Uk & International

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.

The UK Government has repeated its manifesto commitment to build one million new homes over this Parliament with a number of new measures to unblock the planning system and build more homes in the right places where there is local consent.

Newcastle City Council is considering bringing its arms-length management organisation (ALMO) Your Homes Newcastle back in-house as part of a review of housing in the city. A report due to be discussed by the council’s cabinet on Monday 24 July sets out a number of different options which

A rise in investor strategies targeting affordable housing will see the sector account for 23% of private institution-owned rental housing by 2025, according to research from JLL.

Plans to replace gas boilers in many of the UK's homes with hydrogen-based alternatives are likely to be scrapped, Grant Shapps, the UK energy minister, has indicated.

The Welsh Government has launched a green paper which calls for evidence on housing adequacy and fair rents. Recognising the pressure the rising cost-of-living is placing on already struggling household budgets, the government said it is committed to helping tenants by delivering adequate housing an

Work to boost suitable housing options for older people in England kicked off this week as a UK Government-appointed taskforce met for the first time in London.