Uk & International

Meg Hillier The design and implementation of the Green Deal and the complementary Energy Company Obligation (ECO) put public money at risk and must not be repeated, MPs said today.

The proposed merger of Sanctuary Group and Housing & Care 21 is now off the table after cultural differences emerged between the two organisations. Initially mooted last month, the merger would have seen the creation of a new 32,000-home operation within Sanctuary Group, known as Sanctuary 21, s

Armed Forces families have been “badly let down” for years after being provided with homes so bad they often don’t have heating and hot water, according to MPs. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) blamed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and contractor CarillionAmey and said the condit

Carwyn Jones Welsh First Minister The Right to Buy scheme has been outlined to be abolished under a bill due to be introduced later this year.

Laurice Ponting Laurice Ponting has been appointed chief executive by HouseMark, taking up the post on 1 October.

Sir Edward Lister Sir Edward Lister has been appointed the new chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

Landlords in Scotland intend to vote in favour of the UK remaining in the European Union (EU) in the upcoming referendum, according to a recent poll. A survey by the National Landlords Association (NLA) a week before the referendum found that 42 per will vote for the UK to ‘Remain’ with 30 per c

A woman who suffers from psychiatric problems has lost a human rights battle at the Supreme Court to stop her home from being possessed. Five justices at the UK's highest court unanimously dismissed an appeal by 45-year-old Fiona McDonald, whose home in Witney, Oxfordshire, was bought by her parents

North Star Housing Group’s Angela Lockwood remembers a meeting between an MP and supported housing service user that crystallises the importance of these services. I recall one very cold winter’s day some years ago, near to Christmas, when we decided to have an official opening of our new learni

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide support for two major projects that will provide a total of £280 million for social housing in Northern Ireland. The long-term loans mark the Bank’s first direct engagement with social housing providers in the region and will substantially lower th

Housing and care providers Sanctuary Group and Housing & Care 21 have announced their intention to merge. The merger will see the creation of a new operation within Sanctuary Group specialising in the provision of housing for older people to be known as Sanctuary 21.

A local authority in England has been criticised for its policy of buying one-way train tickets for homeless people to move them out the area. Bournemouth Borough Council said it has spent £500 so far on train tickets for nine people to leave as part of a new £200,000 strategy using “assertive t

Stephen Ludlow The number of private sector landlords in the UK rose by 7 per cent in 2013-14 to reach 1.75 million, according to new data.

John Perry The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was right in its criticism of the extended right to buy, says CIH policy adviser John Perry.

Terrie Alafat A report which raises a number of issues relating to plans to extend the Right to Buy to 1.3 million housing association tenants in England has been welcomed by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).