Home > Filing Cabinet >Social Rented Sector >
Social Rented Sector
Includes: information on the social rented sector
LIN member report August 2018 - Council spending on discretionary housing payments
13 August, 2018
LIN member report by Neil Merrick
The Housing Podcast: the supported housing saga
13 August, 2018
The Housing Podcast is a production of Inside Housing magazine
The supported housing funding saga: a timeline
10 August, 2018
The government's decision to drop a shake-up of supported housing funding brings an end to uncertainty that's lasted for nearly three years
Housing associations and sector bodies welcome 'certainty' of supported housing announcement
10 August, 2018
The housing sector has warmly welcomed the government's decision to abandon controversial plans to reform the funding of sheltered housing
'Disappointed' councils miss out on social housing funding
09 August, 2018
'Disappointed' councils across Greater Lincolnshire are set to miss out on a share of £1 billion worth of social housing support after just one authority in the county was deemed eligible to bid for the extra cash
Funding for supported housing - two consultations
09 August, 2018
This is the full government response to the two joint consultations on the design of the new funding models for the housing costs for supported accommodation
All supported housing funding to be retained in welfare system
09 August, 2018
Housing benefit will be kept in place for all those living in supported housing
The impact of welfare reforms on housing associations
08 August, 2018
Welfare reforms introduced since 2010 in the United Kingdom represent a major challenge for housing associations
South West association and house builder agree £28m Section 106 package deal
07 August, 2018
A housing association in the South West has agreed a £28m affordable housing 'package deal' with a house builder
Urgent council home repairs leaves £666,000 hole in finances
07 August, 2018
A new team formed last year to carry out repairs and maintenance on council homes has cost £666,000 more than expected
Serco halts evictions as housing associations offer support
07 August, 2018
Legal bid halts evictions as third sector housing providers join to offer tenancy agreements
The Housing Podcast: a brief history of council housing
06 August, 2018
The Housing Podcast is a production of Inside Housing magazine
Council considers selling off excess homes bought for Grenfell survivors
06 August, 2018
Kensington and Chelsea Council is considering selling off some of the homes it bought for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire
Vulnerable children facing 'catastrophe' over crisis-hit councils
06 August, 2018
Vulnerable children cannot get help from some cash-strapped councils
Civitas Social Housing net asset rise in Q2
06 August, 2018
Civitas Social Housing reported Friday a higher net asset value in the second quarter of the year
Report calls for new approach to customer satisfaction in social housing
03 August, 2018
A new report from HACT has called on social housing providers to adopt a different approach to customer satisfaction
Soaring rents rose 60% faster than pay since 2011
03 August, 2018
Many English towns out of reach for workers, whose pay rose only 10% in seven years
Southern councils selling off homes through Right to Buy
02 August, 2018
Social housing in the south of England is being sold off four times as fast as it is being replaced
'Keyworkers' could pay discount rent in Southwark housing shake-up
02 August, 2018
Council wants to hear your views
Why we set up our own council housing company
02 August, 2018
Across London there is a desperate need for affordable homes, and this is especially true in Haringey
London temporary housing costs up by half in four years
02 August, 2018
Temporary housing costs in London have risen by half in the past four years
Housing association judged non-compliant following fire safety failures
01 August, 2018
Knowsley Housing Trust has been downgraded to non-compliant status by the RSH following major fire safety failures "potentially affecting hundreds" of tenants
North East housing associations announce merger details
01 August, 2018
Coast & Country Housing and Yorkshire Coast Homes have confirmed the two organisations will merge to form a new company, Beyond Housing, in early October 2018
Borough slammed for dumping vulnerable families in poor accommodation miles from home
31 July, 2018
Vulnerable families have been uprooted and dumped in poor accommodation on the Essex coast
Shadow Housing Secretary Wrong on Scarborough Social Housing
31 July, 2018
Claims by the Shadow Housing Secretary that no social housing has been built in the Scarborough Borough are wrong according to a local Councillor
Provider wins court case and sets precedent for social housing
31 July, 2018
Case centred on an eviction that ended eight years of anti-social behaviour by a single tenant
Call for extra action over council housing arrears
30 July, 2018
Council house tenants should pay their rents or face being kicked out of their homes
Grenfell: Police say they have 'reasonable grounds' to suspect Kensington council and TMO committed corporate manslaughter
30 July, 2018
Bosses of local authority and TMO to be interviewed by detectives
Westminster Council to invest millions to accommodate families at risk of homelessness
30 July, 2018
The authority has pledged £15m
Grenfell Tower site to be handed to council despite local anger
30 July, 2018
Borough of Kensington and Chelsea owns site of tower, which is expected to be demolished
S&P downgrades five large associations' credit ratings
30 July, 2018
S&P has downgraded five large associations' credit ratings over increased sales risk
Housing association borrows £75m from large US investor
30 July, 2018
A giant US investor has signed a £75m loan to a housing association, marking its third deal with the sector
Housing associations 'require 138,000 more plots of land'
27 July, 2018
Savills calculates amount of extra land associations need to achieve their development ambition
The benefits of using peer support models in shared housing
27 July, 2018
A new report says landlords should seriously consider peer support models in shared housing
Campaigners see off Grenfell 'tenancy stripping'
27 July, 2018
Tenants in the shadow of Grenfell Tower faced a council-imposed deadline to either return or relinquish tenancies and pay for their own temporary accommodation
Regulator downgrades housing associations over risk management and safety
26 July, 2018
The Regulator of Social Housing has downgraded three housing associations this morning, including two for struggles with managing risk and one for 'electrical safety' issues
Most Grenfell Tower survivors show signs of PTSD
25 July, 2018
Two-thirds of adults involved in the fire believed to need stress disorder treatment
Government restores 'social rent' to definition of affordable housing
25 July, 2018
The government has restored the term 'social rent' to the definition of affordable housing in its national planning rulebook after housing and council bodies voiced concerns
Fixed Term Tenancies: Revealing Divergent Views on the Purpose of Social Housing
25 July, 2018
Since 2012, social landlords in England have been permitted to offer fixed term rather than 'lifetime' tenancies to new tenants
Funding application to build more social housing turned down
25 July, 2018
Sheffield City Council has been told that it won't be eligible to borrow more money to provide much needed social housing in Sheffield
Social housing used to be a national asset. Let's rebuild that attitude
25 July, 2018
Our commission has revealed the scale of working people who cannot get a home
Further evidence of government failure on Grenfell re-housing
24 July, 2018
MHCLG admits just two households moved out of blocks beside Grenfell Tower have been found permanent accommodation
The Peabody Index: Tracking the experiences of London's social housing tenants
24 July, 2018
At Peabody we want to more than help our tenants directly through affordable homes and support services
New housing minister criticises councils over unused borrowing capacity
24 July, 2018
The new housing minister has said he is "at a loss" to understand why councils are not using Housing Revenue Account borrowing headroom
Social housing green paper goes back to September - unless released over recess
24 July, 2018
Fears off a summer 'slip out' after days of speculation over publication come to nothing
Political foes unite over a future for social housing
24 July, 2018
A former Labour leader and former Tory treasury minister together set an example as to how the housing crisis can be tackled
NHF calls for housing associations to play larger role in Universal Credit rollout
23 July, 2018
The NHF has called for housing associations to have a larger role in the migration of benefit claimants to Universal Credit
'Shameful': More than 100 council homes in Grenfell Tower borough lying empty
23 July, 2018
Kensington and Chelsea council must 'get a grip' on housing stock, says law centre
May's housing cash pledge is not enough
23 July, 2018
PM's promise undermined by borrowing controls as social home building hits a new low
LIN member report July 2018 - The "Housing Court" - What Does This Mean For Landlords?
23 July, 2018
LIN member report by Kevin McCready
London needs 40,000 new social rented homes a year
20 July, 2018
"London has consistently failed to build enough homes but social housing has taken the biggest hit"
Government 'must do more' after revelation housing associations pay tens of millions to help unemployed
19 July, 2018
Nationally commissioned employment and skills services have failed to work with them, and have failed to support people who face the greatest barriers to work
Ministers consider sector 'league tables' for Social Housing Green Paper
19 July, 2018
Ministers have been exploring the idea of 'league tables' of housing associations as a key policy recommendation in the imminent Social Housing Green Paper
Southall housing association told to tackle antisocial behaviour or face prosecution
19 July, 2018
PA Housing could be prosecuted if steps aren't taken to deter the behaviour at Victory Mews
Grenfell Tower: Minister admits 'mistakes were made' in rehousing scheme for victims as dozens remain in temporary accommodation
19 July, 2018
Administrators 'being asked to perform roles that they are not used to under very difficult circumstances'
Tenants angry after housing association takes away trampoline - but leaves scaffolding up for over a year
19 July, 2018
Housing association tenants in St John's Wood are furious after landlords banned a communal trampoline on health and safety grounds but left scaffolding up for over a year
Grenfell fire: Ban on combustible material 'not enough'
18 July, 2018
The government's proposed ban on using combustible materials for new high-rise buildings does not go far enough
90 per cent rise in Swindon families in temporary accommodation
18 July, 2018
Homeless households living in temporary accommodation in Swindon have almost doubled in the last five years
Dispatches episode was not a balanced documentary
18 July, 2018
Self-funding has helped housing associations to create homes and communities in the face of declining government subsidy
Social Housing Green Paper expected by recess
17 July, 2018
The Social Housing Green Paper is still expected to be published before parliament breaks up for summer recess either next Tuesday or on Thursday this week
Stock transfer landlord secures £95m bank loan
17 July, 2018
A stock transfer housing association has secured bank finance of £95m - including a restructuring of its previous debt and £40m of new borrowing
Canterbury social housing deal stopped London 'gazumpers'
17 July, 2018
Canterbury City Council claims it outwitted big-spending London boroughs to land a secret deal to convert properties into affordable local homes
Social housing allocations policy 'discriminates against Travellers'
17 July, 2018
A High Court judge has branded a London council's housing allocation policy "unlawful" as it discriminates against Irish Travellers
Scottish landlord seals £50m private placement
16 July, 2018
Scottish landlord Cairn Housing Association has raised £50m through a private placement deal with an unnamed US insurance company to support
56,000 in region on waiting lists for social housing
16 July, 2018
More than 56,000 people or families are on waiting lists for social housing in the North East and North Yorkshire
It's official: DWP cuts are so bad councils just spent record amounts mopping them up
13 July, 2018
The DWP has cut some welfare so near to the bone that local authorities had to spend record amounts last year to make up the shortfall
The fall and rise of social rent
13 July, 2018
Will the comeback of state-funded socially rented housing deliver the homes Britain needs?
English Housing Survey 2016 to 2017: fire and fire safety
12 July, 2018
Report on fire incidents, fire safety equipment and fire hazards in different types of households and dwellings in England
English Housing Survey 2016 to 2017: social rented sector
12 July, 2018
Report on the characteristics and circumstances of social renters in England, and how this has changed over the last 20 years
How to become a trans-inclusive landlord
11 July, 2018
Trans people can face discrimination when it comes to housing
How to contact HMRC - updated information for housing associations
11 July, 2018
HMRC has issued new guidance for housing associations wishing to contact HMRC. There are now two distinct routes, depending on your query
Social Housing Pension Scheme - significant changes on the horizon
10 July, 2018
KPMG summarises two recent updates on the Social Housing Pension Scheme
APPG launched to tackle unemployment in social housing
10 July, 2018
A response to Centre for Social Justice finding social housing households four times more likely to be workless than those in private housing
Administrators appointed to social housing specialist
09 July, 2018
Deveron Construction Limited offered design and build contracts to associations across the North of Scotland
Safety products for the elderly need to be updated
06 July, 2018
People are put off making home adaptations due to the stigma of unattractive products available
Disabled people could slip through net in universal credit move, says charity
06 July, 2018
Mind raises concerns that safeguards for vulnerable claimants will not be in place
Universal Credit: Complaints - and sticking to your guns
06 July, 2018
RLA trainer and Universal Credit expert Bill Irvine shares one of his latest cases
London Assembly agrees motion to scrap Section 21 notices
06 July, 2018
The London Assembly Members yesterday agreed a unanimous motion calling on the Mayor of London to back a campaign to abolish section 21 and to lobby the government for a change in the law
Rent collection service aims to offer landlords 'financial security'
06 July, 2018
Unpaid rent and rent arrears are the main reason for tenant evictions, according to Belvoir's Q1 rental index
Scrap the surcharge! Strong support for petition to repeal buy to let taxes
06 July, 2018
There has been strong support for an e-petition calling for the scrapping of the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties and the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief for landlords
Awaiting Right to Buy replacements
06 July, 2018
Homes sold under the Right to Buy are simply not being replaced. Could the government's plans to partially lift the council debt cap bring relief?
June 2018:Universal Credit landlord engagement newsletter
06 July, 2018
We regularly update our information for landlords, read the up-to-date version of the Universal Credit & Rented Sector Housing Guide and use the latest UC47 form to request payment of rent from tenant's Universal credit
Two Letting Agents Banned by Property Ombudsman
06 July, 2018
The Property Ombudsman has booted two letting agents out of the redress scheme
Calls to end no-fault evictions
05 July, 2018
London Assembly looks to Sadiq Khan to back the campaign.
CIH Northern Ireland: Right to Buy a 'double edged sword'
05 July, 2018
Early findings from a project looking to shape the future of housing in Northern Ireland have been released
Wales fee ban will lead to increased costs
05 July, 2018
Banning fees in Wales will drive up costs and change the way landlords interact with letting agents, RLA Director for Wales Douglas Haig told the Senedd today
Social care system 'seizing up' under strain
05 July, 2018
Northern Ireland's social care system could seize up unless it receives more funding, the chief social worker has warned
Universal Credit: Labour says Esther McVey should resign
05 July, 2018
Esther McVey has faced calls to quit over "inadvertently misleading" the Commons about the official NAO spending watchdog's view of Universal Credit
Government slammed for failing to act on report that suggests improvements to PRS
05 July, 2018
The government has been criticised for continuing to drag its heels over taking on key recommendations made in a recent report designed to improve standards in the private rented sector
Less than four weeks until introduction of selective licensing in Nottingham
05 July, 2018
BTL landlords in Nottingham will soon face tougher rules with new rental licensing conditions set to be introduced in the city
British government imposes collective punishment by evicting families from public housing
05 July, 2018
The British government intends to roll out nationally a scheme piloted in north London, whereby the families of gang members and violent criminals are evicted from their public housing residences
Special administration regime for English housing associations comes into force
05 July, 2018
A new special administration regime which allows the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) to deal with insolvent housing associations will come into force today
HB Direct newsletters: 2018
04 July, 2018
These HB Direct newsletters for local authority staff provide information that affects Housing Benefit.
Minister apologises over 'inadvertently misleading' parliament
04 July, 2018
Esther McVey apologises for her comments over Universal Credit
Right to Rent: Windrush guidance for landlords
04 July, 2018
Landlords renting to Windrush immigrants, who have a right to live in the UK, but may not have the documents to prove it, can apply for a Positive Right to Rent Notice (PRRN).
RLA gives evidence to HCLG committee on Hackitt report
04 July, 2018
The Hackitt report into building regulations should include more information about the lifetime management of buildings once occupied, RLA Policy Manager John Stewart told a committee of MPs this week
Landlord couple want to see letting agent banned over unpaid rent
04 July, 2018
A couple who claim they are owed thousands of pounds in unpaid rent have called for a ban on the letting agency accused of withholding the money
Smoke alarm 'would have saved Huddersfield fire-death boys
04 July, 2018
A house fire which killed two boys was "eminently avoidable", had the letting agent provided smoke alarms, a court has heard
Risks to children 'the biggest social justice challenge of our time
04 July, 2018
Children's commissioner seeks more help for young people in vulnerable family situations
Northern Ireland student wins landmark case against Belfast letting agent
04 July, 2018
A landmark court ruling has closed a loophole for letting agents to levy extra charges on tenants, it was claimed today
Long tenancies won't stop landlords wanting a CV, 12 months' rent - or a date
04 July, 2018
Proposed three-year agreements do little to change oppressive demands from landlords charging extortionate rents
More than one in ten privately-rented homes are unfit to live in
03 July, 2018
Shocking figures reveal homes with problems such as mould, damp, a faulty boiler or freezing cold in winter
How Labour Will Act On Unhealthy Homes
03 July, 2018
In this NHS anniversary year, we are committing Labour to new action to rekindle Bevan's vision and end the scourge of substandard homes
Regulator highlights importance of providing good quality, accessible information on homelessness services
03 July, 2018
A report highlighting the importance of easy access to homelessness services information for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness has been published by the Scottish Housing Regulator.
New research exposes factors that lead to people returning to sleeping rough
03 July, 2018
Today, St Mungo's publishes peer led research outlining reasons why some people can find themselves sleeping rough after time away the streets.
Japanese Knotweed: a warning
03 July, 2018
Landlords are being warned to keep a close eye on the gardens of their rental homes after it was revealed homeowners will be able to sue their neighbours for damages if Japanese Knotweed grows onto their land.
National Housing Federation response to Homes England deals with housing associations
03 July, 2018
Homes England has agreed first wave of strategic partnerships to ramp up building of affordable homes. These include deals with eight housing associations.
Families hit by crippling cost of living need a third more income to make ends meet
03 July, 2018
Our latest research reveals how low-income families need a third more disposable income than a decade ago to make ends meet
Shock results as 30 lettings agencies probed by undercover teams
03 July, 2018
A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around mouldy properties and not informing them about important safety details.
London first-time buyers put down £19k extra per bedroom
03 July, 2018
New report makes case for shared ownership in the capital as an FTB option.
'Stock up on tins' - Universal Credit is on its way to Carlisle and Barrow
03 July, 2018
The switch to the controversial government benefit is on the way for thousands of residents
Longer-term tenancy plans proposed
02 July, 2018
Compulsory three-year contracts would give more protection to renters.
Labour says government plans to provide renters with greater stability are 'meaningless'
02 July, 2018
'Any fresh help for renters is welcome but this latest promise is meaningless if landlords can still force tenants out by hiking up the rent'
More than 600 'affordable homes' built in Merseyside were NOT affordable
02 July, 2018
New data shows many houses do not meet the guidelines to be classed as affordable
Sofa-Surfing and Sleeping on Trains: The Rise Of 'Hidden Homelessness' And How Single Mothers Are Worst Hit
02 July, 2018
47% of people registered homeless are single mums.
Report criticises new PIP benefits payment system
02 July, 2018
A Stormont department has been urged to start recording assessments of those applying for the Personal Independence Payment after a report criticised the current process.
New report highlights benefits of short-term rentals in Scotland
02 July, 2018
Scotland's short-term rental sector generates £723 million of economic activity every year, a new report has claimed.
Homes for social rent 'have to be' part of new national planning policy
02 July, 2018
Call from LGA comes as the number of such homes tips towards historic low.
Top tips for landlords for clearing out at end of tenancy
02 July, 2018
It's time for many students up and down the country to clear-out their properties, so now is a good time to make sure they know how to correctly clear out their properties.
More tenants faced rent rises in May
02 July, 2018
There was an increase in the number of tenants in the private rented sector experiencing a rent increase in May compared with a month earlier at a time when supply of rented homes on offer is rising.
Landlords welcome tax incentives for longer tenancies
02 July, 2018
Landlords are today welcoming proposals being considered by the Government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies.
Deprived areas 'have five times more fast food outlets'
29 June, 2018
Deprived areas such as Blackpool and parts of Manchester and Liverpool have five times more fast food outlets than affluent areas, a survey suggests.
'Two-child policy' cuts benefits of more than 70,000 families
29 June, 2018
Campaigners warn poverty will rise as low-income families lose financial support
Report salutes housing support provided by Armed Forces charities
29 June, 2018
Reasearch reveals the extent of a home front providing £40m of housing support to over 11,000 people a year
Scrap the new homes tax argue landlords
29 June, 2018
Ministers need to scrap the tax on new homes which is punishing those in need of a home to rent, the UK's leading landlord body argues
London council launches Housing First pilot as part of £500,000 homelessness package
29 June, 2018
Newham Council has unveiled a wave of new projects to tackle homelessness, including a Housing First pilot aimed at tackling rough sleeping.
Government policy forced 190 women to prove they were raped in order to get child benefits, figures show
29 June, 2018
Tens of thousands of low income families miss out on child benefits under 'poverty-producing' measure, while mothers forced to disclose rape in order to put food on the table
'Silver splitters' fuel rising homelessness
28 June, 2018
Number of over-60s presenting as homeless at a 10-year high
English councils warn 'worst is yet to come' on cuts
28 June, 2018
Authorities risk going bust unless steps are taken to shore up budgets, ministers told
Call of the week: Section 21 documents
28 June, 2018
This week, a landlord called us with a question about serving a Section 21 notice and when he needed to serve the documents on his renewal tenancy.
Understanding your citizens to beat the Universal Credit challenge
28 June, 2018
Understanding your citizens to beat the Universal Credit challenge
Housing 2018: Green paper 'to give regulator teeth'
28 June, 2018
Housing minister Dominic Raab says regulator will gain powers in the Social Housing Green Paper and stresses government commitment to Right to Buy
New government lettings documents include updated 'How To Rent'
28 June, 2018
Tenant, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides
Social care in Wales 'could be funded by age-related tax'
28 June, 2018
An income tax increase of between 1% and 3% could be used to fund elderly social care in Wales, according to an independent report.
Tories forced to rewrite obscure benefits law after court finds it breaches human rights
28 June, 2018
The DWP admitted a "small group" of jobseekers had been denied a fair hearing when they tried to appeal against a benefit sanction
Housing body with 12,000 London tenants has been placed under review
27 June, 2018
London social housing management body CityWest Homes has been placed under review, and its chief executive has stepped aside
Regulator warns social landlords that bail-outs are not guaranteed
27 June, 2018
The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) would allow a housing association to fail if there was 'limited or no value' in its business, its executive director has said
Most associations do not treat domestic violence as a tenancy breach, research reveals
27 June, 2018
Almost one in 10 social landlords do not consider perpetrating domestic abuse as a breach of tenancy, delegates at Housing 2018 in Manchester heard
Latest stats show temporary accommodation numbers are up
27 June, 2018
Overall the numbers have increased by 56% from 2010 – rising to 190% for those in B&B over the same period
Child homelessness in England at highest level since 2007
27 June, 2018
123,130 children were in temporary accommodation in first quarter of 2018 - an increase of nearly 80% since 2011
Benefit or burden? The cities trying out universal basic income
27 June, 2018
Cities around the world are experimenting with basic income schemes. The benefits for residents seem obvious - but what's in it for the cities?
Domestic abuse survivors and children sleeping rough' survey finds
27 June, 2018
Women unable to get refuge place also having to sofa-surf or stay with abuser
Universal Credit: In Work Progression Randomised Control Trial
27 June, 2018
Information about Universal Credit trials and pilots
Government publishes new and updated 'how to' guides
27 June, 2018
The Government has today (Tuesday 26th June) published new and updated information to help landlords and tenants who live and work in private rented housing.
What is social housing for?
26 June, 2018
In the aftermath of Grenfell, and with many people priced out of homeownership, Nathaniel Barker finds out how social housing fits into the current climate
Flying the standard
26 June, 2018
HACT is excited to announce that Housemark, L&Q and Metropolitan, as well as a number of other housing associations, have signed up to support the development of the full version of the UK housing data standard
Angus Council welcomes move to install sprinkler systems in all social housing
26 June, 2018
As the first Scottish local authority to install sprinkler systems as standard in its new build housing, Angus Council welcomes the move by Scottish Government to make sprinkler systems compulsory in new social housing
Arhag needs landlords for Syrian refugees
26 June, 2018
Specialist association offering incentives including carrying out and funding repairs and guaranteed monthly rental income for 3-5 years
Families feast in the Forest
26 June, 2018
An innovative project between Two Rivers Housing and the Salvation Army is teaching basic cooking skills to families and building community relationships
PRA changes will affect landlords' ability to provide 'quality affordable housing'
25 June, 2018
Mortgage brokers and lenders have been slammed by the National Landlords Association (NLA) for failing to do enough to communicate changes by the Prudential Regulation Authority to landlords.
Over 10 years to save for a deposit as first-time buyers forced to rent for longer
25 June, 2018
Many would-be first-time buyers are being forced to rent longer despite a slowdown in house prices as new figures reveal that it takes an average of more than 10 years to save for a 15% deposit.
Tax breaks for landlords price younger buyers out of housing market
25 June, 2018
Think tank says it's time to get community-led development on track.
Social housing is a vanishing option for families who cannot afford to buy
25 June, 2018
Depleted stock forces young adults to pay private rents or live with their parents
Call for more council homes in Stockton to tackle homeless problem
25 June, 2018
Middlesbrough Council has already said it will consider building houses to tackle a shortage of affordable homes
New shocking report reveals more families on breadline, benefits shambles, Homelessness rising and foodbank crisis
25 June, 2018
Rising levels of working and unemployed poverty, the housing crisis, cuts to public services, insecure work and hunger
A dozen councils to receive social care innovation funding
25 June, 2018
A dozen councils to receive social care innovation funding Twelve councils have been awarded funding to explore how technology can improve social care services.
Brent Council aims to 'foster good relationships with private landlords'
25 June, 2018
Brent Council insists that it wants to build better relationships with private landlords after successfully winning close to 150 prosecution cases against rogue landlords' helping to raise more than £1m in fines.
Online Universal Credit bid 'awful'
22 June, 2018
A woman unable to apply for Universal Credit online said she was left having to ask for food parcels.
Tenant jailed for illegally subletting house
22 June, 2018
A private tenant occupying a three-bedroom house in north-west London has been jailed after he was caught illegally subletting the property to 35 men.
"Bedroom tax" is still hitting Stoke-on-Trent families hard
22 June, 2018
The so-called "bedroom tax" is continuing to hit Stoke-on-Trent hard - with demand for smaller council homes far outstripping supply and families forced into hardship, councillors have said
New research reveals rental comparison between benefit recipients and families
21 June, 2018
Welfare 'reform' making rental payments from recipients more difficult for landlords to manage.
Rise in homelessness applications in Scotland reverses nine-year trend
21 June, 2018
The number of applications for homelessness status in Scotland has gone up for the first time nine years, according to official figures.
The cost of housing for low-income renters
21 June, 2018
The 'affordability' of housing is one of the most prominent domestic public policy issues of the day, and for good reason.
