Eight million people are living in an unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable home in Britain...

More than 8m people in England – around 1 in 7 – are living in an unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable home, according to the...

1.2 million mortgage customers given payment holidays by lenders

Lenders have provided over 1.2 million mortgage payment holidays to households whose finances have been impacted by Covid-19, UK Finance has revealed today. On 17...

Reinstate evictions ban or face homelessness crisis says Manchester MP

Jeff Smith, MP for Manchester Withington, has joined campaign groups and Labour colleagues in urging the Government to reinstate the ban on evictions. This comes...

Cladding announcement falls “so far short for thousands”

The Government  has announced a new £3.5bn fund to fix dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings in England and further loans for leaseholders to fix...

Planning application submitted for 69 low carbon social homes in Newton Heath

A planning application has gone in for new social housing on Silk Street, Newton Heath, bringing a long-term brownfield site back into use. The properties...

Affordable housing development and community car park officially opens in Hale

A new state-of-the-art affordable housing development and community car park have officially opened in Hale. The homes – 12 affordable shared ownership apartments and ten...

Researchers call for better reporting of landlords who have illegally evicted and harassed tenants

Just 12 landlords were convicted for offences under the Protection from Eviction Act (PfEA) in 2020/21, according to new research The researchers also found that...

The Government should be more ambitious over its Affordable Homes Programme says National Audit...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) forecasts that it will spend £20.7 billion on new grant funded homes through three rounds...

1.4 million to be hit by higher interest rates as they renew mortgages this...

1.4m borrowers will face higher interest rates in 2023 as they come to renew their mortgage. Figures released this morning from the Office of National...

Manchester’s Selective landlord licensing continues to expansion cont

700 more private sector homes across Manchester will require a landlord licence as Selective Licensing expands to five new schemes across four neighbourhoods. The four...