The First Street project by Ask Developments German property firm Patrizia has revealed plans to build its first private rental scheme in the UK.
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The UK government has breached British citizens’ human rights by failing in its obligations to promote access to safe and affordable housing, according to a report to be submitted to the United Nations (UN). The Just Fair Consortium is an ‘umbrella’ organisation for civil society agencies camp
Nicola Sturgeon The SNP has called on the UK government to increase housing investment to enable 100,000 affordable homes to be built in the UK every year.
Steve Clarke Twenty Welsh housing organisations have joined together under the Homes for All Cymru banner to launch their manifesto, ahead of the National Assembly for Wales 2016 election.
New research into UK housing trends has found that more people are living alone and more are renting a home for the long term. Of the 43 per cent of those taking part in the Housing Futures Survey by Strutt & Parker who are single and planning to move in the next five years, some 75 per cent exp
Campbell Robb A new survey has revealed that 49 per cent of parents in Britain whose children haven't bought a home, fear that they will never do so without inheritance.
A single mother-of-five has successfully challenged a council’s decision that it had discharged its duty to house her homeless family by offering accommodation in another local authority area more than 50 miles away. The UK Supreme Court ruled that the council had acted unlawfully and quashed the
Jenny Brown More than eight out of ten of the top 60 housing associations in England pay their board members, with the average chair paid just under £18,000, a new study has found.
Anne Power The coalition government’s welfare reforms have resulted in very few social housing tenants being able to find jobs despite their aim of moving people dependent on benefits into work, according to a new report by the London School of Economics (LSE).
A law banning so-called ‘revenge evictions’ in England was passed yesterday by the House of Lords. Passed as part of the Deregulation Bill, the new law will prohibit landlords from evicting tenants who complain about conditions in their homes.