Social care faces a 'dangerous shortfall' of staff, government warned
21 June, 2018
More than 75% of people say they would not like to begin a career in social care, survey finds
Why tenants think their feedback is being ignored
21 June, 2018
The Social Housing Green Paper is set to redress the balance of power between residents and social landlords. Martin Hilditch investigates what tenants would like to happen next
JRF responds to IFS report on living standards
21 June, 2018
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) today responded to a new report on living standards conducted by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and funded by the JRF.
Universal Credit: Online ID demands delaying benefits
21 June, 2018
Demands for passports or driving licences to get new benefits have left some Welsh claimants making "degrading" requests for food to survive, it is being claimed.
Landlord fined for renting out bed in shed
21 June, 2018
A landlord has been fined ordered to pay £5,000 for allowing tenants to sleep in an outbuilding in Enfield, north London.
Government publishes new licensing changes in bid to protect tenants and announces review of selective licensing
21 June, 2018
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published new guidelines which aim to protect tenants from poor living conditions.
Families make 'good, reliable, and long-term tenants'
21 June, 2018
Properties rented to families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to other types of tenants, fresh research by the National Landlords Association (NLA) shows.
'Laudable' licensing changes stifling councils, landlords and tenants alike
20 June, 2018
ARLA Propertymark chief executive ramps up policy criticism as government announces latest PRS regulation.
Buck Bill passes Commons committee stage
20 June, 2018
Bill empowering tenants over unsafe homes inches closer towards statute.The Fitness for Human Bill has come through the committee stage of the Commons this morning
Scam Awareness Month: Top tips for landlords
20 June, 2018
This month is Scams Awareness Month, and the RLA is helping members to protect themselves against being the victim of a scam.
Government announces selective licensing review
20 June, 2018
The Government has announced a review into the use and effectiveness of selective licensing.
Universal Credit - landlords agree reform is needed
20 June, 2018
The RLA continues to call for the roll out of Universal Credit to be paused in the wake of a report by the National Audit Office.
Momentum improves as there is a rise in both 'to let' and 'let' properties
20 June, 2018
Following a slowdown in rental market activity in April, new letting data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index has revealed nationwide increases in both 'to let' and 'let' properties.
Number of people winning PIP benefit appeals hits all-time high - and Tories are told to get a grip
20 June, 2018
Some 14,805 people (71%) had their assessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) overturned by a tribunal in the first three months of this year
HB Direct newsletters: 2018
20 June, 2018
These HB Direct newsletters for local authority staff provide information that affects Housing Benefit.
Tories make disability benefits climbdown as they change reassessment rules - but campaigners warn it's not enough
20 June, 2018
More PIP claimants will be able to wait 10 years for reassessment - but Parkinson's UK branded it "a piecemeal solution for a broken system"
Universal credit flaws inflict childcare costs on new workers
20 June, 2018
Parents forced to borrow money while waiting for funds, says Save the Children
Wales gets closer to full implementation of Housing First
19 June, 2018
New youth homelessness task group has the future for Housing First in Wales in its remit.
New research reveals rental comparison between benefit recipients and families
19 June, 2018
Welfare 'reform' making rental payments from recipients more difficult for landlords to manage.
Tory MPs challenge Theresa May to adopt radical housing agenda in bid for younger voters support
19 June, 2018
MPs will tell PM that housing is the 'defining' issue holding back Conservative support from under-40s
Universal Credit: information for stakeholders and partners
19 June, 2018
This collection brings together information for stakeholders and partners relating to Universal Credit.
Why won't ministers come clean about the impact of cuts on disabled people?
19 June, 2018
Being hit by the bedroom tax is bad enough, but losing your sickness benefits too is even harder
Children in temporary accommodation in Scotland
19 June, 2018
Children in temporary accommodation in Scotland hits 10 year peak
Urgent action is required to prevent more people dying on the streets
19 June, 2018
New research released today from St Mungo's reveals a dramatic increase in the proportion of people sleeping rough who have died with mental health support needs from 2010 to 2017.
Consultation on 'exciting' housing merger plan launched
19 June, 2018
TORUS' tenants and leaseholders are being asked for their views over proposals to 'amalgamate' the group with Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH).
Broken care: Hunt puts social care reform on hold again meaning pensioners face catastrophic bills and spending their savings
19 June, 2018
Another delay to social care reform means pensioners will continue to face crippling bills.
Social care needs a cash injection now
19 June, 2018
Squeezing council funding in this area is ultimately a false economy
Glasgow block blaze shows 'no scope for complacency' over fire safety
18 June, 2018
The SFHA says the fire that ripped through a top floor of a Glasgow tower block on the anniversary of Grenfell was a 'sharp reminder' against any scope for complacency over fire safety in social housing.
Universal credit: fix this cruel, expensive fiasco
18 June, 2018
Ministers promised it would save money and cut fraud. But welfare reform has failed to deliver - and brought misery to many
'Grenfell' cladding: couple could sue after £600,000 flat now worth £90,000
18 June, 2018
Nerisa Ahmed and husband threaten to sue government agency that helped them buy home
Deaths of mentally ill rough sleepers in London rise sharply
18 June, 2018
Research finds 80% of rough sleepers who died in capital in 2017 had mental health needs compared with 29% in 2010
Council 'inaction' leaves renters at risk of revenge evictions
18 June, 2018
Just one in six private tenants living in an unsafe home is getting council protection from a revenge eviction, new figures show.
Raft of safety flaws listed at Grenfell Tower Inquiry
18 June, 2018
A list of failed safety regulations has been presented to a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower blaze.
Universal Credit risks furthering domestic abuse
18 June, 2018
Campaigners call for new payment arrangements where present payment system 'empowers abusers'.
Legislation alone will not eliminate homelessness
18 June, 2018
Local authorities need government funding to help them make a success of the act recently brought in to prevent and reduce homelessness
The great leasehold rip off
18 June, 2018
How firms are cashing in on housebuyers with charges that DOUBLE every decade
Calls to build council houses and cap rents in Cov as the shocking number of children living in poverty is revealed
15 June, 2018
Those in work are just as likely to be living in poverty
London boroughs considering establishing temporary accommodation joint company
15 June, 2018
Councils in London are working on plans to establish a joint company to source temporary accommodation for homeless households
Social housing regulator 'constrained' by government before Grenfell
15 June, 2018
The social housing regulator was "constrained" in its ability to investigate residents' fire safety concerns by the direction of travel imposed by government
Civitas Social Housing Acquires Seven Properties For GBP5.4 Million
15 June, 2018
Civitas Social Housing PLC said on Thursday it has acquired six specialist supported living properties and one residential care property for GBP5.4 million
How Grenfell put the past, present, and future of social housing into focus
15 June, 2018
From Ronan Point to the Ledbury estate, Kieran Yates speaks to tower block residents about living in fear and being neglected by the state
Where do we stand a year after the Grenfell Tower fire?
14 June, 2018
From rehousing and trauma to inquiries and cladding, how much has changed?
Grenfell housing: Finding a new home
14 June, 2018
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire a year ago, a series of promises were made to the survivors, especially concerning rehousing. Have they been delivered?
Social landlords have shown leadership following Grenfell and the government must back them
14 June, 2018
A year on from the Grenfell Tower fire, Sadiq Khan gives his message to the social housing sector
The biggest ever survey of fire risk assessments has revealed widespread safety problems
14 June, 2018
Inside Housing has obtained and analysed risk assessments for 1,584 tower blocks
Fury as housing associations redevelop and sell affordable homes
13 June, 2018
With many Grenfell Tower survivors still displaced a year after the fire that killed 72 people, figures reveal millions being made from selloffs
Social Housing Green Paper expected in next six weeks
13 June, 2018
The government's Social Housing Green Paper will be published within the next six weeks
A year of reporting on the Grenfell Tower fire and its far-reaching consequences for social housing
13 June, 2018
The fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 led to the deaths of 72 people and was a profound shock to the whole country
Listening to tenants could help prevent a second Grenfell disaster and we must start now
13 June, 2018
The Hackitt Review called for a "national culture of engagement" with tenants
Rehousing Grenfell Survivors
12 June, 2018
Since the Grenfell Tower fire of 14/15th June 2017, North Kensington Law Centre has provided free legal advice to around 250 households from Grenfell Tower
Just look at housing to see the true cost of privatisation
12 June, 2018
Right to buy has been a success for landlords but a disaster for those most in need of a home
Grenfell one year on
12 June, 2018
Statement by the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Landlords should not panic after Metropolitan was taken to court over harassment claims
11 June, 2018
Metropolitan Housing Trust recently lost an appeal against a damages claim brought by two tenants
Southwark Council questions Wandle housing association over purchase of faulty buildings
11 June, 2018
Southwark Council's planning committee questioned affordable housing association Wandle over the purchse of faulty buildings
More than a million on social housing waiting lists
11 June, 2018
Grandfather and commercial engineer Freddy Emmanuel has been on the waiting list for social housing for 18 years
RTB replacements 'all but eliminated' in five years
11 June, 2018
Homes built to replace those sold through the Right to Buy could be "almost eliminated" in five years time unless the policy is reformed
A very brief history of council housing
08 June, 2018
The story of Britain's council estates begins in Shoreditch
Monitoring the private rented sector in Northern Ireland is essential if we are to prevent rising homelessness
08 June, 2018
The social sector in Northern Ireland does not have the resources to meet the needs of all those who are homeless or in housing stress
Housing association under investigation over fire safety concerns
08 June, 2018
The housing regulator has launched an investigation into a Merseyside landlord after fire safety concerns were raised
Councils spend near £500m on temporary accommodation
08 June, 2018
FoI responses expose eye-watering sums spent by sample councils alone on temporary accommodation over the past year
Grenfell: One year on
08 June, 2018
It's been a year since 72 people tragically lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower Fire
Temporary accommodation in Scotland: where are we now, and where do we go from here?
07 June, 2018
What is the state of play for temporary accommodation in Scotland?
Labour seeks law change to reduce maximum deposit landlords can charge renters
07 June, 2018
New parliamentary motion seeks to reduce cap from six weeks' rent to three weeks' rent
Crowdfunding platform enters social housing sector
06 June, 2018
A crowdfunding investment platform has entered the social housing sector with plans to finance a scheme in Liverpool
The 'poverty' of Grenfell lay in how tenants and residents were treated
06 June, 2018
Inquiry hears of lack of concern shown by local and central government, contractors predisposed against regulations and red-tape and society as a whole
MP backs 'fantastic' tenant training scheme
05 June, 2018
House2Home offers training in a range of tenancy matters from sourcing affordable furnishing to accessing rent statements online
Khan calls for tenant to be national commissioner for social housing
05 June, 2018
Mayor of London says social housing residents' voices must be heard in corridors of power
Grenfell survivor blames landlord's 'cancerous' decisions for disaster
04 June, 2018
In his first newspaper interview, Edward Daffarn explains how his repeated safety warnings were ignored
UK: Rights Of Access For Housing Associations
01 June, 2018
Sometimes, housing associations have rights of access over land owned by others
Piloting the Right to Buy extension
01 June, 2018
With the Right to Buy extension pilot due to land this summer, Nathaniel Barker unpicks two sticking points
Revealed: the London boroughs topping the tables for getting rid of council homes
01 June, 2018
Figures have revealed the extent of the loss of council housing across London between 2016 and 2017
The housing association helping fathers play a positive role
31 May, 2018
Why did a Welsh housing association set out to help local dads?
Social housing boards at growing risk over independence and conflicts of interest
31 May, 2018
The shape of the sector is changing rapidly as new operating and funding models emerge and existing structures mature
Less than half of £4.8bn Right to Buy receipts used for replacement housing
31 May, 2018
Less than half the £4.8bn raised through selling off council housing at giant discounts since 2012 has gone to replacement housing
Large Scottish housing associations offer to 'flip' tenancies to tackle temporary accommodation delays
31 May, 2018
Large housing associations around Glasgow have offered to work with the local council to immediately switch temporary accommodation tenancies to permanent ones in an effort to tackle the problem of families stuck in insecure housing
Meeting the 2020 Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing is going to require a major push over the next two years
30 May, 2018
The Scottish Government is currently consulting on a future strategy to further improve the energy efficiency of Scotland's social housing stock beyond 2020
Call to let councils compete with private sector over housebuilding
30 May, 2018
Survey shows just 2% of councils in England say new development in their area meets policy requirements for affordable housing
The hostile environment: what social landlords need to know
30 May, 2018
Some people have been wrongly told they're not eligible for social housing - it's essential that staff are aware of the rules
London losing 'thousands' of social rented homes
30 May, 2018
Latest housing stock stats said to show the capital going backwards for the first time in three years
Brokenshire dodges Right to Buy question
30 May, 2018
Housing secretary James Brokenshire has refused to disclose how much councils have been required to pay back to the Treasury in RTB receipts
Landlord of housing 'hell-hole' made more than £2m profit in one year
30 May, 2018
The owner of a controversial housing development 'hell-hole' in Mitcham made almost £2.5 million profit in just one year
Social landlord and support service merge
29 May, 2018
A Ceredigion social landlord and a support service have announced that they have merged voluntarily
Housing association loses appeal in tenant harassment case
29 May, 2018
A large housing association has lost a Court of Appeal challenge to a finding that it unlawfully harassed two tenants
Transforming temporary accommodation
29 May, 2018
Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group recommendations
1,000-home threshold for Right to Buy extension pilot
25 May, 2018
Housing associations with fewer than 1,000 homes will not be asked to take part in the Midlands pilot of the Right to Buy extension
Regulator investigates 'sham transactions' association following pressure from councils
25 May, 2018
The regulator has launched an investigation into a housing association previously accused of "sham transactions" by a London council
Government turned down an offer to test the RTB in a rural area
25 May, 2018
A housing association offered to run a test of how the Right to Buy extension would work in rural areas as part of the regional pilot but was rebuffed by government
Strategies to sustain tenancies
25 May, 2018
Support to sustain tenancies is increasingly important for tenants and landlords
Scottish Housing Market
25 May, 2018
Figures from UK Finance shows that BTL lending for purchases has fallen 8.8% in February compared to the previous year
Government moves closer to flammable cladding ban
24 May, 2018
PMQs hears Theresa May defend consultation over a ban as a legal obligation
The need for better data in social housing
24 May, 2018
Data sharing and new technologies are offering great benefits for the social housing sector
Cladding ban plan in Wales after Grenfell Tower fire
24 May, 2018
Plans to ban inflammable cladding on high-rise buildings in Wales will go out to public consultation
PEARL Rental Index - May 2018
24 May, 2018
Rental price growth weakening for Great Britain, with the latest rental index showing rents had increased by 1.0% in the 12 months to April 2018, down from 1.1% in March 2018
Homes built with government Growth Deal funding will be subject to the Right to Buy
23 May, 2018
Councils with Growth Deal funding from the government will be expected to make any affordable housing they build subject to the Right to Buy, including homes constructed through their privately owned companies
Scottish councils spend £59.2m on housing payments
23 May, 2018
Councils in Scotland made 122,660 emergency housing benefit payments to tenants in 2017/18
Final findings: Social Housing (fixed-term tenancies)
23 May, 2018
Social housing has been argued to be a key arena for various forms of conditionality aimed at regulating the conduct of low-income populations
Households in Temporary Accommodation Rise by 60%
22 May, 2018
78,930 households were placed in temporary accommodation at the end of 2017
Final Findings: Welfare Conditionality project (2013-2018)
22 May, 2018
Report which summarises the final findings of the Welfare Conditionality project (2013-2018).
Council rent arrears soars for Dundee tenants on Universal Credit
21 May, 2018
Social rent arrears run up by Dundee council tenants on Universal Credit have doubled since the start of the year
Housing Matters podcast: Housing associations' work to tackle domestic abuse
21 May, 2018
In this episode, we talk about domestic abuse and the positive difference housing associations can make
Plymouth Community Homes helps new tenants find health and wellbeing
21 May, 2018
The organisation's New Home, New You project is brightening the futures of new residents
The lost homes of Hull's council estates and streets - and how losing them changed everything
21 May, 2018
From tower blocks to maisonettes, we take a look at the housing areas that have disappeared
2018 Annual Review of Social Housing
21 May, 2018
Welcome to the latest Beever and Struthers' review of social housing
Raab commits to ban of combustible cladding
21 May, 2018
Housing minister Dominic Raab committed to a ban of combustible cladding products last night, ahead of a government consultation on the issue which will run until July
James Carthew: I hope Horizon revives faith in social housing
21 May, 2018
HZN real estate investment trust is the latest launch in the burgeoning social housing sub-sector
Repairs and maintenance spend tracker: what did your association do in 2016/17?
18 May, 2018
How have associations in England reacted to the 1% annual rent cut?
Grenfell-style cladding could be banned on tower blocks
18 May, 2018
Housing secretary announces consultation on ban on combustible material
West Midlands associations seek Right to Buy solutions ahead of pilot
18 May, 2018
West Midlands housing associations are working to devise a workable method of transferring Right to Buy discounts between homes
Councils' use of arm's-length organisations
18 May, 2018
The use of ALEOs by Scottish local authorities has reduced costs and improved standards of care issues of governance and accountability can still exist
Scottish Housing Market
18 May, 2018
Building on strong social housing delivery figures GCC have signed an agreement with GHA & Keepmoat Homes for the delivery +900 homes at the Sighthill TRA
The true extent of Bristol's housing crisis: Council home wait list numbers and times revealed
17 May, 2018
There are more than 11,000 families waiting for just a handful of empty properties
Understanding what tenant engagement means
17 May, 2018
The Welsh social housing regulator is looking closely at social landlords' tenant involvement
'We are getting better', says Teesside's biggest landlord after criticism
17 May, 2018
Thirteen Group came under fire for failing to link with councillors and not meeting previous standards
Concern over plan to drop social rent from official definition of affordable housing
17 May, 2018
Trade bodies for housing associations and councils have voiced concerns over a proposal to change the definition of 'affordable housing' in a new draft version of government planning policy
Housing association secures £50m funding line for almost 1,500 homes
17 May, 2018
A West Midlands social housing provider is set to build 1,400 homes across the region in the next two years after securing a £50m funding package
Grenfell Tower: lives remembered, but fire safety lessons still not learned
16 May, 2018
David P Sugden says the construction industry cannot be trusted to improve standards
Ronan Point 50 years on: are tenants being listened to on safety?
16 May, 2018
On the 50th anniversary of the collapse of Ronan Point, tower block safety campaigner Frances Clarke questions whether Dame Judith Hackitt is really listening to tenants
Making The Connection Between Social Housing And Economic Growth
16 May, 2018
Social housing is often viewed as a burden on the public purse
'Pension mountain' needed by older tenants
16 May, 2018
Tenants who will still be paying rent when they retire will need a pension pot of up to £445,000 to avoid falling living standards
Aberdeen City Council spends £23,000 per day on temporary accommodation
16 May, 2018
Aberdeen City Council is paying out more than £23,000 per day to put up residents in temporary accommodation
Housing association raises hoarding issues
15 May, 2018
One association wants to help lose the stigma around the condition
Funding for social housing is 'nuts' top developer says
15 May, 2018
Roger Madelin believes government should directly fund the building of affordable homes - backed by higher corporation tax
Grenfell rally demands urgent removal of flammable cladding
15 May, 2018
Protesters express continued distrust of the authorities as MPs debate terms of public inquiry
Scottish HA uses wearable technology to detect tenants at risk of falls
14 May, 2018
A Scottish housing association has become the first to offer tenants wearable technology that can predict the risk of them suffering falls by monitoring vital signs
There's no such thing as a 'for-profit' housing association (and anyone who says different is wrong)
14 May, 2018
A number of organisations have appeared, calling themselves 'housing associations' but with business models completely contrary to the core values of housing associations - this is extremely dangerous
Charedi housing group facing discrimination legal challenge
11 May, 2018
A leading Jewish housing association is being taken to court over its policy of providing homes only for Orthodox Jews
Welsh housing associations back in the private sector
10 May, 2018
The Welsh Assembly has unanimously passed its Regulation of Social Landlords Bill
Associations respond to rent cut with 'impressive' margins
10 May, 2018
Housing associations have boosted their core margins since the rent cut was introduced
Planning deregulation reduces the ability of councils to secure affordable homes
10 May, 2018
New report finds 63% of UK councils now describe their need for affordable homes as 'severe'
Conservative stock transfer councils keen to set up HRAs
09 May, 2018
Labour launched a social housing policy document which pledged to "help councils that have transferred all their housing stock to a housing association establish a Housing Revenue Account and get building"
Government official reveals HRA £1bn can be used with Right to Buy receipts
09 May, 2018
Councils will be able to blend funding from the government's £1bn HRA borrowing programme with grant and Right to Buy receipts
Leasing council homes to charities
09 May, 2018
Bristol council homes earmarked to be sold off have instead been handed over to charities, to house refugees and other vulnerable groups
The rise and fall of council housing
09 May, 2018
In an extract from his new book, historian John Boughton explains how council housing became 'welfarised'
The Housing Podcast: Peabody's new approach to rents
08 May, 2018
Listen to find out more about the key issues in housing today
Faifley rat problem costing housing association thousands
08 May, 2018
Thousands of pounds have been spent tackling a "rat problem" in Faifley caused by residents dumping rubbish in the wrong bins - or in no bin at all
Council sitting on £3.7m of unspent affordable housing cash
08 May, 2018
More than £3million of cash given to the council from developers that do not build enough affordable housing has not been spent
New rents edge up - with London prices now 108% higher than rest of the UK
08 May, 2018
Average newly agreed rents climbed to £918 a month in April, up 1.5% from the £904 a month recorded in April last year
Tenants 'fundamental to the running of ALMOs'
04 May, 2018
As the NFA holds its annual conference, member bodies showcase their commitment to tenants being at the heart of the business models
HBF reports big rise in social housing units approved
04 May, 2018
"There is still a long way to go, but this feels like a breakthrough moment in the years following the housing white paper"
Social housing provider responds to concerns over apartments plan - which has no affordable housing
04 May, 2018
A social housing provider has responded to concerns over its involvement in plans for 144 town centre apartments - which do not contain any affordable housing units
Housing associations will mitigate rent cuts with a range of cost savings
03 May, 2018
New report says savings on the likes of repairs and maintenance and jobs should be "significant" to soak some 70% of revenue lost
Housing associations Right to Buy pilot 'will not charge local authorities'
03 May, 2018
MHCLG confirms the pilot will be fully funded from government
Let's create the future of social housing together
02 May, 2018
Many people across Scotland face struggles just to get through each day, which means that they can't think about or plan for their futures
One-week limit on temporary accommodation could save £29m
02 May, 2018
Scottish councils could save £29m this year if they moved all single people out of unsuitable temporary accommodation after a week
Sheffield housing association fined over 'dangerous, substandard' properties
02 May, 2018
A Sheffield housing association has been fined after four of its properties were found to be dangerous and substandard
Why we are freezing or cutting rents on thousands of homes
02 May, 2018
Peabody has embarked on a process to make its rents fairer
Gobsmacked tenants in Salford high-rises just got a cleaning bill for their 'self-cleaning' windows
02 May, 2018
Housing association City West installed 'the world's first self-cleaning windows' on a string of blocks across Eccles - but now they've got grubby
Peabody plans to stop charging affordable rent
02 May, 2018
Peabody will freeze or cut rents on "thousands" of its affordable rented homes while converting market rent tenancies to social rents
Major association's 'bold' move to cut rents praised by sector
02 May, 2018
A major association's "bold" move to cut its rents has been praised by sector leaders, with some landlords revealing they are looking at their own rent policies
'Non-committal committal' over release of social housing Green Paper
02 May, 2018
Commons told the Green Paper will be published "in the next few months"
Rent pause pays off for provider
01 May, 2018
Debt relief scheme praised for innovative approach to housing costs and mental health
Social Housing IPOs: Horizon tries after Fundamentum fails
01 May, 2018
Fundamentum Property has pulled the flotation of its Supported Housing fund after failing to convince investors to back the high yielding REIT
Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
01 May, 2018
John Boughton traces the vexed history of social housing in this timely, persuasive study
Social housing is not just a safety net for the few
30 April, 2018
With more and more people made homeless or forced to pay excessive rents, the charity Shelter is investigating how to help them
What it's really like living in a council house in Bransholme
30 April, 2018
From rats in their homes to dodgy doors and living weeks without a bathroom, residents have had their say
Councils spend millions using Right to Buy flats as temporary accommodation
27 April, 2018
Town halls are spending millions of pounds a year renting ex-council flats from private landlords to provide accommodation for homeless households
Average rents fall across the UK for first time in six years, suggesting this is more than a correction
26 April, 2018
Average rents in the UK decreased for the first time since 2012 during the first quarter of 2018
Tenants to leave Rugby tower blocks over fire safety fears
26 April, 2018
All tenants from two Warwickshire tower blocks are to be moved from their homes over serious fire safety concerns
Housing association warns cladding costs will impact capital projects
26 April, 2018
A South West housing association has warned it cannot meet the cost of removing dangerous cladding from its tower blocks without serious knock-on effects to its new build and refurbishment programmes
Labour local branch pledges limit on Right to Buy rents
26 April, 2018
Southwark's Labour Party has promised to force future leaseholders of Right to Buy flats to charge affordable rents when letting their property
A tinted view: negative media portrayals of social housing
26 April, 2018
Since Grenfell, serious questions have been asked about the way social housing is portrayed by the media and politicians
Public attitudes to social housing in Wales: Report for the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru
26 April, 2018
This work has been commissioned by the Tyfu Tai Cymru project which is a 5-year policy project seeking to provide insightful analysis and address gaps in evidence to inform current and future housing policy
Enough squabbling over supply versus demand. Let's build the social housing that Britain needs
25 April, 2018
In the long fight to fix the housing market, it's Supply versus Demand
Even social housing is unaffordable now in some parts of England
25 April, 2018
Councils are under pressure as homelessness grows and housing options dwindle
Government-backed REIT on track to own more than 6,000 homes
25 April, 2018
The private rented sector REIT, backed by the government, is on track to own more than 6,000 homes across the country
Councils Urged To Reveal Full Figures Of Unspent Affordable Homes Cash
24 April, 2018
HuffPost UK revealed at least £375million is yet to be spent
Councils Have Failed To Spend £375m Earmarked To Ease The Housing Crisis
23 April, 2018
The council responsible for Grenfell is sitting on £21million
Housing associations' 'diminished role' limiting social housing development
23 April, 2018
Cuts to grant for housing associations has "diminished their role" and limited their ability to develop social housing at scale
Municipal Dreams by John Boughton review - the rise and fall of council housing
20 April, 2018
An important and timely book, in the wake of Grenfell Tower, which emphasises how public investment enriches lives
Housing associations are at the heart of Labour's social housing plans - as they should be
20 April, 2018
The Labour Party's social housing green paper is a clear indicator of the party's determination to tackle the housing crisis
Social sharing: expansion of shared housing in the social sector
19 April, 2018
A case for social landlords to expand their provision of shared accommodation using conversion of existing homes
House to home: giving social housing tenants a place to call home
19 April, 2018
A case for the provision of basic decoration and floor covering in social housing, along with access to furniture packages
Labour proposes scrapping affordable rent in social housing review
19 April, 2018
Labour has proposed scrapping the affordable rent tenure in its social housing review
London council to set up housing association for Right to Buy funds
18 April, 2018
Enfield Council is set to establish a housing association to spend funds it receives from council tenants exercising their Right to Buy
Michael McDonnell, Choice, on Rethinking Social Housing
18 April, 2018
Northern Ireland's housing associations must reconsider their purpose in a changing world
2,000 social housing units for Belfast this year, but supply can't meet demand
17 April, 2018
NIHE'S Head of Place Shaping for Belfast, stressed that while they are potentially delivering around 2,000 homes this year, the demand is "significantly higher" than the reality of what they can supply
Dartford councillors claim KCC cuts putting strain on sheltered housing for 550 over 55s
17 April, 2018
Borough councillors have claimed cuts made by their counterparts at Kent County Council are putting sheltered housing services for 550 people at risk
Westminster investigating ALMO for ex-council buy-back practices
17 April, 2018
Westminster Council's trading standards team is investigating its own ALMO for the second time in six months
Fixing the broken Right to Buy replacements machine
16 April, 2018
Last month, the government finally fell behind on its pledge to replace additional Right to Buy homes sold on a 'one-for-one' basis
Social housing fraudster caught illegally sub-letting Islington flat
16 April, 2018
A social housing fraudster has been found guilty of illegally sub-letting a home in Islington
Seven Boroughs Account For Nearly Half Of London's Social Housing Waitlist
16 April, 2018
Seven of London's boroughs make up for nearly half (49.5% to be exact) of London's social housing waiting list
Family had to live in hotels for three years after landlord accidentally let out their home
16 April, 2018
A mum and her two children had to live in hotels and temporary housing for three years after their landlord accidentally let their home to other people
Huge 'reverse' gender pay gap at Scotland's largest housing association
13 April, 2018
Scotland's largest housing association has a huge "reverse" gender pay gap which sees its female staff earn 46% more than their male colleagues
LIN member report April 2018 - Landlords and the Courts
12 April, 2018
LIN member report by Kevin McCready
Housing association tenant wrongly charged nearly £3,000 after 'admin error'
12 April, 2018
Social housing company Torus admitted errors were made with tenant direct debits
Sorry! Housing association apologises to mum over flooded flat
12 April, 2018
A housing association has apologised to a mum-of-two after it failed to promptly deal with urgent repairs after her boiler blew up and flat flooded, leaving her without a cooker or heating
Woman forced to sleep on camp bed for three years waiting for council house
12 April, 2018
Christine Goode and her elderly mother have been sharing a one-bedroom bungalow for three years
Cardiff's first council houses in a generation set to be ready this winter
12 April, 2018
Some 600 council houses for rent or assisted purchase are being built
Fight fair when challenging housing associations
11 April, 2018
David Bookbinder reacts to "personal" criticism of housing associations
Housing association tenant's appeal for 'right to buy' property dismissed
11 April, 2018
A housing association tenant whose application to purchase her home under "right to buy" legislation was refused has had her appeal against the decision dismissed
New Ballymena social housing homes released
11 April, 2018
Social housing provider Choice Housing has completed the first phase of an £8.5m scheme in Ballymena
Housing associations overcome challenges to exceed building targets
11 April, 2018
Northern Ireland's housing associations have once again surpassed building targets despite challenging economic conditions and political uncertainty
How one Norfolk council has cut its housing waiting list by 95%
10 April, 2018
Allowing staff to think creatively about people's needs is a risk, but it's paid off in Great Yarmouth
2,000 take part in CIH social housing research project
10 April, 2018
More than 2,000 people have taken part in the CIH project to gather research for the upcoming Social Housing Green Paper
Six leading landlords exceed average gender pay gap
10 April, 2018
More than a quarter of the top 20 housing associations by stock owned have reported gender pay gaps larger than the national average
Channel 5's new social housing programming
09 April, 2018
Channel 5 have started a new series of films about social housing, and from the outset it feels like this might be a bit of a challenge
Fundamentum launch tests appetite for social housing
09 April, 2018
Investor appetite for high-yielding social housing funds faces a new test today as plans are unveiled to launch the sector's fourth Reit in 18 months
Leicester council planning to buy back 'Right to Buy' homes
06 April, 2018
It has earmarked £440k for re-acquiring homes it used to own
Renters Surge Among Under 45s Could Throw Tories Out Of Office
06 April, 2018
The number of renters and mortgage payers could be equal by the next election
Green party pledge to 'protect' social housing
06 April, 2018
Promise comes as part of its local election launch
Housing associations promise action following gender pay reports
06 April, 2018
Major housing associations are revealed to have gender pay gaps of more than 25%
Councils call for Right to Buy flexibility after Raab criticism
06 April, 2018
The councils with the largest deficits between Right to Buy sales and replacements have blamed the government's lack of flexibility for the gap
Database of rogue landlords and property agents under the Housing and Planning Act 2016
06 April, 2018
Guidance for local housing authorities on the database of rogue landlords and property agents
Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2017 to 2018
06 April, 2018
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) scheme
Gender Pay Gap in the Social Housing Sector
05 April, 2018
The Gender Pay Gap reporting deadline was 4th April, so we've compiled tables for Housing Associations and Local Authorities
Social housing company plans £150m float
05 April, 2018
A property company that invests in social housing is planning to launch a £150m float on the London Stock Exchange next month
Bristol City Council building less than half of the affordable homes it promised
05 April, 2018
Its target will soon be lowered
'My fight to change attitudes towards social housing tenants'
05 April, 2018
Claire Hughes tackles some of the misconceptions faced by social housing tenants
Cheltenham bus attacks: 'we'll evict people behaving anti-socially' say housing bosses
04 April, 2018
New crack-down planned in response to incidents on town's troubled Springbank estate
Housing associations are skewing satisfaction rates
04 April, 2018
Tommy Lusk, housing campaigner, says tenant satisfaction surveys published by housing associations hide more than they reveal
Should council-owned land be used to solve Gloucestershire's social housing crisis?
