Investing in social housing could add over £50bn to the economy

The next government could add £51.2bn to the economy, including £12bn profit to the taxpayer, by building 90,000 social homes, according to new research...

Housebuilding sector needs significant interventions to deliver enough new homes

The housebuilding sector needs ‘significant intervention’ to deliver enough homes in the right places. In a report published today, the Competition and Markets Authority also...

Nearly 10 million households in crisis due to health inequity from cold homes

The lack of meaningful action to tackle Britain’s cold homes over the last decade has intensified existing inequalities – with many millions of households...

The UK’s tiny houses are woefully ill-prepared for an ageing population

With babies born in the 21st century expected to live, on average, to 100, by 2050, one in four people in the UK will...

Right to Buy needs reform to avoid social housing stock losses

The LGA is proposing reforms to the Right to Buy scheme in order to prevent the current net loss of much-needed social housing stock...

Northerners are paying £250 a year more for council tax than they should

Unfair and outdated council tax bands mean that Northern households are overpaying by £250 a year on average, a total of £1.2bn, according to...

Newton Heath social housing development celebrates final completion

69 low carbon homes for social rent have now been completed and residents have been welcomed to their new homes on Silk Street in...

Largest Passivhaus affordable housing scheme in the NW nears completion

Construction of the largest Passivhaus affordable housing scheme in the north west is nearing completion. The finishing touches are now being made at Greenhaus...

500 new social homes coming to Oldham announced at Oldham Housing Roundtable event

Oldham Council has pledged to get 500 new social homes built in the borough over the next five years. The announcement was made at the...

Red Bank’s latest scheme sees plans for Falcon revealed

Far East Consortium (FEC), the developer working in partnership with Manchester City Council to deliver Manchester’s Victoria North regeneration project, is set to launch...