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...
Partner announced for scheme to build 700 homes on former Police Headquarters site in...
Trafford Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have selected a development partner for the former police headquarters site on Chester Road in...
Anger as Nat West boss says it is not difficult to get on the...
People have reacted with anger and astonishment to comments made by the Chairman of Nat West saying thst 'it is not difficult to get on...