04 April, 2018
There are 14,000 families on the waiting list
Social housing REIT shares fall amid market uncertainty
04 April, 2018
Shares in social housing investment funds have fallen and investor interest waned, as markets react to trouble at a housing association which has deals with several trusts
Government admits falling behind on Right to Buy replacement pledges
04 April, 2018
The Government has admitted falling short on its commitment to replace council housing units sold under the Right to Buy scheme
Social Housing Update:Written statement - HCWS614
03 April, 2018
Nearly 2 million households have been helped to realise aspirations to own their homes through the Right to Buy since 1980
Government will consult on Right to Buy flexibility after breaking pledge
03 April, 2018
The government will consult on "greater flexibility" for councils to use Right to Buy receipts, but remains committed to the policy despite breaking its pledge on replacing homes
Ten myths about council housing - and one ask
29 March, 2018
Everyone seems to agree that we have a housing crisis in London and that we need to increase the supply of genuinely affordable homes
100 households around Grenfell still in temporary accommodation
29 March, 2018
Victims evacuated from surrounding blocks await permanent rehousing nine months on
MPs call on government to give councils funding for letting fees ban
29 March, 2018
Councils should be given extra funding by government to enforce a letting agent fees ban
Property fund strikes second housing association deal
28 March, 2018
A Bristol-based housing association has formed a partnership with Cheyne Social Property Impact Fund, the second deal the fund has done with a housing association
The disappearing HMOs
28 March, 2018
Houses in multiple occupation are often far from ideal lodgings - but a trend to convert them to more profitable houses is leaving residents with few options
Regulator to intervene in Welsh housing association
28 March, 2018
The Welsh social housing regulator is to intervene in a Cardiff housing association due to governance concerns
Affordable housing: why current plans to invest don't go far enough
27 March, 2018
Building more low-cost rented homes that people can afford will loosen the grip of poverty.
More than 40 housing associations back planned £1bn bond issue
27 March, 2018
There are 45 housing associations backing aggregator Morhomes' plan to launch a £1bn bond issue.
The Homelessness Reduction Act is a key step towards homelessness prevention
27 March, 2018
The legislation comes into force on April 3, but only if local authorities can afford it
LGA responds to Independent Age report on older private renters
27 March, 2018
With housing for elderly people currently accounting for just 6 per cent of our existing stock, and more older people and families renting privately than ever before
Welfare policies having 'huge impact' on domestic abuse victims
26 March, 2018
Conference on Housing and Domestic Abuse hears that government policy is making it harder for domestic abuse victims to get support.
DWP accused of 'clumsy' attempt to defend Universal Credit using IFS research
26 March, 2018
MPs criticise 'airy and irrelevant' responses from the department after committee raises questions over the projected employment boost from benefit reform
Debate on the construction of council housing - House of Commons - 27 March 2018
26 March, 2018
The national housing shortage is one of the most pressing issues we face.
Poll pushes impact of PRS energy performance
26 March, 2018
Survey released ahead of new standards for EPC ratings coming into effect on April 1.
LGA: Focus on 'invisible' older renters
26 March, 2018
Housing for the elderly accounts for just 6% of existing stock - with more older people and families renting privately than ever before.
Bishop of Durham 'deeply concerned' over universal credit plan
26 March, 2018
The Bishop of Durham has criticised the government over its implementation of universal credit and called for it to 'revisit' aspects of the payment.
Statutory homelessness and prevention and relief
23 March, 2018
October to December (Q4)2017: England
Pressure on social landlords set to rise as Universal Credit rolls out
23 March, 2018
Report reveals rent being collected directly from tenants by housing officers will increase by 63.1% on average
Home Office subcontractors force asylum seekers to share bedrooms
23 March, 2018
Home Office subcontractors force asylum seekers to share bedrooms in breach of council policy
Incentivise associations to provide supported housing properties
23 March, 2018
It is time for specialist and developing associations to join forces and provide the NHS with much-needed accommodation-based support
Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 33
22 March, 2018
This research presents findings on preparations for Universal Credit managed migration and the effects of reducing the Housing Benefit backdating period.
Universal Credit transition to full service
22 March, 2018
When local authorities and jobcentre areas will transition to the Universal Credit full service.
Who will foot the bill to prevent people becoming homeless?
22 March, 2018
New law will compel councils to prevent evictions and rough sleeping. But this comes at a price local authorities will struggle to afford
DWP wins legal case to block future benefit appeals
22 March, 2018
The government has won a legal case which could have major implications for future benefit appeals.
Spending on new homes plummets while housing benefit soars
22 March, 2018
CIH chief executive Terrie Alafat CBE says new statistics show social housing has reached a critical point
Housing sector realises more than ever the importance of listening to residents.
22 March, 2018
As Rethinking social housing Northern Ireland continues to get underway, steering group member Colm McDaid encourages tenants and residents to make their voices heard.
Jeremy Hunt confirms individual costs for social care to be capped
22 March, 2018
Health secretary tells social workers conference the current charging system is 'far from fair'
Conservative MP introduces fire risk transparency bill to parliament
22 March, 2018
A Conservative MP has introduced a bill to parliament which would require building owners to tell residents about fire safety risks.
'Housing sector realises more than ever the importance of listening to residents'
21 March, 2018
As Rethinking social housing Northern Ireland continues to get underway, steering group member Colm McDaid encourages tenants and residents to make their voices heard
The Big Interview: 'Our work to try and alleviate injustice and hardship by social housing is very rewarding'
21 March, 2018
It's been one year since Northern Ireland's two biggest social housing names joined forces to create Radius
Spending on new homes plummets while housing benefit soars
21 March, 2018
CIH chief executive Terrie Alafat CBE says new statistics show social housing has reached a critical point with ministers facing "big decisions"
Conservative MP introduces fire risk transparency bill to parliament
21 March, 2018
A Conservative MP has introduced a bill to parliament which would require building owners to tell residents about fire safety risks
Largest housing associations to spend £13bn on 52,000 new homes over next three years
21 March, 2018
The largest housing associations are forecasting a jump in their market sale activity over the next three years as they spend £13bn on the construction of 52,000 new homes
Grenfell Tower: more than £20m spent on survivors' hotel accommodation
20 March, 2018
Sum spent by council would be enough to build the original block three times over
Pitch for deposit free renting as competition for housing associations
20 March, 2018
New survey said to send a signal to housing providers
From the frontline - Lucy Hancox
20 March, 2018
Lucy Hancox, housing officer at Falcon Housing Association, talks about creating positive outcomes for tenants
Rents for Swansea council tenants are rising by twice the rate of inflation
20 March, 2018
There are fears it could help push more kids into poverty but Swansea Council says many will have the rise covered in their benefits
How a gas safety checks ruling will make it more difficult to evict tenants
19 March, 2018
A gas safety certificate could now be a deciding factor in whether landlords can evict problem tenants
Calls to end 'widespread' evictions
19 March, 2018
A new Homeless Reduction Strategy for Peterborough calls on the Government to end the "widespread use" of an eviction process which saw a city estate cleared of almost all of its residents
Government still 'holding on' to £2bn housing fund
19 March, 2018
Five months after announcing a £2bn fund to build a new generation of council homes, the government has yet to release the money
Labour announces plan to protect social housing as figures reveal 100,000 low-cost homes have had rents hiked since 2012
19 March, 2018
Party pledges to reverse controversial policy implemented by the Tory-Lib Dem coalition government
Wales' housing crisis leaves councils with £8.6m bill for temporary accommodation
16 March, 2018
Shelter described the figures as 'a sad reflection of our worsening housing crisis'
Secure tenancies planned for domestic abuse survivors
16 March, 2018
New laws planned to ensure those who flee an abusive relationship will not lose their security of tenure if provided with a new home
Homes in Bath area now cost nearly 12 times average earnings amid 'ginormous' rise in private rentals
16 March, 2018
The council is having to put in 'more time and effort' to get families out of temporary and into permanent accommodation
Government 'should drop last year of rent cut' to fund fire safety work
16 March, 2018
Housing leaders have told government it could help fund essential fire safety work in tower blocks by dropping the 1% rent cut or choosing not to charge VAT
HMO minimum room sizes to come into force 1 October 2018
16 March, 2018
Regulations confirming that from 1 October 2018 HMOs licensed in England under part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 will be required to have a floor area no-smaller than 6.51 square metres have been published
Universal Credit - update on notifying rent changes
16 March, 2018
Social Rented Sector - Reporting April 2018 rent changes: advice for landlords
Demand for homes prompts Cardiff council to invest millions in social housing
15 March, 2018
Cardiff Council is aiming to build at least 1,000 new homes by 2022 to meet the increasing demand for social housing
'So important we explore the unique context of social housing in Northern Ireland'
15 March, 2018
Following the launch of our Rethinking social housing Northern Ireland project, director Nicola McCrudden takes a look at the unique context in Northern Ireland
A new energy efficiency standard for social housing in England
15 March, 2018
The government's Clean Growth Strategy announced a new target to get all housing up to Energy Performance Certificate Band C by 2030
ARLA attacks Government for handing out 'billions' to social landlords while ignoring private rented sector
15 March, 2018
ARLA has furiously slated Government lack of support of the private rented sector while "billions of pounds" have been given in grant aid to social landlords
The Future of Social Housing in Scotland: the discussion so far
14 March, 2018
We launched our discussion paper on the future of social housing regulation in January
Councils can't 'abdicate responsibility' over affordable homes
14 March, 2018
But Housing minister offers councils little on lifting the debt cap - telling Commons committee only that submissions to government will be considered
English regulator's new VfM standard praised by housing leaders
14 March, 2018
The Regulator of Social Housing's use of comparative metrics in its new value for money standard has been welcomed by housing leaders
Council ordered to give 'urgent attention' to temporary accommodation in its area
14 March, 2018
Ombudsman calls out a district council for failing a vulnerable 68-year-old women evicted from her rented home
Two housing associations 'named and shamed' for underpaying workers
13 March, 2018
Two housing associations have been named by the government on a list of organisations which have failed to pay their staff the minimum wage
Lloyds Bank launches new £500m fund for social housing sector
13 March, 2018
Fund underpins a major commitment to the social housing sector and includes an additional pledge to raise £750m in 2018
Housing association acquires 500 homes in £45m deal
13 March, 2018
Two London housing associations have exchanged contracts on a major sale of social housing stock worth £45m
London's biggest social housing regeneration project announced
13 March, 2018
London Borough of Havering to regenerate 12 council estates over the next 12 years
Scottish Labour leader to bring forward new rent control law
12 March, 2018
Richard Leonard will promise a 'Mary Barbour law' to control private sector rents, as well as pledge to build more new council homes
'Social housing tenants are NOT benefits scroungers'
12 March, 2018
A campaign has been launched to change the public perception of people living in social housing
Green paper 'can't fold' on social housing and tenant needs
12 March, 2018
Tpas tells Government fragile tenant trust is at risk if findings from the Sharma roadshows don't drive options for future housing policy
UK social housing market worth an estimated £11.4bn in 2017
12 March, 2018
Housing Associations account for around 60% of social housing stock in 2017-18 and also form the largest not-for-profit group in the UK, working closely with both private and public organisations
Forming a 'coalition of the willing'
09 March, 2018
Homes England's directors talk to Social Housing about strategic partnerships and leveraging commercial finance
U.K social housing providers to borrow £12 billion of new debt by 2020, total debt to reach £89 billion
09 March, 2018
The U.K. government has renewed its focus on the provision of more housing
Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018
08 March, 2018
Since 2010, successive governments have reduced funding for local government in England as part of their efforts to reduce the fiscal deficit
How councils are using their pension funds to build homes
08 March, 2018
A handful of councils have struck deals to use their pension funds to build homes
East Anglian housing associations in merger talks
08 March, 2018
Two East Anglia-based housing associations are in merger talks to form a 28,000-home landlord
Report warns 10% of councils close to bankruptcy over funding shortfalls
08 March, 2018
National Audit Office says 15 councils could run out of cash to cover service costs within the next three years alone
Women helped back into work thanks to social housing group donation
08 March, 2018
Often, it is not a lack of qualifications or ability that is preventing women from securing employment, rather a lack of confidence
Increased 'high on the agenda' for social housing sector
08 March, 2018
By contrast, just 48% of providers and landlords will focus on cost-saving initiatives over the next 12 months
Social landlords and tackling child poverty
07 March, 2018
As you read this there are four million children waking up in poverty across the country from Manchester to Margate
Does the 'bedroom tax' affect people on pension credit? Steve Webb explains the contentious social housing rules
07 March, 2018
Does a person on pension credit pay the 'bedroom tax'?
Sanctuary Housing blasted after elderly tenants left without central heating and hot water
07 March, 2018
Residents in sheltered accommodation still don't have proper heating after several days
One in three housing applications rejected in Basildon
06 March, 2018
Basildon Council has admitted that they are struggling to meet council house demands after new figures reveal that roughly one in three applications are rejected
Housing Crisis: Renters Are Driving British Voters to Labour
06 March, 2018
The central issue in British politics is not, as you might have thought, Brexit. It's housing
Government 'risks second Grenfell with inaction on cladding in private sector'
06 March, 2018
The Government has previously said private landlords have a 'moral duty' to pay for the cost of removing and replacing the cladding
The shocking amount it is costing to temporarily house struggling Merseyside families
05 March, 2018
It is claimed taxpayers are paying for the Tory Government's 'failure on homelessness'
Sector capacity down 9% since rent cut
05 March, 2018
Housing associations' financial capacity is down 9% since the four-year rent cut began
Government's housing plans fall far short for low income families
05 March, 2018
Responding to the Prime Minister's speech on planning and housing
Hundreds evicted from Dundee council homes after failing to keep up with payments
02 March, 2018
Hundreds of tenants have been evicted from council homes in Dundee after struggling to keep up with rent payments
Overcoming the stigma of social housing
02 March, 2018
This report was commissioned by the Benefit to Society campaign to explore the causes and impact of an increasing stigma around social housing
British governments used to cough up for social housing. Not this one
02 March, 2018
If politicians treated houses like they do roads and railways, regeneration wouldn't be such a dirty word
Councils and housing associations urged to collaborate over new homes
02 March, 2018
Seminar hears sector should "grow up" over the potential for turf conflict between associations and council housing companies
Association downgraded after 'abortive' development schemes
01 March, 2018
A 20,000-home housing association has had its governance rating downgraded after "a series of abortive schemes" hampered attempts to scale up its housebuilding
Merger gets official launch date
01 March, 2018
Shoreline Housing Partnership and Boston Mayflower will unite to form new 12,700 home landlord - Lincolnshire Housing Partnership - known as LHP
A1 Housing could be brought back under council control - and tenants are being asked for their views
01 March, 2018
It could save £335,000 a year
The big interview: Rethinking social housing NI chair, Will Haire
01 March, 2018
Rethinking social housing will explore some fundamental questions about social housing, why is it important we ask these questions now?
Grenfell Tower fire survivors to get final say over site
01 March, 2018
Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire will have the final say about what happens to the west London site
'Unlock cash for social housing' Tower Hamlets mayor urges prime minister Theresa May
28 February, 2018
A new social house-building era has been ignited by Tower Hamlets Council to fill a chronic shortage and cut the desperate waiting list
'We look after communities, it's not just a case of renting a property': Housing association boss retires after 21 years
28 February, 2018
People can only achieve safety and stability through having a proper place to live
Fair press for tenants
28 February, 2018
This guide has been produced by people living in social housing to help journalists and other media workers to report fairly
Quarterly Survey for Q3
28 February, 2018
This quarterly survey report is based on regulatory returns from 230 PRPs and PRP groups who own or manage more than 1,000 homes
Nine in 10 social housing tenants say they are portrayed negatively by media
28 February, 2018
New report reveals a huge gap between perception and reality with regard to social housing tenants
'No better time for housing organisations to commit to tackle domestic abuse.'
27 February, 2018
Elinor Crouch-Puzey details the work the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance is doing to help housing organisations tackle the problem
A sales warning for housing associations?
27 February, 2018
Parts of the South East of England's housing market are slowing
'Record profits' for housing associations
27 February, 2018
Moody's 'UK Housing Associations 2017 Results' shows a 6% turnover increase
Big day for social housing in London
27 February, 2018
Mayor steps in to secure major affordable homes scheme; Grenfell council commits £220m to its homes; London Assembly debates strategic future for housing need
Landlords who say 'no DSS' breaking equality laws
26 February, 2018
The thousands of lettings agents and landlords around the country who reject housing benefit claimants could be flouting equality laws, due a recent legal case.
Westminster Council to take full ownership of housing association
26 February, 2018
Westminster Council is set to turn a housing association it established into a wholly owned subsidiary in response to government deregulation.
Council tax hikes will not stop cuts to local services, authorities warn
26 February, 2018
LGA says government budget cuts and the cost of higher wages will outweigh additional income
Thatcher's crusade to wipe out council housing faces serious challenge
26 February, 2018
The right-to-buy scheme slowed construction of new homes but local authorities are exploring new funding options
Housing officer jailed for illegal subletting
26 February, 2018
Court hears how sublet scam went on for 10 years while the defendant lived in a house she had inherited.
Government urged to give those with debt problems a year's grace
26 February, 2018
Ministers are considering a 'breathing space' of six weeks - but campaigners want to go much further
We need to review the legal definition of homelessness
26 February, 2018
The death of a rough sleeper close to parliament shows the urgency of action needed to tackle homelessness
Nearly 70 councils share funding to unlock stalled housing
26 February, 2018
The Government has named the first wave of councils to be given cash to help speed up planning decisions.
Rogue landlords taken to court should face minimum £30,000 fines
23 February, 2018
Rogue landlords who commit housing offences should be fined a minimum of £30,000 by magistrates as part of common sentencing guidelines to improve standards in the private rental sector
Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities
23 February, 2018
Guidance on how local authorities should exercise their homelessness functions in accordance with the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 from 3 April 2018.
Council housed young homeless family in 'Dickensian' conditions
23 February, 2018
Ombudsman's report finds council at fault over "patently unsuitable" placement and subsequent response to complaints.
Greenwich Council apologises for false illegal letting accusations
23 February, 2018
Greenwich Council has had to apologise after sending out thousands of letters accusing people of illegally renting out their homes.
Residents count cost of Grenfell-style cladding
23 February, 2018
Residents of a private apartment complex could face a bill of up to £10m to remove Grenfell-style cladding from their building.
Brit star hits home over Grenfell
23 February, 2018
"You should do some jail time, you should pay some damages, we should burn your house down and see if you can manage this."
National Landlords Association launches new brand
23 February, 2018
The National Landlords Association (NLA) today launches its new brand following extensive consultation with members and stakeholders.
As a campaigner, I believe the Tories can fix homelessness
23 February, 2018
The 2008 financial crash that triggered austerity happened on Labour's watch. We've been dealing with the fallout ever since
LIN member report February 2018 - "Fitness for Habitation" Bill
22 February, 2018
LIN member report by Kevin McCready
Time to rethink rent-setting
22 February, 2018
We need to think about how we can ensure rents are really affordable in local markets, while giving us the capacity to build much-needed new homes, says Ann Santry
Peabody pays out over gas disconnection
22 February, 2018
Housing association Peabody has paid out more than £30,000 to 57 residents who were left without gas for months.
A mother given 50p a week for housing: the benefit cap one year on
22 February, 2018
A year on from the introduction of the lower benefit cap, its abiding legacy is to push people closer to homelessness.
