Uk & International

A new report by the University of Salford has revealed the social housing sector’s significant impact on employment outcomes.

A floating island with up to 10,000 homes and shops forms part of an idea to revive a tidal lagoon project in Swansea Bay.

Hampshire-based housing association Vivid has acquired a local housebuilder as it looks to ramp up its development plans.

Nearly half of landlords and letting agents in England and Wales claim they are more likely to remove some or all of their investment in the private rented sector because of UK government plans to end "no explanation" repossessions.

A new ten-year management agreement has been signed which will see Places for People manage retirement homes on behalf of Residential Secure Income plc (ReSI).

The UK Government has backed a multi-million pound deal that will see Japan’s biggest housebuilder move into the UK housing market with immediate effect.

A £600,000 pot of funding has been launched in Greater Manchester which aims to find real-life solutions to the housing problems facing thousands of vulnerable private renters in the city.

Around £200 million will be made available to remove and replace unsafe cladding from around 170 privately owned high-rise buildings, the UK Government has announced.

England’s social housing regulator has launched a 12-week consultation on a revised Rent Standard that could restrict rent increases by up to CPI+1% annually from 2020 for at least five years.

A quarter of private landlords in England and Wales are looking to sell at least one property over the next year, according to new research.

The boards of two housing associations which collectively own and manage 38,000 units across the south west and south of England have announced talks on a potential merger. Radian and Yarlington will explore options over the coming months to form a partnership which they said will deliver “lon

The announcement by the UK Government that they will end no fault evictions is welcome news and long overdue and follows the path that already exists in Scotland, writes David Alexander. Scotland provides a model for the future direction that the Private Rented Sector (PRS) operates in England as it

Affordable homes could be built on land owned by the Church of England after the Archbishop of Canterbury launched a major new commission to tackle the housing crisis. The Most Rev Justin Welby has launched a Commission on Housing, Church and Community to explore a Christian perspective on housing p

A free personal postal address and letter collection service for people who are homeless or living in temporary accommodation has been launched in the Republic of Ireland. National postal company An Post has teamed up joined with charities and service providers to announce the launch of Address Poin

Children from the social housing element of a London residential complex are being blocked from playing at a communal play area used by homebuyers at the same development. Henley Homes got permission to build a 149-home development on the site of the Baylis Old School complex on Lollard Street by pr