulator for complaint handling failures which left a resident and her two vulnerable children in a home with damp and mould.

More than 30 of the UK's largest housing associations have written to ministers to call for more targeted support to protect millions of people expected to struggle with their energy bills this winter.

The Northern Ireland Executive has launched a new £33 million fund for the remediation or mitigation of the life safety fire risks linked to external wall systems in residential buildings.

A local authority in England has been ordered to pay almost £13,000 to a resident after delays in providing disability adaptations meant the resident was forced to undertake them himself. The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration for Waverley Borough Council after it unreas

A new UK Government-backed scheme has been launched which provides free legal advice to help 38,000 people a year at risk of losing their home.

England's Housing Ombudsman has made a severe maladministration finding against a London council after it didn’t act effectively enough and mishandled the repairs over damp and mould.

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.