The seven reasons why landlords won't let to tenants on benefits
22 February, 2018
Private sector landlords are accused of unfairly turning away households claiming housing benefit. So why do they refuse
Concern raised over lack of affordable homes in Dundee as social housing tenancies drop
21 February, 2018
Concern has been raised over a steady decrease in the amount of social and affordable housing available in Dundee
Welsh Government to transfer HRA borrowing capacity between councils
21 February, 2018
The Welsh Government is in talks with councils to move unused borrowing capacity around the sector in a bid to boost local authority housebuilding
Government moves towards a shake-up of broken housing complaints system
20 February, 2018
Government considers options to ensure that no-one is left battling with their landlord or builder to resolve issues with their home
Government plans fall short of 600 extra low-cost rented homes a week needed
20 February, 2018
Nearly 600 additional low-cost rented homes need to be built every week in order to fix the broken housing market and help low incomes families escape poverty
£13.8 million acquisition of two regulated social housing portfolios by Civitas
20 February, 2018
The Board of Civitas Social Housing PLC is has announced the Company has completed the purchase of two regulated social housing portfolios for a total consideration of £13,771,333
Using the Social Housing Green Paper to boost the supply of low-cost rented homes
19 February, 2018
In his speech announcing the Social Housing Green Paper, the Secretary of State promised a 'wide-ranging, top-to-bottom review of the issues facing the sector'
National Housing Trust scheme criticised for 'reviving Right to Buy'
19 February, 2018
The Scottish Government has been accused of "reviving the Right to Buy"
Registered Social Landlords and the GDPR
19 February, 2018
The GDPR comes into force on 25th May 2018 and will change the way organisations within the EU process personal data
Councils set up 58 housing companies since 2012
19 February, 2018
Almost a quarter of councils in England have invested £130m in setting up 58 new housebuilding companies since 2012
Housing association's fuel poverty work in North Wales wins trio of commendations
16 February, 2018
Work by energy wardens to help combat fuel poverty in North Wales has received a trio of commendations
Former UUP minister challenges approval for social housing apartments beside his home
16 February, 2018
Planning approval was given for social housing apartments beside a former Stormont minister's home without properly considering their form
Two associations breach regulatory standard after failing to do safety checks
16 February, 2018
Two housing associations have been found to have breached a regulatory standard after they failed to carry out safety checks on a number of their properties
Multiple fire safety risks found at flats with Grenfell-style cladding
16 February, 2018
Residents at 11-block New Capital Quay in London tell of fears as officials raise concerns
Housing association partners with unique refuge project
16 February, 2018
The independently managed 'safe space' supports those unable to access a traditional refuge
Rent increase to fund more Midlothian affordable housing
15 February, 2018
Midlothian Council has outlined plans to deliver more affordable homes to meet increased demand as councillors agreed to raise housing rents by 3% to help fund the investment
Ten councils to hike rates - most by inflationary 3%
15 February, 2018
Ten of Northern Ireland's 11 district councils are hiking rates from April - most by around the 3% rate of inflation
Housing association offers crucial evidence over 'distrusted' welfare tests
15 February, 2018
Commons committee heard a housing provider's experience of a testing regime said to be be riddled errors and incompetence
Research reveals safety fears of trans and LGBT*Q tenants
15 February, 2018
Major new study outlines the trans and LGBT*Q social housing experience - with worrying findings over safety and harassment
What causes London's eviction 'hotspots'?
14 February, 2018
Evictions have been rising quickly in London, up by 79% in the last five years - an eviction rate among renters more than twice as high as the rest of England
Jeremy Corbyn Would Help Poorer Families Pay Vet Bills And Give Tenants The Right To Keep A Pet
14 February, 2018
Labour slams Gove's 'disposable' green credentials
Vulnerable people 'trapped in homelessness' due to law
14 February, 2018
Vulnerable people are unable to access social housing, potentially trapping them "in a cycle of homelessness"
Update on the future funding of supported housing
14 February, 2018
We're working to ensure that the final policy on funding for supported housing will provide security for existing schemes and future developments
Housing associations' role in tackling homelessness
14 February, 2018
We are working with the Government and our members to explore how housing associations can support the Homelessness Reduction Act
Regulator finds 'fundamental failure of governance' at housing association
13 February, 2018
A housing association that provides homes mainly for adults with learning disabilities or mental health problems has a "fundamental failure of governance"
Greens publish legislation options to help councils tackle problem of short term lets
13 February, 2018
The introduction of a licensing scheme for homeowners who want to rent out their properties through websites like AirBnB is one of a number of legislative proposals available to help councils regulate the rapid growth of the short-term letting sector
UK tenants paid record £50bn in rents in 2017
12 February, 2018
Rents double in a decade and could eclipse entire sum paid for mortgages by homeowners
Council ignores government guidelines in bid to help affordable housing crisis
12 February, 2018
Worthing Borough Council has pledged to ignore government guidelines in a bid to secure more desperately-needed affordable housing
Cut-hit councils are going broke. Let them charge however much they like
09 February, 2018
The government should shed its Brexit paralysis and stem the escalating crisis. Reform of council funding must come quickly
Homeless illegally turned away by councils
09 February, 2018
People who have nowhere to sleep or are about to lose their homes are being turned away illegally by councils
We want to build a culture of assurance among Scottish social landlords
08 February, 2018
The Scottish Housing Regulator is considering how best to set the direction of regulation for the next five years
Social housing is being driven by profit. Tenants must fight back
08 February, 2018
As residents of Peabody and Family Mosaic, we fear losing our rights if the two housing associations become one
Housing associations need 'better engagement' over future for Universal Credit
08 February, 2018
Latest Work and Pensions Committee assessment stresses the case for landlord councils and housing associations as key delivery partners for UC
Calls for changes to funding plans for supported housing
08 February, 2018
The CLG and Work and Pensions Committee have written to the Ministry of Housing over concerns about government's funding plans
Associations must show they 'deserve' government funding
07 February, 2018
Housing associations and local authorities in Scotland have been told they must build the homes to match funding
Residents in surrounding estate told to pay rent despite one-fifth living in hotels due to no gas or hot water
07 February, 2018
'RBKC are yet again demonstrating how out of touch they are' says one tenant who says he has been unable to move back home since the tragedy
Cross-party groups of MPs call for change to supported housing plans
07 February, 2018
Two cross-party select committees have "strongly recommended" the government rethinks its plans to introduce a top-up fund for short-term supported housing controlled by councils
Elephant and Castle developers concede to campaigners' demands for more social housing
06 February, 2018
Developer Delancey submitted a revised offer to Southwark Council today including 116 homes at social rent
The 'devastated' social housing tenants who could be kicked out of their homes due to revamp plans
06 February, 2018
Housing association bosses want to almost double the number of houses in the Cambridge cul-de-sac
Londoners weigh in over improving 'broken' rental market
05 February, 2018
Survey shows what the capital's renters think of the market they're in
Alison Inman on social housing and domestic abuse
05 February, 2018
Alison Inman joined the team to chat about social housing, how the lack of it affects women (particularly those in abusive relationships), and what can be done to help
Stoke-on-Trent has the highest number of council homes with 'serious hazards' in the whole country
05 February, 2018
Nine per cent of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's properties were classed as 'non-decent' last year
Scrap right to buy housing scheme
05 February, 2018
The leader of the Liberal Democrats has called for a halt to the government's right-to-buy policy, describing it as the key reason for the "catastrophic shortage of homes" in England
S&P: rent settlement won't change credit ratings
05 February, 2018
The new rent settlement will not boost the credit standings of UK housing associations
Conservative council seeks to replace Right to Buy with home deposit scheme
02 February, 2018
A Conservative council hopes to scrap the Right to Buy policy and replace it with a scheme to allow tenants to "earn" a deposit to buy a house
£3.5 billion Right-to-Buy discounts threatens scheme
02 February, 2018
New analysis by the LGA reveals almost £3.5 billion in RTB discounts have been handed out to council tenants over the past six years
East Anglian association downgraded to G3
01 February, 2018
A 2,900-home East Anglian housing association has been downgraded to non-compliant by the regulator because of "significant weaknesses" in its governance
Thousands of people could receive millions in payouts after being ripped off by local councils
01 February, 2018
A landmark legal ruling could open the floodgates and force local councils to compensate thousands of people
150,000 Social Rent Homes Gone Since Tories Came To Power
31 January, 2018
"It is simply unacceptable that we are losing so many of our most affordable homes"
London council tenants in line for water payouts
31 January, 2018
Councils in London have set aside millions of pounds and thousands of tenants may be in line for payouts after a landmark legal ruling over water charges
One in ten families who get social housing are from abroad despite efforts to give long-term local residents a better chance of getting a property
31 January, 2018
Share of social housing going to foreign families has been rising since mid-2000
Tower Hamlets has reduced child poverty - by shipping it elsewhere
31 January, 2018
Statistics show a drop of 6% since 2010. But that's thanks to rising rents and benefit caps forcing families out of the borough
Powys council house rents to rise by at least 4.5%
31 January, 2018
Council house rents will rise by at least 4.5% in Powys from April
How listing of social housing costs landlords
31 January, 2018
Listing social housing preserves the architectural and historical significance of buildings - but can have costly implications for landlords
Social Housing Lettings: April 2016 to March 2017, England
31 January, 2018
Social housing lettings by private registered providers decreased by 11% to 231,000 in 2016/17, continuing the fall from the previous year
What does the new European Energy Poverty Observatory mean for social housing?
30 January, 2018
A combination of rising energy costs, poor-quality housing or low incomes means that many households across Europe are struggling with the cost associated with heating (or cooling) their homes
Report recommends 'long-term, slow, patient investments'in PRS
30 January, 2018
Researchers say social landlords can do much more to house lower income households in receipt of Housing Benefit but able to pay rent reliably
Fire Safety in Housing Executive Tower Blocks
30 January, 2018
The Rationale for the establishment of the Independent Reference Group on Fire Safety in Housing Executive tower blocks was in response to the tragedy of the horrific Grenfell fire on 14 June 2017
Wales is leading the way on improving tenant rights
29 January, 2018
Westminster's drive to improve standards for tenants is following the Welsh Government's lead
Our proposals to the supported housing consultation
29 January, 2018
PlaceShapers members have been campaigning hard for the past two years to secure the future of supported and sheltered housing
Council to expand repairs company into overall housing management
26 January, 2018
'Urgent' post-Carillion decision clears the way for a full takeover of housing services by a company originally set up to cover repairs
Wales' Right to Buy formally abolished
25 January, 2018
The abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill became an Act of the Assembly in Cardiff
'Hundreds' of social homes don't have proper fire risk assessments
25 January, 2018
NHMF Conference hears how Grenfell has forced the sector "back to basics" over stock management and safety
James Johnsen: Should you invest in social housing?
25 January, 2018
Investing with a conscience can helping alleviate the housing crisis
London councils skirt six-week rule for homeless families
25 January, 2018
London families are being forced to share bathrooms and kitchens with strangers for long periods, as councils make use of an exemption in the law on temporary accommodation
Ed Miliband Part Of Team To Investigate Social Housing In The Wake Of Grenfell Tragedy
24 January, 2018
A survivor of the tragedy is also joining the investigation
Government 'should pay to replace Grenfell-type cladding'
24 January, 2018
The government should pay to replace Grenfell Tower-type cladding so lives are not put at risk, the head of a group representing property managers said
Hackney Council sets up lettings company
24 January, 2018
Hackney Council has set up a wholly owned lettings company to get around rules that say it can't directly manage homes for London Living Rent
How social landlords can help people leave gangs
24 January, 2018
Former gang member Sephton Henry tells Danielle Aumord how social landlords can be a crucial help
Our regulation of social housing
24 January, 2018
Our role is to monitor, assess and report on social landlords' performance of housing activities and RSLs' financial well-being and standards of governance
Shelter launches new social housing commission
24 January, 2018
It will draft in a panel of high-profile figures to examine "the state of social housing in modern Britain and its future role in ending the housing crisis"
New guidelines for Scottish landlords
23 January, 2018
New guidance is under development to help Scotland's social landlords meet their obligations on allocations and suspensions
Neglect and abuse claims on rise in sheltered housing
23 January, 2018
"I've been left with a feeling that my mum's last months were in a place that nobody really cared about her"
London council to change housing company to management company
23 January, 2018
Barking and Dagenham Council is set to transform its wholly owned housing company into an arms-length management company
Only three out of 160 social housing towers reclad after Grenfell fire
23 January, 2018
Pace of response condemned as dispute escalates over who pays for cost of making blocks safe
Milton Keynes: UK capital of 'right-to-buy-to-let'
22 January, 2018
More council houses have been sold to private landlords in the town than anywhere else - then rented at up to triple the price
Sharma letter reveals he was told affordable rents 'unaffordable' at tenant roadshows
22 January, 2018
At his tenant roadshows, Alok Sharma was told affordable rents are "not really affordable" and a lack of government investment has seen safety standards fall
Lift councils' housebuilding cap
22 January, 2018
Government urged to allow more borrowing to help hit target of 300,000 new homes a year
Residents living in shadow of Grenfell Tower hit back at council over plans to resume rent
19 January, 2018
Residents in blocks surrounding the Grenfell Tower have hit out at plans for them to resume paying rent and service charges from the end of January
Taxpayers face £4m bill as landlord refuses to make tower block safe
19 January, 2018
Slough council poised to take over freehold of property and pay for safety work as current owner refuses to foot bill
Council worries over future for homelessness funding
18 January, 2018
Southwark Council tells 24housing that despite positive signs over homeless prevention, the future is unclear
Government commits to publish Social Housing Green Paper by spring
18 January, 2018
The government remains committed to its promise to tenants to publish its Social Housing Green Paper by the spring, despite the minister overseeing it leaving his role
Progress on council housing but 'more to be done'
18 January, 2018
Local Authority Housing Statistics for England 2016/17 are out and open to interpretation
Councillor renting out 10 ex-authority homes in 'Right to Buy to let' capital
17 January, 2018
A Conservative councillor in England's 'Right to Buy to let' capital has a private rented portfolio of 10 ex-local authority homes
Council to set up two housing companies to 'offset drastic cuts' and deliver 500 homes
17 January, 2018
Council chiefs have taken a 'major step' by agreeing to set up two housing companies to 'offset the austerity measures inflicted' on the authority
'Unacceptably' slow pace of Grenfell rehousing continues
17 January, 2018
The slow progress of rehousing families made homeless by the Grenfell Tower disaster has continued, with only six more having moved into permanent or interim homes in the past month
DfC briefing on reclassification of housing associations as private sector bodies
17 January, 2018
NIFHA will host an important Member Briefing on the reclassification of housing associations as private sector bodies on Friday, 26th January
West of Scotland Housing Association moves to assure tenants amid Carillion collapse
17 January, 2018
Tenants of WSHA will not be adversely affected by the demise of the contractor which was responsible for carrying out its day-to-day repairs
MSP pushes for sprinklers in new-build housing blocks
16 January, 2018
An MSP is to bring forward legislation to have sprinklers installed in all new-build social housing in Scotland
Council hits back at 'unacceptable' housing target
16 January, 2018
A London Council has tabled a motion against Sadiq Khan's housing target for the borough
'We're so grateful for it, but it's only temporary'
16 January, 2018
According to the government's English Housing Survey, one in six private renters say that they have had a pest or vermin infestation in the last year
Council may move homeless families out of borough following report
15 January, 2018
Moving homeless people to cheaper parts of the country is being considered SBC, in the face of soaring rental costs and tight purse strings
Savings from housing budget could lead to 500 extra council houses in Sheffield
15 January, 2018
Around 500 council properties could be built and acquired in Sheffield if savings are found in housing budgets
Government supports new measures to improve the safety of tenants
15 January, 2018
The Housing Secretary confirms government support for new legislation to help ensure rented homes are safe
More legislation on the way: Tenants to be allowed to take landlords to court over poor housing
15 January, 2018
The Government has thrown its weight behind a Labour MP's proposals to allow tenants to take landlords to court if they don't ensure their property is fit for human habitation throughout their tenancy
Triple Point Social Housing REIT Buys 10 Properties For GBP11 Million
15 January, 2018
Triple Point Social Housing REIT PLC said Monday that it has acquired 10 supported housing properties located in the UK for GBP10.7 million in total
Rent to go up by three per cent in Flintshire council properties
12 January, 2018
Council property rents are to increase by three per cent in the new financial year
Sector watchdog changes name to 'Regulator of Social Housing'
12 January, 2018
The regulation arm of the Homes and Communities Agency has today relaunched as the Regulator of Social Housing
Housing association merger will lead to social cleansing
12 January, 2018
Plan by London's Notting Hill Housing and Genesis to create mega landlord fuels fears that more social housing will be sold off
MPs tell tenants to ignore eviction notices
12 January, 2018
Could what's happening in Ireland happen here if tenants have nowhere else to go?
Council houses are to be built in Salford for the first time in three decades
10 January, 2018
In a thrown back to old Labour policy, the council is now set to build a small estate - and manage the properties itself
Social housing tenants talk about negative media stereotyping
10 January, 2018
Three social tenants share their stories of how negative media portrayals are affecting them, as the Benefit to Society campaign to set the record straight gathers pace
Manchester council to buy new Taylor Wimpey houses to sell on to social tenants as part of plans to provide affordable housing
09 January, 2018
Manchester town hall is to borrow £10m in total, boosted by £5m in funds from the government's Homes and Communities Agency - in a programme that will mainly provide new social housing to replace homes sold under Right to Buy
Restore lifetime tenancies to vulnerable tenants
09 January, 2018
Ministers are being urged to give councils and housing associations back the right to offer lifetime tenancies to those they consider vulnerable
How eviction leads to homelessness: 'My youngest child doesn't know what a home is'
09 January, 2018
Loss of tenancy - sometimes with just two months' notice - is a major cause of homelessness, forcing families into temporary accommodation
'All housing associations should get Living Wage accreditation'
09 January, 2018
All housing associations and their subsidiary companies should commit to achieving living wage accreditation or risk losing public subsidy
Millions owed by Dundee council tenants in rent arrears
08 January, 2018
Millions of pounds is owed to Dundee City Council in rent arrears
More than 3,000 families on East Devon council housing list
08 January, 2018
More than 3,000 families are on the waiting list for a council house in East Devon
British Government funds development of an app to help 11 million tenants
08 January, 2018
The British Government is to launch a £2 million competition in the coming weeks for an app to help the 11 million people who rent a home to improve credit scores and mortgage applications
The government has launched a national survey to gain tenants views on social housing
05 January, 2018
The Social Tenant Engagement Questionnaire aims to highlight any issues or concerns following the Grenfell tragedy, and the results used to share good practice and inform the government's future nation
Ambitious North Devon Council plan to buy housing for homeless families
05 January, 2018
An ever-increasing demand for temporary accommodation has prompted North Devon Council to consider spending half a million on its own housing stock
Merger to bring a bright future to rural areas
05 January, 2018
2017 saw Herefordshire Housing and Shropshire Housing Group connect, as equal partners, to form Connexus, a new social housing umbrella group
Pooling set to unlock more PRS investment
05 January, 2018
Five local authority pension funds in the Midlands clubbed together at the end of last year to invest £100m in Hearthstone's new private rented sector fund
UK social housing deal with private equity giant sparks fears for tenants
05 January, 2018
Private equity giant Blackstone has struck a deal with UK social housing association Sage, sparking fears from campaigners that it will price out low-earning, elderly and sick tenants
Row over council's plan to build homes as SNP are branded 'unprofessional'
04 January, 2018
Council chiefs are to explore the possibility of building houses on authority-owned sites rather than selling to private developers
Letting agent furious after social landlord escapes prosecution despite gas safety breaches in 1,000 homes
04 January, 2018
A decision not to prosecute a social landlord over breaches of gas safety in over 1,000 properties has infuriated a letting agent
Associations lobby over exclusion of shared ownership buyers from stamp duty cut
04 January, 2018
Housing associations have approached government to seek changes to the stamp duty cut after warnings that it currently excludes many shared ownership buyers
Let's give up the home-owning dream. Social renters are just as happy
03 January, 2018
Social housing provides many emotional and social benefits, our research has shown, but we still need to eliminate the stigma
KCTMO to hand over control of housing to council
03 January, 2018
Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation will temporarily hand over control of the housing stock it manages to the local council following the Grenfell Tower fire
Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson on social housing post-Grenfell
03 January, 2018
Beyond of course, the enormous personal tragedies of the Grenfell fire, one of its wider legacies has been to shine an unforgiving light on Britain's social housing
The reasons why Dundee council evicted folk from homes in 2017
02 January, 2018
Dozens of people have been evicted from their council houses in 2017
Council apologises as Grenfell Tower households miss out on extra cash
02 January, 2018
As 100 Grenfell households spend Christmas in hotels, payout to help with festive costs fails to arrive for 18 families
Council plans to become landlords and invest £10m in buying up homes across the New Forest
02 January, 2018
Plans have been revealed for major investment in residential property to protect key services across the New Forest
Housing association launches unique estate agency franchise
02 January, 2018
TwoCan estate agency franchise will save housing associations money and generate new income
A fitting memorial for the Grenfell Tower fire
01 January, 2018
There's been much discussion of a memorial for the dead, the survivors and the collaterally damaged of Grenfell
Top Tories 'saw social housing as toxic'
01 January, 2018
Former civil service head Bob Kerslake says Theresa May has "not grasped" the scale of what is required to tackle the housing crisis
Council rents set to hike for next three years to help upgrade homes
29 December, 2017
The move, rubber-stamped by officials, will see £2.3 million spent on upgrades to 500 homes
Councils shifting more than 2,000 families a year out of London
29 December, 2017
Three months alone accounted for 524 placements - set against an overall trend towards leaving London by choice
Poole's social housing tenants urged to share their housing concerns after Grenfell tragedy
28 December, 2017
Social housing tenants in Poole are being urged to voice any safety concerns they have about their accommodation following the Grenfell Tower tragedy
Jeremy Corbyn pledges to scrap 'no fault' evictions to tip housing rules back in favour of renters
28 December, 2017
The Labour leader told The Independent rising homelessness is a 'moral litmus test' for the country
Partick Housing Association refutes tenants' union's rent reduction claims
27 December, 2017
Partick Housing Association has denied claims by Living Rent that the tenants' union won a promise of "massive rent reductions" in one of the Association's block of flats
Those responsible for the horror of the Grenfell Tower fire must face trial
27 December, 2017
If the people who let this fire happen are not brought before a court, there will be no justice for victims and families
Tories drop two flagship housing policies from key strategy document
27 December, 2017
Plans to build 200,000 homes for first-time buyers and help more people access Right to Buy are excluded from latest plan amid 'complete rethink'
Grenfell firm to pass responsibility for homes to council
27 December, 2017
The firm that managed Grenfell Tower says it will hand over responsibility for thousands of properties to the local council by the end of January
Investment for South Ayrshire Council houses outlined with rent rise capped at 2%
22 December, 2017
South Ayrshire Council has unveiled a three year plan to improve existing housing properties and land, with a below inflation annual rent increase continued to help manage costs
For The 128,000 Children In Temporary Accommodation, Christmas Will Be Far From Magical
22 December, 2017
Children's health suffers, behaviour problems emerge almost immediately, and untold stress and anxiety is inevitable
Lords get 'read between the lines' answer on future for social housing
22 December, 2017
Peers hear of a need to balance additional Autumn budget funding between affordable homes and social housing
Government attempts to reassure short-term supported housing providers over funding plans
22 December, 2017
The government has attempted to reassure short-term supported housing providers over future funding, in a House of Commons statement this afternoon
Housing association binned my dead uncle's belongings after refusing to let us collect them
21 December, 2017
"My nan, my mum, my uncle have no keepsakes, no photos, nothing to remember him by"
May accused of 'callousness' over plight of homeless families
21 December, 2017
Labour MP says prime minister's defence of using temporary accommodation to house thousands of children is appalling
A Fundamental Review of Social Housing Allocations
20 December, 2017
Response to Consultation on Proposals
Labour launches social housing review call for evidence
20 December, 2017
Labour is seeking submissions from social housing professionals, as it launches a call for evidence as part of its social housing review
Grenfell Inquiry to appoint social housing complaints expert
20 December, 2017
The Grenfell Inquiry chair has announced he will appoint an expert in dealing with social housing resident complaints
Sadiq Khan refuses regeneration plans due to social housing loss
19 December, 2017
Sadiq Khan has refused planning permission for estate regeneration plans in Barnet due to a "completely unacceptable" net loss of 257 social homes
Council prioritises building more homes to provide people with a secure place to call home
19 December, 2017
Providing more homes for people in desperate need remains a top priority for Cambridge City Council
England's councils may be doing well, or terribly. We have no way of knowing
19 December, 2017
How did a government committed to massive cuts in public spending casually get rid of the one body that could have appraised their impact?
Grenfell Tower Fire: 'Unfit' Laws Leading To Safety 'Shortcuts'
19 December, 2017
'The mindset of doing things as cheaply as possible must stop'
Why social housing in-house repairs teams now have to procure in line with EU regulations
18 December, 2017
A court ruling in October will prevent direct labour organisations from directly buying goods from suppliers without complying with EU rules
Mayor steps in against loss of social homes
18 December, 2017
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today refused permission for an estate regeneration project in Barnet which would result in the net loss of 257 affordable homes
Grenfell fire: Worrying number of PTSD cases among survivors and locals
15 December, 2017
A large proportion of the people living in buildings close to Grenfell Tower show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder
Charities urge ministers to let councils oversee asylum seeker housing
15 December, 2017
Thirty-three groups ask government to let councils provide 'independent oversight' of housing for those seeking sanctuary
Creative loan offer redefines what 'council housing' can be
15 December, 2017
A low rate finance facility backed by a district council bids to get affordable homes built
LIN member report December 2017 - General Data Protection Regulation An Overview
15 December, 2017
LIN member report by Kevin McCready
Right to Buy Sales in England: July to September 2017-18
14 December, 2017
In July to September 2017-18 (Q2), local authorities sold an estimated 2,558 dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme
Government's own figures add up to councils keeping RTB receipts
14 December, 2017
CIH says stats show mounting evidence that RTB replacements are simply not keeping pace with the level of sales
Social housing sector delivers 'another strong year of investment'
14 December, 2017
2017 global accounts show the sector, as a whole, is well-placed to respond to its changing operating environment
Impact of Universal Credit - The Frontline Perspective
13 December, 2017
This report is the culmination of a year-long study and draws on the results of four surveys into the impacts of Universal Credit on housing organisations and their tenants
Working together for more homes
13 December, 2017
This report looks at how housing associations and local authorities can work together to tackle the housing crisis
Grenfell Tower fire: Soaring cost of high-rise fire safety
13 December, 2017
The cost of fire safety measures which councils and housing associations plan to introduce to high-rise buildings after the Grenfell tragedy has now reached at least £600m
Strong year of investment by social housing sector - HCA publishes Global accounts
13 December, 2017
The 2017 Global accounts of private registered providers has been published alongside unit cost data
Global accounts of private registered providers of social housing
13 December, 2017
An annual summary of the financial status of housing providers who own or manage at least 1,000 homes
Two new social rent houses in a year - Christchurch Council blames lack of big developments
12 December, 2017
Christchurch council says a lack of larger developments in the area in recent years is the main reason for a lack of affordable rented housing in the town
Budget failed to take the brakes off councils building homes
12 December, 2017
Government needs to invest significantly more in genuinely affordable homes and be far bolder in its support for councils if it is to meet the ambition to deliver 300,000 new homes a year
Lewisham residents fighting to save homes from demolition accuse council of 'social cleansing'
11 December, 2017
Residents and campaigners from two sites in Lewisham have accused the council of "social cleansing" over development plans which they say are threatening their homes, a public garden and their sense of community
Grenfell Tower fire: Inquiry 'could bring measure of closure'
11 December, 2017
It is hoped the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire will give "some measure of closure" to survivors and the bereaved
97% call for an update to Housing Health and Safety Rating System
11 December, 2017
The CIEH are calling for an update to the system which is used to take action on poor housing
Council to 'buy back' Dundee homes in bid to meet social housing demands
08 December, 2017
Dundee City Council is set to buy back some of its old properties to try and meet social housing needs
10,000 new homes as council launches major new house building company
08 December, 2017
The company will build homes for the homeless, foster carers, large families, the elderly and people with a disability across Liverpool
Associations confirm £1.5bn partnership talks
08 December, 2017
Bromford and Merlin Housing are looking to build 14,000 new homes over the next 10 years
Exclusive: 7% rise in former Right to Buy homes now rented privately
08 December, 2017
The number of former council homes being let privately has soared to more than 40%
Four in 10 right-to-buy homes are now owned by private landlords
08 December, 2017
Tenants living in homes sold under Margaret Thatcher's scheme now pay twice the rents charged by local authorities
More than £11m being invested in new social housing
07 December, 2017
More than £11 million will be spent developing new social housing schemes in the Lisburn and Castlereagh area during 2017/18
44% of councils have housing company
07 December, 2017
Nearly half of councils have set up a housing company in a bid to help deliver new homes
Bill ending Right to Buy in Wales is passed by AMs
06 December, 2017
Legislation to end tenants' right to buy council homes in Wales has been approved by the assembly
Council ordered to pay £300 to homeless mother who complained of 'revenge eviction'
06 December, 2017
Brighton and Hove City Council has been ordered to pay £300 to a mother who claimed she was evicted from notorious temporary accommodation in revenge
ALMO under threat as South West council reviews housing options
06 December, 2017
A council is considering bringing its ALMO back in-house ahead of merging with two other authorities
Social housing demand at record high in Northern Ireland
06 December, 2017
Statistics show a rise of 20% in ten years and 82% since 2002-03
Supported housing is vital. We can't make its funding discretionary
05 December, 2017
If funding decisions over supported housing are left to hard-pressed local authorities, vulnerable people will lose out
Foxtons fined £35,000 for failing to prove house was safe for letting
05 December, 2017
Foxtons has been fined £35,000 for failing to prove to a local council that a house it was letting was safe for tenants
GB Social Housing hits £250m borrowing benchmark
05 December, 2017
Bond aggregator GB Social Housing has cleared £250m worth of borrowing with a £34.5m bond tap, hitting its benchmark
How much of your salary is spent on rent?
04 December, 2017
Tenants typically spend more than a quarter of their monthly salary before tax on rent, official figures show, but there are wide regional variations
Renting in retirement: How feasible is it?
04 December, 2017
Home ownership can be a thing of beauty. Just as you don a pair of fur-lined slippers and spend more time on the golf course, you find you have paid off your mortgage
York Housing Association joins Karbon Homes
04 December, 2017
New partnership backed by residents and stakeholders
Social Housing Financial State of the Sector
04 December, 2017
Presenting the definitive headline financial results from the Vantage Global Accounts Plus analysis
Government unlocks £25m to deliver more homes
04 December, 2017
A new £25m fund has been launched to help local authorities to deliver much-needed homes
Welsh Assembly rejects amendment to delay Right to Buy ban
01 December, 2017
Welsh Assembly members have voted down Conservative attempts to delay banning the Right to Buy in Wales
Genesis granted planning permission for major north London estate regeneration
01 December, 2017
A housing association has been granted planning permission for a major regeneration of an estate in north London, two months after London mayor Sadiq Khan condemned the loss of social housing in the plans
Housing tenure and wellbeing
01 December, 2017
Evidence shows social housing can provide the same practical and emotional benefits as other forms of housing
Further three landlords downgraded over viability concerns
30 November, 2017
Three landlords have had their viability assessments downgraded by the Homes and Communities Agency after concerns about their development plans
How many homes did housing associations deliver in quarter two 2017/18?
30 November, 2017
Housing associations started 46,183 homes in the 12 months up to and including September 2017
Lowest number of grant-funded social rented homes built on record
29 November, 2017
Fewer homes for social rent were completed between April and September this year with grant funding than in any comparable period on record
UK housing associations' stable outlook for 2018 supported by more favourable policy environment and effective cost management
29 November, 2017
UK housing associations have a stable 2018 outlook
First big association does REIT deal
29 November, 2017
Places for People has become the first named large housing association to do a deal with one of the recently formed social housing real estate investment trusts
LGA: Let all councils borrow to build
29 November, 2017
The Local Government Association has urged government to allow all councils to borrow to build
Housing associations must build cross-tenure
29 November, 2017
New homes built by housing associations "have to be cross-tenure"
Conservative attempt to delay Right to Buy ban rejected
29 November, 2017
Conservative attempts to delay the scrapping of tenants' right to buy council homes in Wales have failed
Satisfaction low with association private property management
29 November, 2017
Satisfaction with private property management services provided by Scotland's housing associations runs far behind their tenant satisfaction levels
Grenfell leaseholders concerned council valuations for their flats are not enough
28 November, 2017
Leaseholders who survived the Grenfell Tower disaster have warned they will be unable to afford to buy a new home in Kensington and Chelsea after the council started valuations of their homes at just £350,000
£7bn in grant funding needed to meet social rented demand
28 November, 2017
Grant funding of £7bn a year is needed to house all those in need of "sub-market" housing in social rented homes
Kindliness - developing peer support within sheltered housing in Dorset
28 November, 2017
This case study focuses on a toolkit developed by Bournemouth University working in partnership with Dorset County Council and a number of housing associations
Councils are sitting on a wealth of assets. Why not use them for public housing?
27 November, 2017
Local authorities need radical policies to resolve the acute shortage of affordable rental housing. One answer could be right up their own street
Local authorities still waiting for rogue landlord database
27 November, 2017
Whitehall list has yet to be set up, two years after its announcement
More detail on £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit
24 November, 2017
More details of the £1.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit were set out today by David Gauke, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
LFB issues 51 enforcement notices against high rises post-Grenfell
24 November, 2017
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has issued 51 enforcement notices against high-rise buildings in the capital in the five months since the Grenfell tragedy.
Value of asylum housing contracts doubles after criticism of conditions
24 November, 2017
Home Office invites companies to bid for £3bn to £4bn worth of contracts, after Serco and G4s made losses on 2012 deal
HCA: lower viability ratings reflect increased development risk
24 November, 2017
The English social housing regulator has begun to increasingly issue second-grade ratings for viability as the sector steps up its development plans
Empty homes spike in London commuter belt
24 November, 2017
London's commuter belt has seen a spike in the number of homes left long-term empty despite a downward trend across the UK since 2010.
The Budget gives the housing sector a window of opportunity: take it
24 November, 2017
For the first time in decades, housing received top billing in the Autumn Budget, it is too good an opportunity to miss, argues Benjamin Clayton
New careers being cooked up by Shiregreen jobseekers
24 November, 2017
A group of aspiring chefs from in and around Shiregreen are stirring up success for future careers after establishing a new catering service
Autumn Budget 2017 25 things you need to know
23 November, 2017
The Chancellor has presented his Budget to Parliament - here's a summary of what was announced.
£8bn guarantees fund could be used for affordable housing
23 November, 2017
The government's £8bn loan guarantees scheme could be used by housing associations to deliver affordable housing.
Social housing sales up for councils and associations
23 November, 2017
Latest stats show 23,186 sales of social housing homes over 2016-17 - 13,652 by local authorities and 9,534 by housing associations.
What the 2017 autumn budget means for you
23 November, 2017
We've looked at the figures to see how Philip Hammond's autumn budget will affect your finances - whether you're single, married, with or without children or retired.
Housing homeless in hotels tops £100,000 in Gloucestershire
23 November, 2017
More than £100,000 has been spent by local authorities in Gloucestershire since January 2016 putting up homeless people in hotels.
Budget commitment good but crucial we build the right homes in the right places
23 November, 2017
In response to the budget, CIH's deputy chief executive Gavin Smart said the government's renewed commitment to solve the housing crisis is positive but it's crucial the homes built are homes that people can afford.
Government announces 'short term solution for temporary accommodation rent arrears
23 November, 2017
The government has announced a 'short-term measure' to tackle growing rent arrears bills for temporary accommodation providers.
Britain faces longest decline in living standards in 60 years
23 November, 2017
Resolution Foundation warns average earnings will not return to 2007 levels until 2025.
Fact checker: what does the reclassification of housing association debt actually mean?
22 November, 2017
Confusion has reigned in the national media over the government's reclassification of housing association debt
Reducing UC wait to 31 days 'would not be enough'
22 November, 2017
Social landlords have warned that a cut in the UC waiting time from six weeks to 31 days would not go far enough to help tenants reduce their arrears
Just 2.5% of homes in 2016/17 for social rent
22 November, 2017
The last financial year saw the lowest percentage of social housing delivered since "net additions" records began in 2001
Associations pitch £100bn borrowing scheme to PM
21 November, 2017
Housing associations have pitched a new borrowing scheme for sub-market housing to Number 10
Budget 2017: Housing plans 'fail' without council homes
21 November, 2017
Campaigners want new homes to meet appropriate definitions of affordable - with a significant proportion for rent
Tenants leaving it until 'last moment' to find next rental
21 November, 2017
Data shows almost one in three tenants aim to move into their new home less than two weeks after they first make an enquiry to the landlord or letting agent online
What do rising rents in Scotland mean for low income tenants?
20 November, 2017
Rents are rising, and in most cases, faster than incomes
Social housing starts in Northern Ireland collapse
20 November, 2017
Social housing starts in Northern Ireland collapsed by more than half in the first quarter of this year, despite overall starts on new homes hitting their highest level in seven years
Want to fix the housing crisis? Give councils more borrowing powers to build
20 November, 2017
Don't blame the 92% of English councils that haven't built enough homes. Their hands have been tied by central government
Council makes 'urgent' call for extra government cash as UC arrears rise
20 November, 2017
A south London borough is has called on the government to provide "urgent" extra funding, to prevent families on Universal Credit being made homeless
Lifting borrowing caps would build 15,000 new council homes
20 November, 2017
Raising councils' Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps would allow them to deliver at least 15,000 new homes
Chancellor urged to remove barriers to council house building
17 November, 2017
NFA and ARCH call for the chancellor to free up local authority borrowing limits in the Autumn Budget
ONS confirms reclassification of housing associations
17 November, 2017
The Office for National Statistics has reclassified housing associations as private
Why social landlords need to think seriously about smart meters
16 November, 2017
Smart meters in the sector have had a slower than anticipated take-up
May rejects Corbyn's call for sprinkler funding
16 November, 2017
Theresa May cited four Labour councils which have so far decided not to fit sprinklers in high rises
Major new CIH project will help to shape the future of social housing
16 November, 2017
A major new project by the Chartered Institute of Housing aims to help shape the future of social housing
Regulator downgrades nine associations over financial viability
16 November, 2017
Nine housing associations, including two G15 landlords, have been downgraded by the social housing regulator over financial viability concerns
Social housing: Ministers move debt to boost building
16 November, 2017
Plans to encourage housing associations to borrow money to invest in new homes are being announced as part of a fresh government house-building drive
Tenants face 'insurmountable barriers' in sorting disrepair
15 November, 2017
Tenants face "numerous and often insurmountable barriers to justice" when trying to sort out defects in their homes
50 years of the English Housing Survey
15 November, 2017
The EHS is a national survey of people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England
Successive governments have misled the public about the impact of immigration on housing demand
15 November, 2017
Successive governments have misled the public over the true extent to which immigration adds to the demand for new homes
House insurance 'unaffordable' for social housing tenants
15 November, 2017
Report shows majority of tenants cannot afford and do not trust the insurance sector
Solihull council 'wastes' £6m reserved for council housing
14 November, 2017
More than £6million of Solihull taxpayers' money reserved for replenishing council housing stock has been wasted in five years
Housing law deemed 'inadequate' in research prompted by Grenfell Tower blaze
14 November, 2017
The charity said the failings the review highlighted were likely to have contributed to the blaze, thought to have killed around 80 people
English Housing Survey 2015 to 2016: headline report
13 November, 2017
The latest findings from the English Housing Survey 2015 to 2016
Building fire safety 'must improve'
13 November, 2017
More serious fires such as that at Grenfell Tower could happen unless safety measures get more priority
Life in the rental market: what the future holds for older renters
13 November, 2017
Most debates around housing focus on young adults, the drastic fall in their rate of home ownership and ways to boost the number of first time buyers
Councils forced to sell off 'enough homes to house Oxford'
13 November, 2017
The Local Government Association is warning councils need more financial powers in the Budget to replace homes sold under the Right to Buy
New research outlines ground rent risks for associations
10 November, 2017
New research by Network Homes published today identifies particular risks for housing associations from the onerous ground rents seen in the leasehold market in the last ten years
Affordable Housing Supply: April 2016 to March 2017 England
10 November, 2017
An additional 41,530 affordable homes were delivered in England in 2016- 17
Priced Out: Affordable housing in England
10 November, 2017
England is in the midst of a housing crisis
Sprinklers save lives. So why, after Grenfell, isn't the government doing more?
10 November, 2017
Only 2% of tower blocks have sprinkler systems yet councils which have asked for funding to make homes safe have been turned down or ignored
Councils can help tackle the housing crisis - but government has to step up
09 November, 2017
The housing crisis is one of the most serious issues this country faces - and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is right on the front line of that crisis
Discussions start on future shape of housing association sector
09 November, 2017
The Future Shape of the Sector Commission - set up by three of the country's largest housing associations - has held its first meeting
Government considers separate rates for extra care and sheltered housing
09 November, 2017
The government is considering separate rates for sheltered housing and extra care, sector sources have been told, as the new funding model for supported housing begins to take shape.
HomeLet Rental Index - October 2017
09 November, 2017
Rents in the UK rose by 0.9% in October compared to the same month a year ago; the average monthly rent now stands at £909 a month
Kettle packs and extreme overcrowding: the realities of temporary accommodation
09 November, 2017
Having to feed your family while trapped in just one room, with nothing other than a kettle, isn't something you'd expect to hear about in Britain in 2017
Grenfell Tower fire: Kensington leader says council not responsible for residents' safety
08 November, 2017
Elizabeth Campbell says safety is 'under legal remit' of Kensington and Chelsea tenant management organisation
Council chiefs pledge to rehouse 'every Grenfell survivor who wants a new home by Christmas'
08 November, 2017
Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire were today offered a package of support to help them move into permanent accommodation and rebuild their lives
Landlords warn of lack of accountability over fire safety failings
08 November, 2017
Landlords have warned that tower block residents are being let down by a system in which it is difficult to hold a single person or organisation to account for fire safety failings
Speak up for supported housing
07 November, 2017
The sector must respond carefully to the supported housing funding consultation, or vulnerable tenants could still lose out
£10m raised in housing association retail charity bond
07 November, 2017
A housing association's retail charity bond has raised £10m and closed early due to high demand
Deregulation measures pass committee stage
07 November, 2017
Deregulation measures forming part of the package aimed at moving housing associations back into the private sector have been passed unanimously by a parliamentary committee
Funding for supported housing: update
06 November, 2017
In summary the proposals split supported housing into three strands
Government urged to lift housing benefits cap as 1 million families face homelessness
06 November, 2017
More than 30 homeless charities, faith leaders and MPs warn Chancellor that abandoning freeze on LHA for private is 'essential' for low-income families to avoid homelessness
Halt right to buy to ease housing crisis
03 November, 2017
There is a housing crisis in Brighton and Hove
Guinness to pay compensation after estate went 18 days without water
02 November, 2017
Guinness is to refund rent and service charges to Loughborough Park residents for the 18 days the estate spent without water
Sector welcomes supported housing policy change, but flags concerns
02 November, 2017
The sector has welcomed a change in direction from the government over the funding of supported housing but pointed out that there are still crucial details to be ironed out
Government sets out plans for future supported housing funding
01 November, 2017
The government has announced its plans for the future funding of supported housing
Javid urged to 'keep an eye' on associations flouting PRS rules
01 November, 2017
In the Commons, some housing associations are accused of believing themselves "above and beyond" regulations that govern the private sector
Funding Supported Housing: Policy Statement and Consultation
01 November, 2017
Supporting the most vulnerable people in our society is a priority for the Government, and we value the important role that supported housing plays
Former No.10 housing adviser: 'Social housing should be a reward'
01 November, 2017
Alex Morton has said government should not allow Labour councils that are failing to build other tenures a single penny of "social housing grant"
Right to Buy: Flagship Government housing scheme in trouble
31 October, 2017
Three years on from extending Right to Buy, Sky News has seen figures which show the scheme has barely got off the ground
Social housing sector has 'largely strengthened' its financial position
31 October, 2017
But new report stresses it is still too early to assess the ongoing impact of the strengthening
Funding for supported housing
31 October, 2017
Responses to the November 2016 'Funding for supported housing' consultation
Funding for supported housing - policy statement
31 October, 2017
A policy statement and two consultation documents setting out the government's proposals for a flexible funding approach for the supported housing sector
Funding for supported housing for older people to encourage building new homes
31 October, 2017
A tailored approach to protect and encourage the supply of a wide range of supported housing has been set out by government
Association has raised suicide alerts for some UC tenants
30 October, 2017
A housing association has been so concerned about some of its tenants on Universal Credit that it has raised suicide alerts with local GPs
Housing lawyers draft bill to empower tenants
30 October, 2017
Housing specialists have been working on a private members bill that empowers tenants to force their landlords to fix hazards that pose a serious threat to their health and safety
Tenants' deposits covered by protection schemes spiral to over £4bn
27 October, 2017
Some 14m tenants' deposits worth over £4.1bn were covered by authorised schemes, both custodial and insurance-backed as of the end of March
The zombie housing policies: what has happened to the Right to Buy extension and high-value asset levy?
27 October, 2017
What has become of the Right to Buy extension and the high-value asset levy?
Taking action now - first retrofitted sprinkler system in Manchester after Grenfell
27 October, 2017
One week after the Grenfell tragedy, the Board of Arcon HA decided to install a sprinkler system to its one and only tower block at Arundel Court in Blackley
A two-year U-turn: the rise and fall of the LHA cap
26 October, 2017
A timeline of the Local Housing Allowance cap's journey from George Osborne's brainchild to the policy's abandonment by Theresa May
LHA Cap: How it impacts one of north Wales' largest housing associations
26 October, 2017
The proposals to cap the Local Housing Allowance rates by the UK Government presents significant obstacles to helping the Welsh Government meet its target for new affordable homes
A London borough is transferring most of its social housing to a private developer. What is it thinking?
25 October, 2017
The Haringey Development Vehicle is thought to be one of the largest transfers of public land into a public/private partnership ever
Labour urges government to scrap LHA plans for supported housing
25 October, 2017
Labour will urge the government to drop its plans to introduce a Local Housing Allowance cap for supported housing in a parliamentary debate today
Housing association rents fall by 1.3% in 2016/17
25 October, 2017
Housing association rents in England have dropped by 1.3% on average in the first year of rent cutting
Family lettings firm launches tenancy referencing app for the industry
25 October, 2017
A new app for lettings agents has been launched - by an agent
Social housing benefit policy 'flawed'
24 October, 2017
Welsh housing associations have called on the UK government to reverse the Local Housing Allowance cap
Tenants affected by regeneration in Haringey guaranteed 'right of return'
24 October, 2017
Residents of council estates earmarked for redevelopment in Haringey will enjoy a guaranteed right of return
Budget must let councils 'take back control' of housing assets and revenue
24 October, 2017
ARCH and NFA set out key asks on allowing councils to lift the HRA debt caps for new build purposes
Dundee City Council to deliver 1,000 new social homes by 2020
24 October, 2017
Dundee City Council has increased its new build social housing target to 1,000 properties by 2020/21 and has pledged to review the use of section 75 agreements to help deliver the new homes
Postcode lottery: The impact of applying the Local Housing Allowance rates to general needs social housing tenants in Wales
24 October, 2017
The proposed application of the Local Housing Allowance rates to general needs social housing tenants from April 2019 has the potential to cause deep and long lasting hardship for tenants right across Wales
Disrepair claims against social landlords are on the rise
24 October, 2017
A rise in opportunistic 'claim-farming' has led to a rise in successful disrepair claims against social landlords, but there are ways to reduce your vulnerability
Making Fair Rent Homes a reality
23 October, 2017
The need for a new wave of Fair Rent Homes is clear. But how do we build them? And where is the money coming from?
There is more landlords can learn about the needs of LGBT residents
23 October, 2017
HouseProud, the nationwide network for LGBT+ people working in social housing is spearheading the first sector-wide study to explore resident interactions with housing providers
Learning the lessons from Grenfell
20 October, 2017
The tragedy at Grenfell Tower four months ago shocked the country and threw the country's relationship with social housing into sharp relief
Connecting People, Improving Lives: A Digital Future for TEC?
20 October, 2017
There is an urgent need for government, regulators, telecoms and the TEC sector to agree and mobilise a plan to manage the transition and realise the full potential of digital connectivity
Associations having to give food parcels to tenants on Universal Credit
20 October, 2017
Housing associations are having to hand out food parcels and vouchers to tenants on Universal Credit as well as helping with utility bills
Chesterfield council tenants may have to change their own lightbulbs
20 October, 2017
Chesterfield Borough Council tenants could soon be expected to carry out minor repairs themselves to help save the authority money
Housing summit: LGA 'hopeful' of action on borrowing caps
20 October, 2017
The LGA is "hopeful" that the Autumn Budget will see a relaxation of council borrowing restrictions
No government funding for councils to take action against private tower block landlords
20 October, 2017
The government will not provide funding for councils to take enforcement action against private landlords of tower blocks with ACM cladding
Gauke: 'unacceptable' for social landlords to evict Universal Credit tenants
19 October, 2017
It is "simply unacceptable" for social landlords to evict tenants due to arrears built up when switching to Universal Credit
Your tenants are gay, get over it!: How housing services discriminate against LGBT+ users
19 October, 2017
Are public services delivering equality for LGBT+ service users?
Associations could be forced to pay backdated VAT
18 October, 2017
More than 500 housing associations could be forced to pay four years' worth of backdated VAT, depending on the outcome of ongoing legal proceedings
Written Statement - Introduction of the Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Bill
17 October, 2017
The Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Bill and Explanatory memorandum have today been laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Buying a house made 'impossible' by rental costs
17 October, 2017
Rental costs combined with high house prices means it is impossible to save a deposit to buy a home
Major housing associations launch commission into future of sector
17 October, 2017
Three of the largest housing associations in the UK have launched a commission to look at how the sector should change over the next 10-15 years
ForViva to fit sprinklers in tower blocks
16 October, 2017
ForViva has announced plans to fit sprinkler systems at all of its 17 high-rise blocks across the North West
The future social housing provider
16 October, 2017
Social housing in England is at a critical juncture
Low-income tenants battle soaring rents
13 October, 2017
Low-income tenants are now spending an average of 28% of their wages on rent, up from 21% in the mid-1990s
Government resists calls to lift council borrowing cap
13 October, 2017
The government has held firm on its position against raising or removing caps on the amounts local authorities can borrow against their HRA
Everyone who lives in social housing needs action, not this chaos
13 October, 2017
People in social housing have been denigrated for too long. We need an urgent focus on safety, but all we have is a government dragging its heels
The cost of housing for low-income renters
13 October, 2017
The 'affordability' of housing is one of the most prominent domestic public policy issues of the day, and for good reason
The CPI+1% rent settlement: sector reactions
13 October, 2017
The government last week announced a post-2020 inflation-linked rent settlement
The housing crisis will only get worse until England scraps right to buy
12 October, 2017
Selling off council homes is economically and morally reprehensible. The government needs to halt its kneejerk support for home ownership
Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 - Fitness for Human Habitation
12 October, 2017
This consultation is seeking views on the regulations determining a dwelling's fitness for human habitation, and the accompanying guidance
Minister promises new LHA cap proposals this autumn
12 October, 2017
The government will have new proposals for supported housing "this autumn"
HRA borrowing cap can be lifted for fire safety
12 October, 2017
Communities secretary, Sajid Javid, has confirmed that local authorities will be able to have "flexibility" to improve fire safety
HomeLet Rental Index - September 2017
11 October, 2017
Rents in the UK rose by 2.1% in September compared to the same month a year ago; the average monthly rent now stands at £927 a month
Why UK housing associations are failing to use data as an asset
11 October, 2017
As demand surges and issues within the system persist, it's become clear that the current methods for managing data are no longer fit for purpose
The introduction of the LHA cap to the social rented sector: impact on young people in Scotland
11 October, 2017
This research was commissioned by CIH Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Government and was conducted by the Indigo House Group
Disrepair claims: a losing battle for landlords?
10 October, 2017
I recently attended a seminar aimed at RPs defending disrepair claims
Major cities falling short on Right to Buy replacements
10 October, 2017
Major city councils are failing to replace homes sold through the Right to Buy since the government introduced a larger discount for tenants
Death of social rent properties in Salford?
10 October, 2017
New accounts for City West Housing Trust show a loss of 259 social rent properties last year
Grenfell Tower: Safety cash not released
09 October, 2017
The government has not released funds to make tower blocks safe following the Grenfell Tower fire
The UK housing market's perfect storm, and five steps to avoid it
09 October, 2017
With ownership plummeting, rents unaffordable and homelessness on the rise, action is needed to stave off a crash
Government confirms 25,000 homes figure is 'an estimate'
09 October, 2017
The government has confirmed that the 25,000 homes it expects to be built with £2bn of new funding is an "estimate"
£30million of council houses sold off in Leicester in two years
09 October, 2017
815 homes have been sold under the Right to Buy scheme
Grenfell neighbours hit out over rehousing proposals
07 October, 2017
Evacuated neighbours of Grenfell Tower have hit out at council proposals to treat them differently to those on the general waiting list as they await rehousing
Welsh landlords make advances on housing quality standard compliance
06 October, 2017
Numbers of social homes meeting the Welsh Government's housing quality standard have reached record levels
Right to Buy sales drop off
06 October, 2017
Right to Buy sales of council homes have dropped in recent months
Grenfell: Confusion as experts contradict Hackney Council on Fire Risk Assessment gaps
06 October, 2017
Surveyors and Town Hall at odds over documents which appear to counter Mayor's claim that FRAs 'up to date'
Rent settlement will get associations building
06 October, 2017
The new settlement on social rent will "enable social landlords to build many more houses"
Tenants pile on pressure over lack of RTB announcements
05 October, 2017
A group of housing association tenants are growing increasingly frustrated by a lack of information on the scheme
Government announces five-year rent settlement
05 October, 2017
The government has announced a return to Consumer Price Index plus 1% rent rises for five years after 2020
Theresa May's £2bn for social housing unlikely to solve problem
05 October, 2017
As No 10 aides admit cash helps create just 5,000 extra homes a year, it is no surprise the funds are being tagged 'chicken feed'
Theresa May Set To Unveil Council House Building Boom
04 October, 2017
Local authorities to be given new freedoms and new demands
The supported housing flats that weren't built
04 October, 2017
Most new supported housing projects have been put on ice
Grenfell Tower: Are North East tower blocks any closer to getting sprinklers fitted?
04 October, 2017
North East councils are open to the idea of retro-fitting the life-saving systems but are yet to make concrete commitments
The Landlord: Inside the Housing Executive
04 October, 2017
Following staff at Northern Ireland's biggest social landlord, the Housing Executive, as they struggle to cope with rising numbers of those presenting as homeless and tenants behind with their rent
DCLG issues new interim fire safety advice
03 October, 2017
The Department for Communities and Local Government has updated fire safety advice for owners if high-rise buildings with failed cladding systems
Right to Buy stopped us bidding for build grant
03 October, 2017
Government rules on how councils spend their money prevented London boroughs from bidding for Sadiq Khan's housing programme
Housing association downgraded over evictions process
03 October, 2017
A West Midlands-based housing association has had its governance rating downgraded by the regulator due to its eviction processes at a temporary accommodation scheme
The Waitrose effect: boom times for homeowners but evictions for tenants
02 October, 2017
How the the arrival of Britain's favourite supermarket in an area emphasises the growing gap between those who own property and those who rent it
Conservatives pledge 'complete rethink' of social housing in the wake of the Grenfell disaster
02 October, 2017
Sajid Javid was speaking less than a week after Jeremy Corbyn put the implications of Grenfell at the heart of his own speech
The social housing that never got built
02 October, 2017
"Claustrophobic" is how Llyle describes living in a studio flat with his girlfriend, Mehreen, and their toddler
Odile Guzy Architectes covers social housing scheme with wooden slats and diamond patterned roofs
01 October, 2017
French firm Odile Guzy Architectes has completed a social housing project in the city of Chalon-sur-Saone
Corbyn pledges Labour to 'radical action' on social housing policy
29 September, 2017
Party conference hears Grenfell Tower described as a monument to social policies that had failed housing
Corbyn's pledge to introduce rent controls comes under fire
28 September, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn's confirmation that a Labour government would introduce rent controls has come under attack
Corbyn announces social housing review
28 September, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader's speech at this year's Labour Party conference to launch a party review into social housing policy
Regulator of social housing consults on Value for Money Standard
28 September, 2017
The regulator is proposing to revise and strengthen the existing Value for Money Standard and publish a supporting new Code of Practice
Midlands-based association evicted tenants without legal notice period
28 September, 2017
Tenants of a Midlands housing association may have been forced to sleep rough after they were evicted with very little notice
Housing associations should require less rent upfront to combat debt
28 September, 2017
Housing associations in Scotland have been urged to require less rent upfront to combat growing arrears under Universal Credit and the benefit cap
Twice as many renters in the North West opt for comfy cushions over a neighbourly chat when setting up home
28 September, 2017
Twice as many renters in the North West opt for comfy cushions over a neighbourly chat when setting up home
Milton Keynes Council to invest £54 million in council housing stock
27 September, 2017
Milton Keynes Council has announced that it will be investing close to £54 million in its council housing stock in 2017/18
Public believes housing inspections should be in hands of council
26 September, 2017
The majority of the public believes housing safety inspections should be in the hands of local councils
Why you should be talking Value for Money
26 September, 2017
It seems like you can't move in the social housing sector in Wales without hearing talk of 'value for money'
Grenfell survivors 'forced to use foodbanks'
26 September, 2017
Labour MP wants answers over what's happened to the £20m raised in the wake of the disaster
Housing associations urged to be as flexible as possible over payment of first month's rent
26 September, 2017
More and more social tenants in Scotland are struggling to pay the first month's rent in advance as a result of welfare reforms
Social landlords staying silent on fire safety
25 September, 2017
Three months on from Grenfell, new research reveals that tenants still feel left in the dark when it comes to fire safety
Council slammed over social housing ambiguity
25 September, 2017
Liberal Democrat councillors have been accused of "not telling the whole truth" about the replacement of 96 socially rented homes in South Oxhey
Shock research reveals 'little action' by social landlords on fire safety
25 September, 2017
According to a survey, just 10% of social landlords have been in touch with tenants in person to talk through safety measures such as escape routes and fire doors
Parliament to receive £118m fire safety upgrade as funding for tower blocks refused
22 September, 2017
The government will spend more than £100m on fire safety upgrades to parliament, including sprinklers, despite turning down requests from councils for cash to fund fire safety works on tower blocks
Ledbury Estate residents protest over lack of heating in tower blocks
22 September, 2017
Residents of the Ledbury Estate have protested after being left without heating, after safety fears resulted in the gas supply being switched off in the tower blocks
Tackling homelessness together
22 September, 2017
The importance of local authorities and housing associations working in partnership
Social housing is back on the agenda
22 September, 2017
Ministers are increasingly becoming interested in social housing and landlords must make the most of the opportunity
Helping social tenants improve or furnish their homes
22 September, 2017
Offering discounted surplus paint to tenants is just one example of how organisations can help tenants with decorating costs
Sector demands inflation-linked rent deal
21 September, 2017
Sector leaders have called for the power to set inflation-linked rent increases after Sajid Javid promised "certainty" at the NHF conference
Labour MP confirms DUP talks over LHA future
21 September, 2017
Homelessness forum event in Manchester hears housing doesn't need more legislation - it needs a complete change of policy
Social housing providers say welfare policy 'undermines efforts to tackle homelessness'
21 September, 2017
Of 106 councils responding to survey, 84% said welfare policy has hit homelessness work - 70% of housing associations agreed
'Housing crisis? We've got four empty council homes on our street'
21 September, 2017
"I feel all this is an utter scandal. The council have lost years of rent and council tax"
Keepmoat looks to private rented sector
21 September, 2017
After a year of growth, restructured Keepmoat homes is looking to expand into the private rented housing sector and modular housing
We will give tenants clarity over RTB
21 September, 2017
Alok Sharma has said he will seek to give clarity to housing association tenants over Right to Buy
Social housing: haunted by Grenfell, hemmed in by cuts, left in limbo
21 September, 2017
Warm words for social housing providers from communities secretary Sajid Javid can't make up for a lack of a coherent housing policy
Why are housing association flats lying empty when Grenfell survivors need them?
20 September, 2017
Properties owned by Kensington and Chelsea housing associations are being earmarked for redevelopment rather than providing much-needed homes
Housing leaders call for input into social housing green paper
20 September, 2017
Housing leaders have welcomed the government's green paper on social housing, but said providers must be given a chance to have their say
Supported housing: getting people back onto their own feet
20 September, 2017
Their work is crucial, but supported housing providers are feeling anxious about the future
Ending stigma could produce immeasurable benefits
19 September, 2017
The Benefit to Society campaign is one with the greatest potential to change the tide for social housing
How public money is spent on housing
19 September, 2017
As a nation, we just aren't building enough homes
Ten more councils join request to spend RTB receipts on shared ownership
19 September, 2017
A further 10 councils have joined a consultation with the government to be allowed to spend Right to Buy receipts on shared ownership
Council could buy homes from rogue landlords as full extent of disrepair and mismanagement revealed
19 September, 2017
Glasgow City Council has set aside almost £50 million to bring up to 500 properties under public ownership
Welsh housing association development soars
19 September, 2017
Housebuilding by housing associations surged 56% in the last quarter
The Tories have failed, says Healey, as social housing spending hits a record low
19 September, 2017
The Tories have "washed their hands" of responsibility by failing to build the houses needed by ordinary families
The future of social housing design and build in Scotland is all about virtual reality
18 September, 2017
You've just been informed that there's a new development planned in your neighbourhood, but rather than leaf through the image of a brochure, you reach for a pair of VR goggles
How having access to social housing helped my mental health and got me back on my feet
18 September, 2017
Growing up, I was told that all council estates were dirty and that social housing tenants were lazy scroungers who were likely to steal anything that wasn't nailed down
'Direct link' between welfare changes and rough sleeping rise
15 September, 2017
Labour responds to the mayor of London's comments that there is a 'direct link' between welfare changes and the rise in rough sleeping.
Councils warn of cuts to housing budgets due to fire safety works
15 September, 2017
Social landlords could be forced to cut back spend on repairs and new build as they scramble to fund fire safety works on tower blocks.
Stereotypes of social housing tenants are isolating and damaging
15 September, 2017
Housing association tenant explains why the Fair Press for Tenants guide for media is needed
2017 UK HOUSING REVIEW
15 September, 2017
New housing supply continues to fall behind new household growth across Great Britain.
Poor people pushed into debt by harsh benefit deductions
15 September, 2017
Poor people on benefits are being pushed into destitution by having direct deductions taken from their benefit payments.
We need to change how we talk about homelessness
15 September, 2017
People often have a limited view of homelessness and are fed 'typical' media
Universal Credit payment advances: May 2016 to June 2017
15 September, 2017
This publication provides ad hoc statistics on payment advances for claims to Universal Credit for May 2016 to June 2017.
Government debate on rent repayments and mortgages
15 September, 2017
Parliament will debate a call for rent payments to be taken into account when applying for a mortgage.
Study finds 'shocking' lack of support for young people leaving care
14 September, 2017
Children's charity Barnardo's finds 65% of young care leavers with mental health issues get no support from government
RICS UK Residential Market Survey August 2017
14 September, 2017
August 2017: UK Residential Market Survey
Homelessness rise 'likely to have been driven by welfare reforms'
13 September, 2017
The number of homeless families in the UK has risen by more than 60% and is 'likely to have been driven' by the government's welfare reform
English councils' local welfare schemes in 'meltdown'
13 September, 2017
New report reveals that two-thirds of English councils have closed or cut emergency funds, causing greater hardship to low-income families
Landlords urged to get ahead of new laws
13 September, 2017
Research by top sector insurer shows the impact of new legislation on the UK's 1.75 million landlords.
RLA presents Universal Credit evidence to Select Committee
13 September, 2017
The RLA has given evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on the troubled roll out of Universal Credit.
English councils' local welfare schemes in 'meltdown'
13 September, 2017
New report reveals that two-thirds of English councils have closed or cut emergency funds, causing greater hardship to low-income families
Index of private housing rental prices (IPHRP) in Great Britain: August 2017
13 September, 2017
An experimental price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in Great Britain.
Local housing allowance cuts are too deep for renters to work their way out
13 September, 2017
Housing benefit freezes are putting renters at risk of homelessness.
UK House Price Index (HPI) for July 2017
13 September, 2017
The UK House Price Index shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
APPG: 'We must get housing options right for older people in the countryside'
13 September, 2017
Parliamentary group urges action on LGA analysis outlining the need for more specialist homes.
Councils have 'urgent' concerns over Homelessness Reduction Act delays
12 September, 2017
London council leaders have 'urgent concerns' over delayed government guidance on the Homelessness Reduction Act.
Joint effort to weed out tenant cannabis use
12 September, 2017
Housing providers warn of eviction risk if tenants smoke the drug in their homes.
Civitas set to raise more capital for supported housing buys
12 September, 2017
REIT hopes to tap into a 'significant pipeline' of further opportunities which exceed remaining investible equity and proposed debt finance.
Severe weather warning - are your tenants safe?
12 September, 2017
Rain and high winds have been battering the country over the last few days - with gales of up to 75mph set to hit the UK this week.
New clean energy projects set to power 3.6 million homes
12 September, 2017
Record amount of renewable capacity secured to power our homes following second contracts for difference auction.
Anglesey council's financial outlook 'remains bleak'
12 September, 2017
Councillor Llinos Medi said the authority has had to save £19m over the last five years and have to save another £8m over the next three.
A new urban eyesore: Britain's shamefully shoddy student housing
12 September, 2017
Free to ignore building standards for dwellings, student housing isn't just ruining British cities - it's damaging student life.
DWP to procure 'off the shelf' appointment booking system for Universal Credit
12 September, 2017
Solution for a five year contract expected to be a 'seven figure sum' for cloud-based system providing 99.9% availability supporting UC.
Two million UK families face £50-a-week cut in income
11 September, 2017
Households with children make up more than 80% of those set to lose out as pressure grows for end to austerity
Squeeze on living standards is down to welfare cuts, not the fall in the pound
11 September, 2017
Love it or loathe it, the long shadow of Brexit dominates our political weather. With good reason, of course.
'Bank of Mum and Dad' shoulders burden of high cost of renting
11 September, 2017
Parents will pay £2.3bn this year helping children with rent, as the 'Bank of Mum and Dad' stretches beyond helping with house deposits.
Universal basic income: Half of Britons back plan to pay all UK citizens regardless of employment
11 September, 2017
Nearly half of Britons would support giving all citizens a cash allowance, regardless of whether they were employed, according to a new survey.
Government buying into affordable homes
11 September, 2017
Evidence of Downing Street testing fresh housing initiatives to win over younger voters.
I see housing officers do all they can to refuse homeless applications
11 September, 2017
Faced with growing demand and dwindling supply, councils have become experienced in using the law to keep homeless people off their waiting lists
Universal Credit expansion is 'a disaster waiting to happen' says Citizens Advice
11 September, 2017
Citizens Advice is warning that the expansion of Universal Credit is 'a disaster waiting to happen'.
Bread for All: The Origins of the Welfare State
11 September, 2017
A new account shows how Attlee's reforms built on foundations laid down decades earlier - and that was the key to their success
Supported housing: bottom of the pile?
08 September, 2017
An overstuffed political agenda has meant supported housing funding has been pushed aside.
Where should housing and social care overlap?
08 September, 2017
Do housing providers need to play a more active role in assessing the housing needs of vulnerable individuals
Quarter of private-renting families slipping into 'bad debt' as they are frequently forced to move
08 September, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of private renting families paying average of £1,619 in added costs when they move, findings show
Quarter of private-renting families slipping into 'bad debt' as they are frequently forced to move
08 September, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of private renting families paying average of £1,619 in added costs when they move, findings show
DWP launches new helpline for landlords
08 September, 2017
The DWP has issued a new guide that includes a helpline for landlords who have had their Universal Credit Alternative Payment Arrangement approved and whose tenants will still not communicate with them.
Glimmer of hope as MPs say they must 'look at' deposit cap plan
08 September, 2017
MPs have debated the proposed lettings fee ban - with a glimmer of hope for landlords as even those backing the move raised questions about capping deposits.
We're addicted to debt and headed for a crash. It could be worse than 2007
07 September, 2017
When Provident Financial lost £1.7bn in share value a week ago, a handful of people asked whether this was a Northern Rock moment.
Liverpool Mutual Homes mitigates Universal Credit through predictive analytics
07 September, 2017
Liverpool Mutual Homes have created efficiencies, driven down arrears and helped reduce the impact of Universal Credit
SFHA: UC roll-out will have 'catastrophic consequences'
07 September, 2017
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations warns the continued roll-out of the benefit will hurt some of the most vulnerable in society
Keep exploring different options to improve services
07 September, 2017
Mergers may grab the headlines, but there are lots of other opportunities for associations to deliver real benefits
Property entrepreneur turned MP backs ban on letting agent fees
07 September, 2017
Tory Kevin Hollinrake tells Commons the compromise of a cap would start 'a race to the top'.
Government tells landlords to fix fire safety breaches in large panel system blocks
07 September, 2017
The government has told social landlords to take action to seal up any cracks found in large panel system tower blocks.
Campaign calls for increasing number of accessible homes
07 September, 2017
Champion of accessible and inclusive housing, Habinteg is campaigning for the government, councils and developers to recognise the importance of increasing the supply of accessible homes to meet national demand.
How will councils survive the funding abyss?
06 September, 2017
From struggling northern councils to seemingly prosperous counties, talk of a financial meltdown is getting louder.
Council tax reduction for around half a million Scots
06 September, 2017
Scotland's Council Tax Reduction scheme supported 491,180 households and the total weekly income foregone by local authorities was £6.5m.
How Tenant Management Organisations have wrongly been associated with Grenfell
06 September, 2017
Tenant Management Organisations are small, tenant-led organisations that take on a number of landlord functions from local councils.
Flexibility 'needed for the future of payments'
06 September, 2017
'Flexibility, greater automation and mobile payments' crucial to future payments strategy according to payments collection specialists.
Grenfell: social housing policy issues 'dealt with in due course'
06 September, 2017
In the Commons, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid acknowledges that such issues need to be addressed
Life on the job in social housing: 'it's always important to remember our social purpose'
06 September, 2017
Empathy and resilience are a must for frontline housing sector staff
The future of supported housing must be top priority
05 September, 2017
With MPs back at the House of Commons today after the summer recess, the government must take an urgent look at the future funding of supported housing
Majority of charity's supported housing under threat from LHA cap
05 September, 2017
More than 90% of shelters run by a major homelessness charity face a risk from the government's proposed supported housing funding changes.
Benefit sanctions shoot up 50% in six months
05 September, 2017
The number of sanctions imposed rose from 18,994 last July to 33,860 in December, before falling back to the 30,000 mark by March this year.
New benefits system planned for Dundee is 'broken and should be halted'
05 September, 2017
That's the view of the director of Dundee CAB after several national bodies expressed concerns about the introduction of Universal Credit
How will Universal Credit claimants experiencing homelessness be paid?
05 September, 2017
With the roll out of Universal Credit Full Service set to accelerate in October, what options will ensure people can receive their UC?
Buy-to-let alterations could result in stock surge
05 September, 2017
Alterations to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of September are set to entice a surge of rental stock
Housebuilding boom front and centre for resumed parliament
04 September, 2017
The need for new homes and where they can be built now seen as crucial to government strategy beyond Brexit.
Solar power deal will lower social tenants' energy bills
04 September, 2017
Solar panels are to be installed in 800,000 low-income homes across England and Wales over the next five years, as part of a new government scheme.
REITs target small housing associations
01 September, 2017
All identified housing associations that are involved with a new index-linked funding method have fewer than 1,000 units
Cigarettes cause majority of deadly council housing fires
01 September, 2017
Cigarettes were the most common cause of deadly fires in council housing in the seven years preceding the Grenfell Tower fire
Homeowners 'happier than renters' with their standard of living
01 September, 2017
Homeowners are happier about their standard of living than renters
Streets Apart: A History of Social Housing
31 August, 2017
In the wake of the fire at Grenfell Tower, Lynsey Hanley tells the story of social housing in Britain
Mind the pay gap
31 August, 2017
What will be revealed when social landlords publish new data on their gender pay gaps?
Tenants to be charged for damage
30 August, 2017
Council tenants are to be charged for damage caused to their homes and gardens "beyond fair wear and tear" under new cost-cutting plans unveiled by Waverley Borough Council
Alison Inman: 'Some who experience domestic abuse will live in social housing'
30 August, 2017
Tenant champion and incoming Chartered Institute of Housing president says domestic violence needs to be centre of housing policy
Scottish housing leaders raise DHP concerns
30 August, 2017
Housing leaders have spoken out against the Scottish Government's plan to make Discretionary Housing Payment schemes voluntary for councils
Housing association given governance upgrade
30 August, 2017
A housing association that was previously downgraded for seeking to restrict an internal review has had its governance rating upgraded by the social housing regulator
Council to fit sprinkler systems themselves to get them into high-rises 'as quickly as possible'
29 August, 2017
The move comes in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy
How many homes did housing associations deliver in quarter one 2017/18?
25 August, 2017
Housing associations started 9,063 homes in 2017/18 Q1
Associations pull 85% of planned supported housing developments
25 August, 2017
Housing associations have slashed the number of supported housing homes they plan to build by 85%, as uncertainty around government reforms to the sector stymie development
Cash offer fails to entice council tenants to move
24 August, 2017
Increased incentives, designed to persuade council house tenants in Moray to downsize, have failed to boost housing stock
Regulator writes to tenant groups over Grenfell
24 August, 2017
The social housing regulator has written to tenants' groups to explain its role in the sector, following the Grenfell Tower disaster
Half of new association homes funded privately
24 August, 2017
Housing associations are funding almost half their affordable housing from their own balance sheets
Grenfell residents' call for fire safety checks refused five weeks before blaze
23 August, 2017
A request by Grenfell Tower residents for an independent review of fire risk to the building was refused just five weeks before the deadly blaze
Two housing associations under review by regulator
23 August, 2017
Two housing associations are being investigated by the social housing regulator for governance issues
National Panel of Tenants and Service Users
23 August, 2017
This theme considered views on what value for money means for users of social landlord services
Bringing private and social housing together can be the key to successful regeneration
22 August, 2017
John Gallacher champions the use of mixed tenure developments to create thriving and sustainable communities as he looks back on four decades spent in the housing industry
Protest called amid homes loss fears after housing associations merger plan announced
22 August, 2017
Tenants and resident from Notting Hill Housing and Genesis Housing oppose the plan, which would create one of the country's largest housing associations
Why replacing Right to Buy homes is so difficult
22 August, 2017
In 2012, the government announced it was revitalising the Tory party's most famous council housing policy
Brexit 'cuts off' cash for social housing
22 August, 2017
European Investment Bank has frozen its UK operations
What housing associations want from contractors
21 August, 2017
Social housing does not stay still for long
Sharp rent arrears rise in Ross-shire blamed on new Universal Credit benefit system
21 August, 2017
Rent arrears for council house tenants have doubled in some areas of Ross-shire in just two years - and the controversial universal credit scheme has been blamed for the sharp rise
DCLG considering allowing shared ownership for RTB replacements
21 August, 2017
The government is considering proposals from a group of 50 councils to allow them to spend Right to Buy receipts on purchasing properties for shared ownership
Tower Hamlets Council to roll out free wi-fi in town centres and social housing
21 August, 2017
Mayor John Biggs says the plan will tackle inequality and poverty with businesses and homes around Brick Lane, Watney Market and Chrisp Street the first to get online
Agency board provider sees signs of slowdown in rental market
18 August, 2017
The number of rental properties coming to market has hit a four-year low
The way residents and tenants are treated is a stain on modern Britain
18 August, 2017
The Ledbury and Grenfell residents were repeatedly dismissed when they raised safety concerns. Frontline housing staff must do more to listen and act
Landlords want rent payments in credit scores
17 August, 2017
RLA calls for rent payments to be included when calculating credit scores to support tenants wanting to buy a home of their own
Sadiq Khan fails to build any social housing in year as Mayor
17 August, 2017
Sadiq Khan has failed to build any social housing in London in the past 12 months despite promising to construct thousands of houses every year during his election campaign
Welsh Government to review social rents ahead of LHA cap
17 August, 2017
The Welsh Government has brought forward a review of its social housing rent policy as it looks for ways to offset the impact of the LHA cap
Developers 'underestimating profits' to avoid building social housing
17 August, 2017
Petition mobilised across England and Wales urging councils to make development assessment documents public
Study shows social benefit of housing investment
16 August, 2017
Research values social return on investment for social housing
National conversation needed about the value of social housing
16 August, 2017
It is unacceptable that in such a wealthy society such as ours, we have so many people who are forced to live on the streets or live in unsuitable accommodation
Listen to the tenants in social housing
16 August, 2017
If you live in a tower block, your home is visible but you are not
Social housing firm Mears hit by Grenfell Tower fall out
15 August, 2017
Safety checks in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy will hit profits this year as building works are delayed
The Grenfell Inquiry must address the powerlessness social tenants feel
15 August, 2017
All too often social housing residents tell us that they feel like second-class citizens
Social media and social housing - four tips for housing professionals
15 August, 2017
While social media can be very successfully used to build a more direct and personal connection with tenants, housing associations and social landlords need to be prepared to respond meaningfully when things aren't going to plan
Some Right to Buy owners now 'property millionaires'
15 August, 2017
Over 1.5 million council homes in the UK have been sold to council tenants, making millions for some
Universal credit and the risk of digital failure
14 August, 2017
With UC being rolled out across the country, a strong digital inclusion strategy can be the difference between successful adoption and a potentially devastating impact on housing associations' income
Barriers to setting up council-owned housing companies
14 August, 2017
Difficulties spending Right to Buy receipts and confusion over the Housing Revenue Account, planning and rent-setting
HCA urges caution over REIT deals
14 August, 2017
Housing associations should be aware of the risks involved in taking money from real estate investment trusts
People shouldn't have to feel grateful for social housing - it's a basic human right
11 August, 2017
We should stop seeing social housing as scarce or precious. It's as much a necessity as good healthcare and education
London will fall further behind on new council homes without more action from Mayor
11 August, 2017
Sian Berry told the Mayor he has 'a lot of catching up to do' after revealing that no new council homes funded by the Mayor have started on site since he took office 16 months ago
Concerned tenants offered chance to move out of tower blocks
10 August, 2017
Southwark Council has offered tenants on one of its estates the chance to move out after compartmentation breaches were found in two of its tower blocks
Helping journalists portray social housing tenants fairly
09 August, 2017
A group of housing associations is working to produce a guide for journalists on how to avoid stereotyping
Joint response - Terms of Reference to the Public Inquiry on the Grenfell Tower fire - ARCH, CIH, Inside Housing and NFA
09 August, 2017
This is a joint submission into the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry to ensure we provide a consistent message accross the trade and professional bodies across the housing sector
If social housing is precious, tenancies should be time-limited
09 August, 2017
Without means testing and fixed tenancies, someone on a high income could end up in secure housing while those on lower incomes struggle
Abolition of Right to Buy Scheme 'Progressing'
08 August, 2017
Proposals which would see the Right to Buy policy scrapped in Wrexham and across Wales have moved a step closer
Enough Empty Council Flats In One Chelsea Block To House All Grenfell Families
08 August, 2017
Council flats in the same borough as Grenfell Tower which could house all the survivors are lying empty because the owners want to demolish them
Impact of applying Local Housing Allowance rates to general needs social tenants
08 August, 2017
Our analysis shows the potential numbers of people affected and the amount of shortfall between benefit levels and rents charged
Grenfell must be a turning point in housing - for staff and residents
07 August, 2017
Making social housing more commercial has eroded workers' skills and knowhow
HCA could de-register 'sham transactions' housing association
07 August, 2017
An association sued by Southwark Council for alleged "sham transactions" that helped it avoid building affordable housing could lose its status as a registered provider
Right to Buy: Whose interest does it serve?
04 August, 2017
Right to Buy, the policy no one wants to talk about, is decimating local councils' housing stock and costing us all dearly in state subsidy
Shared housing: the solution?
04 August, 2017
Shared housing for social tenants could be the next big thing due to government plans to cap housing benefit for single under-35s
'Damaging' Right to Buy policy is suspended in city for five years
03 August, 2017
Right to Buy is to be suspended for a period of five years in Cardiff
Make Social Housing Our Nation's Badge Of Honour
03 August, 2017
In the wake of the appalling fire at Grenfell Tower there has been a torrent of public comment
Inquiry into Regulatory oversight of Housing Associations
02 August, 2017
The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales
Welsh associations urged to further empower tenants
02 August, 2017
Associations in Wales welcome a report from the Welsh Public Accounts Committee praising the increasing transparency in the sector but setting out robust recommendations
How have attitudes changed towards social housing?
02 August, 2017
Does the Welfare State still have an obligation to house everyone who can't afford to buy or rent their own home?
Green space v social housing: the fight for the future of London's oldest allotments
02 August, 2017
A charity's plans to build social housing threaten allotments established in 1832 for the working poor of Ealing
Councils 'can't hide' fire safety reports
02 August, 2017
The information commissioner is urging councils to proactively publish fire information 'in full' for residents to see
Bringing repairs in-house
02 August, 2017
An increasing number of housing associations are improving services and efficiencies by setting up their own repairs and maintenance companies
Council to let associations bid for RTB receipts
01 August, 2017
Housing associations are invited to bid for the £16m pot - as long as it is spent on easing Hackney council's 12,000-plus waiting list
Council secures long-term housing strategy
01 August, 2017
Transaction will reduce the council's rent obligations by approximately 30% over the next 10 years
New council homes planned in Walthamstow as clock ticks in council's race to spend £16.5m Right to Buy cash
31 July, 2017
The council made more than £41 million selling social housing between April 2014 and April this year
Technology adoption in social housing: what's your scorecard?
31 July, 2017
We're entering an age of unprecedented technological, social and political disruption that will create a great deal of unpredictability and risk
Right to Buy suspended in Cardiff
31 July, 2017
The Right to Buy will be suspended in Cardiff to ensure social housing is available for those who need it
'It's social cleansing': the 93-year-old fighting east London demolitions
28 July, 2017
In Whitechapel, residents say their campaign against the possible bulldozing of their council homes is a battle over the future of housing
Grenfell Tower: Sixty blocks 'fail new fire test'
28 July, 2017
Cladding and insulation used in at least 60 tower blocks will be deemed to have failed a new fire safety test
Social housing residents have changed: landlords must now adapt
27 July, 2017
The sector must get away from the legacy notions of a 'typical' social housing tenant and to understand the breadth and scope of people who now live in affordable housing
Union warns more social housing is needed in WIltshire
27 July, 2017
Just over a third of new homes built in Wiltshire last year were for social housing, but a union is calling for more
Reassuring tower block tenants post-Grenfell
27 July, 2017
The Grenfell fire has caused anxiety among tower block tenants
Facebook backs campaign to tackle social housing stigma
27 July, 2017
'Benefit to Society' will benefit from backing from one of the largest organisations in the world, social media giant Facebook
Consultation on recognising residents' associations, and their power to request information about tenants
26 July, 2017
This consultation seeks views on proposed secondary legislation under section 29A Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 - Tenants' Associations: power to request information about tenants
Tenants satisfied with Clydebank Housing Association services
25 July, 2017
The result of an independent poll commissioned by CHA has revealed that 94% of its tenants are satisfied with the overall service they receive
A blueprint for Scotland's future
25 July, 2017
The Scottish Government should strengthen and clarify the links between housing and the various outcomes of the National Performance Framework
The social housing system is being demolished without a whimper
24 July, 2017
Housing associations are beset by cuts, but will survive - the real victims of the crisis are the most vulnerable people in society
Council 'remains committed to delivery of homes' partly through 'arms-length' £60m housing company
24 July, 2017
Warrington Borough Council 'remains committed' to setting up a £60 million housing company
New social homes are first in rural village for decades
21 July, 2017
Work has started on the first new social homes to be built in a small upper Weardale village for more than 50 years
Local councils to receive £15m in extra funding
21 July, 2017
Communities secretary Sajid Javid announces grants totaling £15m to local councils to help ease the pressures on local services
Scottish Housing Regulator updates regulation plans for three RSLs
21 July, 2017
The Scottish Housing Regulator has published updated regulation plans for three RSLs as each undergo various changes within their organisations
Tenants move into brand new affordable homes in Glasgow
21 July, 2017
Housing association says the rented flats are state-of-art
The Housing Ombudsman Annual Report and Accounts 2016-7
20 July, 2017
Housing Matters: Fairness Matters
Views sought on lettings agents' fees
20 July, 2017
Communities and Children Secretary Carl Sargeant has today launched a formal consultation on legislative proposals to remove the ability of lettings agencies to charge fees to tenants
Grenfell cladding '14 times combustibility limit'
19 July, 2017
Burning cladding on Grenfell Tower would have released 14 times more heat than a key government test allows
Make housing associations subject to FoI says industry bosses
19 July, 2017
A proposed law making housing associations subject to the Freedom of Information Act has won the backing of the regional and national press trade body
Plans to scrap right to buy policy are met with mixed reaction in Senedd
19 July, 2017
Plans which would see the Right to Buy policy scrapped in Wales have been met with a mixed reaction
Statutory protection for the future funding of supported housing
19 July, 2017
New report exploring the options around increased statutory protection
Winsford housing developments make council one of leading housing developers in north west
19 July, 2017
Winsford housing developments make council one of leading housing developers in north west
'The city desperately needs council housing': Mill Road depot protesters want a 'less posh' Cambridge
19 July, 2017
Campaigners say the the first housing site built using devolution cash must be at least 50 per cent council housing
Making it count: proving the economic value of housing associations in their local area
18 July, 2017
Housing associations are key drivers of economic growth and have a huge impact on the local communities where they operate
More than half a million social homes in England do not meet basic health and safety standards
18 July, 2017
New figures reveal hundreds of thousands of homes with serious safety hazards
Permanent homes for Grenfell survivors will be ready 'very shortly' amid anger over 'unsuitable' temporary accommodation
18 July, 2017
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid claims many families had turned down temporary accommodation
Social landlords could recover cladding costs
17 July, 2017
Associations and councils enquire about legal routes open to them against contractors
How many rural homes did housing associations deliver in 2016/17?
17 July, 2017
Housing associations started 3,769 homes in rural areas in 2016/17
Consultation on an amendment to the Tenant Involvement and Empowerment Standard
17 July, 2017
The deregulatory measures in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 amend the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 by removing the requirement for private registered providers to seek the regulator's consent to the disposal of social housing and to some constitutional changes
13 housing associations trial Glasgow Housing Register
14 July, 2017
A new pilot project is set to reduce the amount of applications social housing applicants have to fill out in the Glasgow area
Associations 'could increase development by a third'
14 July, 2017
Housing associations in Wales have been told they could increase development without harming their business model
Hard cash is needed to make social housing residents feel safe
14 July, 2017
Even after the terrible tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, central government is still refusing to fund councils and housing associations to do their job
Lambeth Council starts 'more intrusive' fire risk assessments
13 July, 2017
Lambeth Council has begun carrying out "more intrusive" Fire Risk Assessments on its tower blocks in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, one of its directors has told an all-party parliamentary group
Social Landlord Housing Sales, 2016-17
13 July, 2017
The overall number of housing sales by social landlords decreased during 2016-17 and remained well below the levels seen in years prior to 2008-09
End distance, tenants tell associations and councils
13 July, 2017
Tenants have called for better communication from associations and councils
Social housing in Europe: legacies, new trends and the crisis
12 July, 2017
What is considered social housing varies across Europe
Council called out over £2bn housing privatisation plan
12 July, 2017
Hugely ambitious Haringey plan branded "out of touch and high-handed" but council says it "couldn't be clearer" over right of return for tenants
Councils may have to cover cost of high rise fire safety measures
12 July, 2017
Response from first secretary of state, Damian Green, at PMQs taken as suggesting councils may be expected to pay for recommended work
Delay to Supported Housing Green Paper a 'blow'
12 July, 2017
The housing sector has responded to reports the Supported Housing Green Paper has been delayed by the government
Abused women face homelessness after eviction notice is served on St Albans refuge
12 July, 2017
Abused women and escapees from arranged marriages face being made homeless following the eviction of a St Albans refuge
Grenfell Tower fire: Government 'too slow to reassure residents' living in similar blocks
12 July, 2017
'It is totally unacceptable that four weeks on ministers still don't know and can't say how many other tower blocks are unsafe'
Grenfell fire: councils to foot bill for fire safety work 'in first instance'
12 July, 2017
Announcement that councils will be 'first port of call' to pay for improvements raises fears that vital work will be delayed
Policy Response: Impact of the LHA freeze
11 July, 2017
Frozen Local Housing Allowance is freezing people out of the housing market
JRF Response to the Housing White Paper consultation
11 July, 2017
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent organisation working to inspire social change through research, policy and practice
Understanding cladding safety tests after Grenfell Tower fire
11 July, 2017
After the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower, the Government ordered an audit of high-rise social housing tower blocks across the country
The time for social housing and tenant engagement is now
11 July, 2017
Chief Executive of Tpas, Jenny Osbourne, says now is the time for tenants to grasp the initiative and drive engagement
Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill
10 July, 2017
The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes laws for Wales, agrees Welsh taxes and holds the Welsh Government to account
Council reveals £4m post-Grenfell costs to tower blocks
10 July, 2017
Figures from a single London borough indicate the huge costs councils face over tower block safety post Grenfell
Despair of the families forced into temporary housing
10 July, 2017
A perfect storm of boom and bust in the housing market has forced record numbers of children into temporary accommodation in parts of Scotland
Right to Buy ban in Wales needs to be explained
10 July, 2017
People who live in social housing in Wales must be given clear information about plans to end the right to buy their homes
Housing association stands firm amid calls to 'shame' them into fitting sprinklers at The Tannery in Canterbury
07 July, 2017
Dozens of properties were destroyed after a blaze ripped through buildings in July 2015
Measuring the impact on housing associations of applying Local Housing Allowances to the social rented sector in Northern Ireland
07 July, 2017
In November 2015 the Chancellor announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement that the amount of rent housing benefit will cover in the social rented sector would be capped
Rental sector now needs '360-degree protection'
06 July, 2017
Owner of rent-hub says tenants shouldn't need to set up protest sites to have their voices heard
Just 14 Grenfell Tower families have accepted rehousing offers
06 July, 2017
Disaster response spokesperson says many of 158 affected families had turned down temporary offers in order to wait for permanent homes
Putting the "social" back in "social housing"? Thoughts from Housing 2017
05 July, 2017
Political circumstances hung heavy over this year's Chartered Institute of Housing conference
How to solve the UK's housing crisis: Government should let councils buy land, grant it planning permission and then sell it off
05 July, 2017
Devolving power to local councils could help yield £30bn to pay for public services
DCLG urged to back new national tenant voice
05 July, 2017
All four NTOs want a 'coherent, legitimate and empowered' voice for tenants to communicate directly with government and other agencies
NI social housebuilding threatened by new benefit cuts
05 July, 2017
Social housebuilding in Northern Ireland is being threatened by benefit cuts planned by the UK Government
Impact of welfare changes on rented housing in Northern Ireland
05 July, 2017
The benefits system is changing
Social Housing Provider Upgrades Smoke Alarms to Aico Multi-Sensors
04 July, 2017
Northwards Housing in Manchester is undertaking a major smoke alarm upgrade programme across its entire housing stock of 13,500 properties
Labour MPs urge Haringey council to rethink housing sell-off
04 July, 2017
North London MPs David Lammy and Catherine West call for pause in £2bn plan, amid fears residents could be forced out
Housing funds 'wasted' by councils
04 July, 2017
Money which is supposed to help people struggling to pay their rent is being wasted by some councils
Tenant safety and housing regulation
03 July, 2017
Tenant safety is precious. The Cave Review highlighted tenant protection as one of its guiding principles for the Social Housing Regulator
Cladding crisis deepens as 181 towers fail tests
03 July, 2017
The Government's expert fire advisory panel is now seeking further advice on whether cladding must be stripped from towers where basic fire tests confirm cladding is combustible
Housing 2017, day three: How are landlords making tower blocks safer?
30 June, 2017
Grenfell Tower was often the only subject on everyone's lips at the Chartered Institute of Housing's annual event in Manchester this week
Working together to meet housing need: local authority and housing association partnerships in a changing environment
30 June, 2017
The Chartered Institute of Housing is the independent voice for housing and the home of professional standards
Sheltered housing saves NHS and social care services £486m per year
29 June, 2017
Think tank report urges Government to exclude older people's housing from future Housing Benefit cap
Legal aid cuts 'may have stopped Grenfell tenants pursuing safety concerns'
29 June, 2017
Law Society chief suggests fire in London tower could be stark example of dangers of lack of provision for less well off
Landlords warned to prepare for huge growth in Universal Credit claimants
29 June, 2017
Landlords could see the number of their tenants claiming Universal Credit multiply by up to nine times when their area moves to full digital roll-out
Grenfell: Five Welsh social landlords test cladding
29 June, 2017
Five Welsh social landlords are testing cladding on tower blocks following the Grenfell Tower fire
Right to Buy Sales in England: January to March 2017
29 June, 2017
In January to March 2016-17(Q4), local authorities sold an estimated 2,890 dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme
Real Time Information (RTI) awareness aid for local authorities
29 June, 2017
This RTI guide provides information on how this process works and helps local authority staff in the processing of RTI referrals
Social Housing High-Rise Data for England & Wales
28 June, 2017
On HousingNet.co.uk we work predominantly with Land Registry Data and we have tried calculating the number of floors in a building with it but there are too many variables for any degree of accuracy
Government not calling for insulation samples despite Grenfell test failure
28 June, 2017
Government not calling for insulation samples despite Grenfell test failure
Grenfell Tower cladding scandal could cost councils millions after Government says no guarantee of extra funding
28 June, 2017
'There is no way we can afford to reclad our tower blocks. If we have to find that money, it will come from other projects'
CIH: Inaugural Savills Housing Sector Survey finds focus on social rents
28 June, 2017
More than 90% of housing associations say their number one priority is providing discounted rental properties
Grenfell Tower response: a Q&A for housing associations
28 June, 2017
What should happen if I think the cladding on our building is made of aluminium composite material (ACM)?
Thousands more people should be evacuated from tower blocks while cladding is tested
27 June, 2017
Thousands more residents in high-rise blocks should be evacuated if necessary to keep them safe even before tests on cladding come back
Cheap rent and no dodgy landlords: What it's like living in a housing co-op
27 June, 2017
With the average rent in Britain being around £900-a-month, people are looking for new options
Landlords reveal the types of cladding on their tower blocks
27 June, 2017
Social landlords have shared details of the type of cladding they have on their tower blocks in a snap survey by Inside Housing
Northern Ireland Government cuts social housing target
27 June, 2017
Northern Ireland Government cuts social housing target
Council tower block cladding tests demanded by Welsh Government
27 June, 2017
All social landlords in Wales are being told to carry out fire safety tests on tower block cladding similar to the material used at Grenfell Tower
Social housing target lowered due to Stormont impasse
27 June, 2017
More families in need of social housing will have to wait longer for a home
The British housing crisis, in five charts
26 June, 2017
If you've followed this debate at all, you'll probably be familiar with this one, but it never stops being shocking
Market commentary June 2017
26 June, 2017
The housing market has stalled over the past few months, with volumes in line with our forecast
Dispossession: A vital new film on the social housing crisis
26 June, 2017
The housing crisis is a term we've all heard
Thousands warned their blocks clad with same panelling as Grenfell Tower
23 June, 2017
Guardian inquiries suggests 25 buildings in London, Salford and Plymouth are covered in aluminium composite
Catalogue of failings show housing association misled tenants
23 June, 2017
A catalogue of "fundamental failings" stemming from systemic weaknesses led to Scotland's housing regulator taking control of a troubled housing association
London social housing, eco-friendly homes and the world's first 'vertical pier' in running for top prize
23 June, 2017
The RIBA national award winners are revealed today, and the shortlist for the coveted Stirling Prize for the UK's best building of the year will be drawn from the 49 winners
Safety checks on private residential blocks
22 June, 2017
This letter is intended for owners, landlords and managers of private residential blocks in England
A guide to tenants' housing rights around safety and repairs
22 June, 2017
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, here's where to get help and advice if you're a social housing tenant with questions about your own home
Report on statutory intervention at Wellhouse Housing Association
22 June, 2017
We are the independent regulator of social landlords in Scotland
Grenfell Tower: 16 council inspections failed to stop use of flammable cladding
22 June, 2017
Officials tasked with enforcing strict fire regulations didn't prevent use of material effectively banned on tall buildings
After Grenfell: Glasgow tower tenants set up safety panel
21 June, 2017
Housing association to recruit tenants from 14 of its towers to address safety concerns
Statement on Key Inequalities in Housing and Communities in Northern Ireland
21 June, 2017
The provision of housing faces new as well as existing and persistent challenges
Social housing and rise of 'streets in the sky'
20 June, 2017
The deficiencies of the tower block model for lower-income housing go far beyond the problems of cladding
Government will cover costs of fire safety work
20 June, 2017
LGA chair says minister made funding promise in private conversation about implications of Grenfell Tower fire
Grenfell Tower fire: Theresa May snubs Jeremy Corbyn's call to seize private properties to house high-rise victims
20 June, 2017
Downing Street says: 'We don't support proposals to seize private property'
Communities Secretary statement: safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire
20 June, 2017
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has given the following statement regarding safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire
Regulator issues fire safety advice to social landlords
20 June, 2017
The Scottish Housing Regulator written to all social landlords in Scotland to issue fire safety advice following the recent tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in London
Angus Housing Association calls for overhaul of housing subsidy system
20 June, 2017
A housing association director has called on the Scottish Government to review the way in which it subsidises councils who want to build new homes
What is it that residents really want?
20 June, 2017
The nature of resident feedback is changing as housing associations realise the benefits of minute-by-minute feedback systems
FactCheck Q&A: how much do we spend on social housing?
19 June, 2017
Who pays for new social housing?
Tories did not build new social housing over fears it would 'create Labour voters'
19 June, 2017
Social housing was not built under the Conservative-led coalition because of fears it would 'create Labour voters'
Government orders landlords to carry out tower block cladding tests
19 June, 2017
The government has told social landlords to carry out tests of cladding on their tower blocks
Fire safety information requests may be diverting landlords
19 June, 2017
The extremely tight deadlines attached to Scottish Government requests to local authorities for information on high rise stock, following last week's tragic fire in West London, may be diverting landlords from even greater priorities over fire safety
London fire: Council seeks to reassure tenants about homes
16 June, 2017
Highland Council has sought to reassure its tenants on the safety of their homes following London's Grenfell Tower fire
Call to cut cost of evictions
16 June, 2017
Housing group says the approach of social landlords to sanctions against tenants can play a pivotal role in preventing eviction and easing costs
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle review - balanced look at a dysfunctional market
16 June, 2017
Paul Sng's clear-headed documentary successfully crunches vast amounts of material on the history and reality of affordable housing in Britain
'Fit for human habitation' amendment may be reconsidered after London fire
16 June, 2017
A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human habitation' may be reconsidered following the fire at 27-storey residential block Grenfell Tower this week
Sector calls on government to delay supported housing changes
16 June, 2017
Housing figures have called on the new government to put back controversial plans to change the funding of supported housing, due to the current political hiatus
London blaze cladding material NOT used in Glasgow flats
16 June, 2017
Glasgow's largest housing association has confirmed none of its buildings are insulated using the same material as that in the stricken Grenfell Tower
Housing Association bosses promise 'no cuts' to sheltered housing services
16 June, 2017
Campaigners have pledged to continue their fight against the loss of services to sheltered housing despite bosses assuring there are no plans to make cuts
Three-quarters of all UK social housing blocks found to be 'potentially unsafe in a fire' in 2011 report
14 June, 2017
Hundreds of managers raised concerns following 2009 Camberwell tragedy which killed six people
Associations move to reassure tenants after Grenfell fire
14 June, 2017
Housing associations reassure tenants over fire safety measures for tower blocks
Local authorities to share £1.75bn affordable housing investment
14 June, 2017
More than £1.75 billion is being allocated to councils in a major Scottish Government commitment to stimulate investment in affordable housing
Glasgow Housing Association provides lifeline for residents saving them over £360,000
13 June, 2017
"The fuel advice service makes a real difference to people's lives"
How can councils secure the delivery of more affordable homes?
13 June, 2017
New models, partnerships and innovations
Scottish housing output continues to flatline
13 June, 2017
Whilst the Scottish Government highlights a 29 per cent increase in funding approvals for 'affordable housing', allocating grant is very different to actually building homes
Affordable Passivhaus service set for Scottish social housing sector
13 June, 2017
A new service will be launched tomorrow which aims to provide affordable, Passivhaus-standard social housing in Scotland
Tenant dies in fire at sheltered housing block
13 June, 2017
A man has died in a fire at a sheltered housing block managed by Housing & Care 21
55 sheltered housing fires recorded in Aberdeenshire last year
13 June, 2017
Aberdeenshire is the worst place in the north of Scotland for sheltered housing fires
New £600m social housing procurement framework invites bids
13 June, 2017
Specialist contractors invited to bid for work across Scotland's social housing sector - with support promised to smaller firms
Social housing trust targets £300m listing
12 June, 2017
An investment trust focused on social housing is expected to launch plans for a £300m stock listing on Monday despite the market's volatility since the chaotic snap election
DUP has previously voted against supported housing changes
12 June, 2017
Controversial plans to cap housing benefit in supported housing could come under pressure if the DUP continues to vote against the reforms
Renters make themselves heard at the ballot box
09 June, 2017
Generation Rent finds Tories lost seats with higher than average renter populations
Shared ownership good for HAs but has risks
09 June, 2017
Housing associations can fill unmet capacity for shared ownership but must guard against a fall in house prices
LHA cap will transform social housing in Scotland
09 June, 2017
It's fair to say that we have all been slow to understand the implications of the LHA maxima being applied to social housing
Dundee council homes to benefit from £4m external wall insulation work
08 June, 2017
A near £4 million programme of external wall insulation is to be installed into Dundee City Council homes
Decline in living standards for social housing tenants
08 June, 2017
A third of social housing tenants have seen their standard of living decline in recent years as above-inflation increases have hit food, fuel and transport
Associations plan £750m joint bond deal
08 June, 2017
Thirteen housing associations are in talks to create a pioneering new borrowing group which would seek to issue a joint bond of up to £750m - a record for the sector
Hanover Scotland draws on tenant engagement
07 June, 2017
For the last year, staff, customers and representatives from the Board of Hanover Scotland have been working on a strategy to enable more innovative, meaningful and fun ways of engaging with residents
Newly merged association receives permission for first development
07 June, 2017
Newly merged housing association Vivid has secured planning permission for 560 homes in its first development since its merger
Affordable Rent Special Edition: A cunning plan
07 June, 2017
In 2015, Conservatives promised housing association tenants the right to buy
HomeLet Rental Index
06 June, 2017
The average rental value in the UK (£901) has reduced by 0.3% compared to the same period last year (£904)
Modular construction can make a real difference if social landlords embrace its potential
06 June, 2017
Modular construction methods have come a long way since the post-war heyday of prefabrication
Five myths about migrants and housing
05 June, 2017
What do you know about migrants and where they live? Here are five things often said about migrants' housing rights that are untrue or only partially true
Barwell: new homes for 'social rent' will be let at affordable rent levels
02 June, 2017
A "new generation of homes for social rent" promised by the Conservatives will be at affordable rent levels which can be up to 80% of the market rate
Nottingham ALMO to set up new housing association
02 June, 2017
The largest developing ALMO is planning to set up a registered housing association as it looks to step up its development of affordable homes
Scottish landlords round on 'brutal' Universal Credit
02 June, 2017
Housing associations and local authorities in Scotland have urged the UK government to reconsider on the policy
Top 50 Social Landlords: The Top 10
02 June, 2017
With entries closed, here's our top 10 - and how to vote for your winner
Councils called out over letting fee enforcement
02 June, 2017
Research exposes extent to which councils have failed to tackle non-compliance
Cumbrian housing association judged non-compliant over financial issues
01 June, 2017
The housing regulator has issued a heavy downgrade for a Cumbria-based housing association, warning it was failing to mitigate risks and could have placed its financial viability in danger
May: I want to work with local authorities and housing associations
01 June, 2017
Theresa May has said she wants to work with the public sector on housing to get more homes built
LHA cap could jeopardise Scotland's 50,000 homes target
01 June, 2017
Senior council staff in Scotland have warned linking LHA to social housing could jeopardise the Scottish Government's target to build 50,000 affordable homes
Right to Buy is costing the public purse millions of pounds
31 May, 2017
David Baybut, Head of Real Estate at the national law firm Stephensons shares insight into the government's Right to Buy scheme
Deregulation: A limited new dawning for housing associations
31 May, 2017
A brave new world of deregulation apparently dawned for Housing Associations on 6 April this year when provisions from the Housing and Planning Act 2016 came into force
Scottish Government to bring forward reclassification bill in September
31 May, 2017
The Scottish Government will bring forward legislation to reverse the reclassification of housing associations in Scotland this September
Election 2017: what do the manifestos say about housing?
31 May, 2017
Although Brexit was the driving force behind the Prime Minister's decision to call an early election, it has provided an opportunity to draw attention to the serious housing issues we're facing
Smaller housing associations can play their part in delivering new homes
30 May, 2017
Through new approaches, smaller housing associations make a valuable contribution to new supply in this country
Housing For Older People
30 May, 2017
Rented sheltered housing does not meet the needs of 25% of older households
Low-paid must cover rent by working equivalent of morning per day, says Shelter
30 May, 2017
Low-paid workers are slogging for the equivalent of a morning per day just to cover the cost of their rent
Charities call on associations to provide Housing First accommodation
26 May, 2017
A homelessness charity has called on social landlords to provide homes for Housing First programmes across the country
Major UK landlord scraps rental deposits
26 May, 2017
Get Living to abolish deposit-taking and return security deposits to its 3,000 residents
Revealed: less than half of Right to Buy replacements are for social rent
26 May, 2017
Less than half of the council homes built to replace those sold under the Right to Buy are at social rents
UKIP slams housing associations as 'unaccountable' in manifesto
26 May, 2017
The UK Independence Party has set out its housing proposals in a manifesto - with a section on reviewing housing associations
The snap Election at a glance - what does it mean for the housing industry?
25 May, 2017
When it comes to the Snap Election, distinguishing the political jargon from the facts can be a tricky task
How many homes did housing associations build in 2016/17?
25 May, 2017
A briefing on the number of homes housing associations developed last year
Pledge to migrants signed by 18 housing associations
25 May, 2017
Backed by the NHF and BMENational, the pledge is launched at the Migrants' Access to Housing Conference next month
Homeless families 'told to sleep in Garda stations'
25 May, 2017
Several homeless families were advised to stay overnight in Garda (Irish police) stations earlier this week due to a lack of emergency accommodation
Comms teams to 'step back' and let tenants speak
24 May, 2017
Communications teams should be taking a step back and letting tenants tell their own tales, a conference has agreed
Rent Arrears: The human element
24 May, 2017
Rent arrears is a perennial issue for social landlords, as welfare reforms hit tenants and increases the risk they'll fall behind with their payments
Councils defend record after Tory manifesto criticism
24 May, 2017
Councils have defended their housebuilding record, after the Conservative Party manifesto branded them among the "worst offenders" in "failing to build sustainable and integrated communities"
"Associations haven't lost their social purpose"
24 May, 2017
Sasha Deepwell is one of the sector's newest chief executives
Councils warn of now 'severe' need for affordable homes
23 May, 2017
Survey of 166 local authorities in Britain highlights the pressure to meet demand for affordable housing - and the cumulative impact of present policy
Councils 'not informed' when receiving homeless Londoners
23 May, 2017
Councils in south-east England say they are often not told when homeless families are sent to their areas by London boroughs who cannot house them
Social housing is good. But let's make it beautiful too
22 May, 2017
The big parties speak only of practicalities. Perhaps they should try focusing on aesthetics for a change
The parties' manifestos prove housing associations are key to ending the housing crisis
22 May, 2017
Last week saw the three major political parties publish their manifestos ahead of the general election
The introduction of the LHA cap to the social rented sector: impact on young people in Scotland
22 May, 2017
21,000 young Scots face losing over £22m in rent from planned LHA cap
Associations call for rent freedom after Tories pledge 'flexibility'
22 May, 2017
Housing association bosses have urged the next government to let them set their own rents
Delivering social housing on a budget: can Housing Delivery Vehicles lead to a resurgence of affordable housebuilding?
19 May, 2017
Between 2010 and 2015 local government faced upwards of £18bn in real terms cuts, losing on average 20% of its spending power
Not for profit sector 'should provide affordable rented homes'
19 May, 2017
Housing associations should provide non-profit rented housing to tackle soaring rents, Maria Bailey TD tells audience at Dublin Castle housing conference
Sustainable Social Housing... How an eco cabin built entirely from waste shows it can be done
18 May, 2017
Scottish recycling expert, Angus Carnie has built an eco cabin in his native Carnoustie, Dundee, using only materials that were free
Tory social housing 'deals' plan builds on existing work with three councils
18 May, 2017
Ongoing behind-the-scenes work with three councils will form the basis of flagship Conservative plans for 'bespoke deals' to build social rented housing
Luxury development boss calls Right to Buy a 'catastrophe'
17 May, 2017
Dean Clifford of Great Marlborough Estates says today's Tories must avoid "Margaret Thatcher's mistakes" over social housing
Associations in merger talks to form largest social landlord in South West
17 May, 2017
South West landlords DCH and Knightstone are in talks over a merger to form the region's largest housing association
Greens make 500,000 new social rented homes pledge
17 May, 2017
The Green Party makes a manifesto commitment to a national programme of home insulation and retrofitting
East Hertfordshire chief inspector warns drug dealers in social housing will lose their homes
16 May, 2017
Anyone dealing drugs from social housing in breach of their tenancy agreements will lose their homes
Conservatives' flagship CPO plans for social rent 'could face legal challenge'
16 May, 2017
Tory plans to overhaul compulsory purchase laws to boost social housing provision could be challenged in parliament and through the courts
Conservatives' social rent plans: 10 unanswered questions
16 May, 2017
The big announcement about a "new generation of social rent" by the Conservatives has produced more questions than answers
General election 2017: The case for living rent homes
16 May, 2017
There is consensus across all parties that England's housing market is broken
Vendor who hoped to raise £3.75m through house sale raffle 'bought it cheaply under Right to Buy'
15 May, 2017
A home owner who hoped to raise £3.75m by raffling her property reportedly bought it for £360,000 just three years ago under the Right to Buy scheme
Vast majority of social rents could increase without breaching LHA levels
15 May, 2017
At least 88% of social rented homes in England could have their rents increased without exceeding the LHA cap
One in three 'rent-burdened Brits' borrow to cover home costs
12 May, 2017
One in three low-earning tenants in Britain has had to borrow money to cover rent
If people in work struggle with rent, what hope for people out of work?
12 May, 2017
Millions of hard-working people can't afford to move. They are trapped by a housing system that has sold off social housing
LHA cap 'would lock 84% of young renters out of market in South East'
12 May, 2017
The government's plans to cap housing benefit at LHA levels would lock 84% of young people in low-paid, insecure jobs out of all housing options in the South East
Capping aspiration: The millennial housing challenge
12 May, 2017
Young people in low-paid, insecure jobs are being locked out of all housing options in the south east, including social housing
Regulator proposes using Sector Scorecard to assess value for money
12 May, 2017
The social housing regulator will launch a consultation on its Value for Money Standard, which will propose using the newly developed Sector Scorecard to police efficiency
Labour's 100,000 homes pledge makes 'leaked' manifesto
11 May, 2017
Draft manifesto references ordering councils to build 100,000 new council homes a year under a new Department for Housing
Social landlords have duty to protect the majority from smoke
11 May, 2017
Professor John Middleton defends his controversial proposal for a smoking 'ban' in social housing developments
West Midlands associations consider using choice-based lettings for Right to Buy
11 May, 2017
Housing associations in the West Midlands are considering using the region's choice-based lettings system to help those in ineligible properties for the Right to Buy identify alternative homes
Kick-starting the social housing programme
10 May, 2017
The social housing sector in the UK is big, valued at more than £300bn
Fighting fit: the sheltered housing schemes adapting to new challenges
10 May, 2017
Cuts to supported accommodation can lead to a sense of community and tackle isolation if residents pull together and have a say in new services
Housing Associations and Mental Health support to tenants in Wales
10 May, 2017
The relationship between housing and mental health is one that has been shown, in numerous studies, to have several causal links
Council to build shared affordable housing due to welfare reform
10 May, 2017
The first Welsh authority to experience full roll-out of Universal Credit is planning to build more shared accommodation
Scotland's first urban right to buy
10 May, 2017
A community group in Edinburgh is set to become the first organisation in an urban area to benefit from community right to buy powers
People in Derry living in temporary accommodation as social housing provides cannot compete with private developers for land
09 May, 2017
People in Derry are being forced to live in temporary accommodation because social housing providers cannot compete with private developers when buying vacant land
Regulatory Reform of Registered Social Landlords
09 May, 2017
In September 2016, the Office of National Statistics reclassified Registered Social Landlords for UK national accounting purposes as public, non-financial corporations
Sector bosses warn against social housing smoking ban
09 May, 2017
Housing association bosses have warned against a leading public health figure's call to impose non-smoking conditions on social housing tenants
London rents fall for first time since 2009 amid post-Brexit vote slowdown
08 May, 2017
Year-on-year fall of 1.2% is good news for tenants looking to move or negotiate with landlords as recent new-build property comes onto rental market
Councils accused of leaving houses empty to get grants
08 May, 2017
Councils are deliberately leaving houses vacant for long periods of time to qualify for Department of Housing funding schemes
Smoking should be banned in council housing
08 May, 2017
Housing association tenants would sign non-smoking agreement under proposed plans
Sector tells government it is time to listen on LHA cap
08 May, 2017
The government has been urged to listen to the recommendation of two cross-party committees and ditch controversial plans to cap benefit for supported housing tenants at LHA rates
A Conservative election victory could spell the end of council housing
05 May, 2017
The Tories have declared war on social housing - yet we have an ownership system so broken that inheritance is the only answer
LGA: 'make councils home builders again'
05 May, 2017
Election call for political parties to commit to councils resuming their 'historic role' as the builders of affordable housing
Tenants can help us change the narrative
05 May, 2017
Here at Tpas we believe a big part of our role is to create the conversations that matter, be that on a local, regional or national level
Welsh Government considering LHA top-up alternatives
05 May, 2017
The Welsh Government is looking for alternatives to the top-up system proposed by central government to help offset the LHA cap's impact on supported housing
Council spend on temporary housing now five times more than in 2011/2012
04 May, 2017
We're seeing a real shortage in supply of affordable temporary accommodation and it is becoming increasingly difficult to find any places in Southwark
West Midlands 'selected' as Right to Buy pilot region
04 May, 2017
The government is understood to have chosen the West Midlands as the area for its regional Right to Buy pilot prior to calling the snap election
Socially rented homes can help tackle north-east's housing shortage
04 May, 2017
A north-east developer has called for a rethink on how the housing crisis is tackled and says more socially rented homes can be built
Exploring clusters in social housing data
04 May, 2017
There is growing interest in the social housing sector in learning more about customers and properties using 'data mining' techniques applied to combinations of data held by landlords and external agencies
Eviction trends reveal human cost of Universal Credit roll-out and welfare reform
03 May, 2017
Eviction by social landlords may have increased in recent years
SFHA welcomes Select Committees' call to scrap use of LHA rates to fund supported housing
03 May, 2017
Two House of Commons committees have called on the UK Government to scrap plans to base rent allowances for supported housing tenants on LHA rates
Town halls buy back Right-to-Buy homes
03 May, 2017
Councils have spent millions buying back homes they sold at a discount under Right-to-Buy laws to meet housing shortages
MPs urge government to drop LHA cap plan for supported housing
02 May, 2017
MPs are calling on the government to abandon plans to base supported housing funding on Local Housing Allowance rates
London council investigates mistaken call for temporary accommodation payment
02 May, 2017
Westminster Council has launched an urgent investigation after a letter was sent to households in temporary accommodation telling them their possessions could be destroyed if they did not pay a weekly storage charge
Renters 'at risk' over TV licence fee
02 May, 2017
Risk to renters raised in Commons committee report critical of current TV licence collection and enforcement contract
Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill
02 May, 2017
An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision for the abolition of the right to buy, the right to acquire and associated rights; and for connected purposes
LIN member report May 2017 - The Homelessness Reduction Act
01 May, 2017
LIN member report by Neil Merrick
The Housing Association Right to Buy - how to get out of a manifesto pickle
28 April, 2017
It was a Conservative manifesto commitment to extend the Right to Buy to housing association tenants
Wales ponders alternative LHA model
28 April, 2017
Cabinet secretary for communities and children has said maybe now is the time for a "made in Wales" solution
Britain needs urgent change to the way we regulate our social housing sector
27 April, 2017
Complaints about the country's 2,500 housing associations are growing. We need better ways to check they are still fit for purpose
Some social sector evictions 'unavoidable' due to political and economic climate
27 April, 2017
Social landlords can't immunise themselves against the impact of the political and economic landscape
The role of housing in determining living standards and life chances
27 April, 2017
Living in social housing is strongly associated with various types of disadvantage
Councils sitting on 23,000 vacant residential properties
27 April, 2017
Local authorities are holding onto over 23,000 vacant residential properties
Three-quarters of social landlords implementing major change
27 April, 2017
Three-quarters of social landlords will be implementing a "major change programme" such as a merger, restructure or overhaul of IT systems over the next year
It's not perverse of housing associations to build homes - that is their purpose
27 April, 2017
We'd all love more public money going into genuinely affordable rented homes, but that's not going to happen. We have found our own way forward
Labour councils outbuild Tory authorities
27 April, 2017
Labour councils are building 50% more houses than their Conservative counterparts
Have the Conservatives really built twice as much council housing as Labour?
27 April, 2017
Not for the first time, today's Prime Minister's Questions featured a Jeremy Corbyn question on housing
Evictions by social landlords in Scotland 2012-2016
27 April, 2017
This research report looks at social sector evictions due to rent arrears in Scotland over the last four years
Councils will soon have a legal duty to prevent homelessness. What can they do?
26 April, 2017
With very little extra cash, councils need new ideas to join up local services and tackle the growing challenge of homelessness
Court finds housing association not liable in water bill claim
25 April, 2017
The High Court has ruled that a housing association is not liable to compensate tenants for water bills, in the latest case in a saga over alleged overpayments
Newly merged association retains credit rating
24 April, 2017
A newly merged housing association has retained its strong credit rating
Housing associations are critically important, but have lost their way
24 April, 2017
Too many housing associations have focused on being developers. They have lost sight of their mission to provide good homes at genuinely affordable prices
Rent hike threat for tenants over FoI laws
24 April, 2017
Rents could be hiked to meet housing association FoI costs
The social value of sheltered housing
21 April, 2017
The study has put a conservative estimate on the social value saving made by sheltered housing at close to half a billion pounds a year
Clarion plots 10,000-home sale amid growing rationalisation
21 April, 2017
The UK's largest housing association is making plans to sell up to 10,000 units over the coming years, as social landlords step up stock rationalisation amid an efficiency drive
Social Housing: Definitions and Design Exemplars, by Alexander Boxill
21 April, 2017
Alexander Boxill has designed a book and accompanying exhibition titled Social Housing: Definitions and Design Exemplar
Social housing is becoming 'increasingly commercialised'
20 April, 2017
The social housing sector has become 'increasingly commercialised' as housing associations look for new ways to make money
West of England mayoral election: Liberal Democrat pledges to establish housing association
20 April, 2017
The Liberal Democrat candidate in the race to become the first West of England mayor has pledged to set up a new state-owned housing association if elected
Right to Buy: Should It Stay or Should It Go?
19 April, 2017
Leading Bridging Loans Provider Discusses UK Gov's Increasingly Debated Scheme for Council Tenants
Civitas announces £11.5m buy of social housing portfolio
19 April, 2017
Acquisition includes 10 care homes and 79 tenancies across the Midlands
Social Housing Vacancies, Lettings and Rent Arrears, 2015-16 - Revised
19 April, 2017
Social housing refers to dwellings, bedsits and bed spaces owned, or partly owned, by Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords
Social housing places for rent in Wales dip
18 April, 2017
Places available for social housing in Wales have dropped for the first time in five years
Guilt by association: the housing developments that went sour
18 April, 2017
Housing associations have been run for the good of tenants and communities since the 19th century
With greater control over rent-setting, housing associations could deliver more
13 April, 2017
How far do I think the Government trusts housing associations to deliver? A year ago, I would have replied 'not at all', but the political landscape is shifting
Salford council is going to start buying up homes to tackle the city's housing crisis
13 April, 2017
Town hall bosses will have first dibs at any former Right to Buy properties before they're offered to private buyers
Social tenants struggling with unaffordable lives
12 April, 2017
That one in four low-income households struggle to eat regularly or healthily because of food costs, and that inflation in food and fuel are about to soar, should flash a warning light to the social housing sector
Manchester providers offer to pilot alternative to LHA cap
12 April, 2017
Social landlords in Greater Manchester have offered to run a regional pilot of an alternative to the controversial Local Housing Allowance cap
Housing associations face storm of complaints over new-build homes
12 April, 2017
Residents of London developments built with public funding tell of damp, lack of security, rats and poor customer service
Over 1,000 social housing tenants evicted in London
12 April, 2017
In just one year, thousands of social housing tenants have been evicted - but our exclusive investigation has some worrying undertones, such as data collection
Concerns over Right to Rent checks in Wales
12 April, 2017
Right to Rent checks are currently in place across England following a trial period in 2015
MPs call for sweeping changes to housing association regulation
12 April, 2017
Demand comes after Guardian investigation uncovered issues including damp and rats at newbuild developments
Birmingham braced for thousands of housing association sales
11 April, 2017
As many as 3,111 socially-rented homes in the West Midlands could be sold by 2023
One in five LGBT+ people expect to be treated worse when applying for social housing
11 April, 2017
Social housing providers perform well in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
Civil penalties under the Housing and Planning Act 2016
11 April, 2017
Guidance for Local Housing Authorities
'No one calls the housing association repairs line. There's no point'
11 April, 2017
Victoria Musguin says she has suffered flooding and loss of hot water for weeks at a time at her newly built flat
Housing association 'let waste pile up in estate because residents fought parking charge hike'
11 April, 2017
Stockwell Gardens Residents' Association in Lambeth says the company put up the price of parking permits and increased enforcement hours to evenings and weekends
You'll never fix the broken market without social housing
11 April, 2017
The Government's much-anticipated repair-plan for Britain's broken housing market is missing a critical part of the fix
The potential impact of Brexit on housing associations in Scotland
11 April, 2017
Summary report and next steps
Filling the Void: Empty Homes Strategy 2016/19
11 April, 2017
Addressing long term empty homes, those empty for more than six months, is a priority for the Council and partners
Renting in London: rents in the capital continue to fall thanks to a greater choice of homes available for London tenants
10 April, 2017
London rents have dropped 4.2 per cent in a year, but prices are on the rise in cheaper areas
'Dirty flat' protest lands Bedford social housing tenant in the dock
10 April, 2017
A bible studies group leader could be kicked out of his social housing flat after refusing to pay rent in protest at poor living conditions
Ending the Right to Buy: Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill
10 April, 2017
A Bill is a draft law. Once a Bill has been considered and passed by the Assembly and given Royal Assent by the Monarch, it becomes an 'Act of the Assembly'
L&G: confidence in associations has dropped
07 April, 2017
Legal & General's confidence in housing association lending has dropped on the back of deregulation and rent cuts
Sajid Javid to make changes to Help to Buy loans
07 April, 2017
Sajid Javid has told housebuilders that he will make changes to Help to Buy loans to help boost the housing market
Students challenged to cut cost of housebuilding
07 April, 2017
University students are being challenged by Bromford to come up with innovative ways to slash the cost of building supported living homes
Redbridge Council pledges better temporary accommodation as mother shares her horror story
07 April, 2017
A mother of four says she feels helpless after spending five years in temporary accommodation
Call for evidence for housing intervention evaluations
06 April, 2017
A non-profit organisation has issued a call for evidence to housing associations, local authorities, housing charities or any other organisations for evaluations of housing interventions
A new name and an exciting new era
06 April, 2017
Three of the North's leading social landlords have today launched a new regionwide landlord known as Karbon Homes
How can housing associations help to reduce reoffending?
05 April, 2017
Scottish Prison Service details how housing associations can help those leaving
Government rejects CLG committee recommendation on Right to Buy
05 April, 2017
In a response to a CLG committee report on housing associations and the Right to Buy, the government has rejected appeals to fund the policy
Social housing boost for Galliford Try
04 April, 2017
Galliford Try Partnerships has signed a £128m contract with Notting Hill Housing to build phase two of the Great Eastern Quays development at the Royal Docks in London
Record Help to Buy equity loans in last quarter of 2016
31 March, 2017
The government made more than 12,000 Help to Buy equity loans in the last three months of 2016
Troubled housing association put tenants at risk
30 March, 2017
Serious governance failure identified at Glasgow HA
Healey warns housebuilders over Help to Buy figures
30 March, 2017
With Help to Buy figures out, Shadow Housing Secretary warns housebuilders: improve or risk losing cash
Help to Buy used by over a million
30 March, 2017
More than 259,000 people have already bought a home using one of the government's flagship Help to Buy schemes, and over 868,000 have opened a Help to buy: ISA
Change afoot for homeless families on Universal Credit?
30 March, 2017
Paying housing costs through Universal Credit is causing problems for tenants, landlords and local councils alike
Council to invest £1bn in social housing
30 March, 2017
Stevenage Council are set to invest £1bn in council housing, in a 30-year investment plan
Associations should publish half-yearly accounts
29 March, 2017
Housing associations should publish half-year accounts and report all market-sensitive disclosures on their website to comply with the needs of investors
West Ham tenants' anger over 40 per cent rent hike
29 March, 2017
A group of tenants is up in arms after their landlord announced a 40 per cent rent hike
Councils welcome government's Universal Credit U-turn
29 March, 2017
Councils have welcomed the government's move to make households that are made homeless exempt from Universal Credit following reports rent arrears bills have started to rack up
Government will use Help to Buy to police leasehold practices
29 March, 2017
The government will only support builders which adopt "acceptable terms" to leasehold properties with its Help to Buy Equity Loan programme
Lenders are continuing to invest in social housing
29 March, 2017
Lenders are continuing to invest in the Scottish social housing sector and registered social landlords continue to have access to sufficient finance
DCLG opens talks with associations over rent setting post-2020
28 March, 2017
Civil servants have opened talks with the sector over rent setting post-2020, with a return to an inflation-linked deal among the options discussed
Blackburn man stripped housing association flat after eviction notice
28 March, 2017
A man who was told he was being kicked out of his housing association flat responded by stripping the property
Homes for social house sharing
28 March, 2017
Development pilot in Kent sees homes built for social tenants to share
How one council is beating Britain's housing crisis
27 March, 2017
Fancy a three-bed semi with a garden for £152,000? Or rent at less than £500 per month? Sheffield is showing other local authorities how to build again
High Court leaves council's affordable housing policy in limbo
24 March, 2017
Ruling has implications for authorities across the country over the interpretation of development policies
The future is private
24 March, 2017
The current level of grant funding in Scotland is a fantastic opportunity for housing associations to drive up the delivery of new affordable homes
Right to Buy extension pilot could damage supply in West Midlands
24 March, 2017
A West Midlands pilot of the Right to Buy for housing associations could add to stock pressures in the region
Civil servant quizzed over supported housing funding rationale
24 March, 2017
The government plans to use LHA rates as a measure for capping benefit in supported housing because they are "already there" a senior civil servant has admitted
Charities criticise 'woefully insufficient' government fund to address LHA rate freeze
23 March, 2017
Charities have slammed a government fund intended to mitigate the worst effects of the Local Housing Allowance freeze
LibDem's Farron condemns right-to-buy figures as selling a city to build a village
23 March, 2017
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has hit out at the lack of replacement council homes built or acquired to replace those sold off under the Government's reinvigorated right-to-buy policy
End of Help to Buy needs to be managed carefully to protect the market
22 March, 2017
The Government must work out a way to "sensibly exit" its Help to Buy home buying policy in order to protect housebuilders
UK rental growth slowest in four years
21 March, 2017
The pace of UK rental growth has slowed to its lowest level since 2013 as the government begins to shift its stance away from homeownership
The state of the UK rental market
20 March, 2017
Rents across the UK continued to grow in 2016, rising by 1.12% between January and November, but the pace of growth slowed to half the 2.34% seen over the same period in 2015
Wales: abolition of Right to Buy heads 'home'
20 March, 2017
Major consultation targets social housing tenants, prospective tenants and those who have bought homes under the scheme
Barwell: West Midlands 'strong contender' for Right to Buy pilot
20 March, 2017
Gavin Barwell has said the West Midlands is a "strong contender" for the regional pilot scheme of the Right to Buy extension
Government replaces just 1 in 5 affordable homes sold under Right to Buy
17 March, 2017
Lib Dems seize on newly released DCLG Right to Buy stats to go at the government again - soon after winning a crucial concession
Bedford MP presses government to deliver 'right to buy' for housing association tenants
17 March, 2017
Mr Fuller urged the Minister to fulfil the government's manifesto pledge to remove the unfairness in law that denies housing association tenants the right to buy their home
Pay-to-Stay changes stopped
16 March, 2017
Pay-to-Stay - a proposal to increase local authority housing rents for higher earners - will not be implemented by St Albans City and District Council
A dozen associations 'have 2,000 supported housing units on hold'
16 March, 2017
A dozen housing associations have almost 2,000 partially developed supported housing units on hold due to uncertainty over funding
Future proofing housing supply
15 March, 2017
A report from the housing forum working group on new solutions to boost housing supply
Economic sentiment among associations 'at highest point since crash'
15 March, 2017
Economic sentiment among housing associations is at its highest level since the financial crisis
Housing associations and councils to give LHA evidence to UK parliamentary committees
15 March, 2017
The UK Parliament's work and pensions and communities and local government committees will hear from housing associations and local authorities
March for homes planned to take on Tories attack on social housing
15 March, 2017
Housing activists have called a national demonstration for 24 June to go on the offensive against Tory attacks on social housing
Scottish Government launches scrutiny guide for tenants
15 March, 2017
The Scottish Government has urged tenants to use a new guide to scrutinise social landlords in order to improve services
Social housing retrofit survey shows data 'key to success'
14 March, 2017
Social housing providers put £120m into retrofitting projects over the past year
Is this the beginning of the end for Right to Buy in the UK?
14 March, 2017
The Welsh Government has introduced legislation to end the Right to Buy scheme in the country, triggering suggestions that England could follow suit as social rental housing continues its decline
Lack of robust thinking on affordable housing
14 March, 2017
The co-leader of the Green Party says the leading opposition parties are not doing enough to make the case for genuinely affordable housing
Crime In The Private & Social Housing Sectors
14 March, 2017
Paul Shamplina from Landlord Action, Stephen Gabriel of Sandwell Borough Council & Katrina Robinson join Richard Blanco to explain the nature of crime in the private and social housing sectors
Northern Irish tenants could be hit with surprise bedroom tax
14 March, 2017
Up to 1,500 social housing tenants could be hit by the bedroom tax if they move home
Why Right to Buy was 'the only good thing Thatcher did for Wales', according to the people it helped
14 March, 2017
More than 139,000 housing units in Wales have been bought by tenants since 1980
Civitas Social Housing buys supported living properties for £9.1m
13 March, 2017
London-listed investment trust Civitas Social Housing has bought a portfolio of supported living properties across Britain for £9.1m
Associations will not build supported housing without LHA cap certainty
13 March, 2017
Housing associations will not spend government funding earmarked for supported housing schemes unless more certainty is given over the Local Housing Allowance cap
The end of Right to Buy in Wales
13 March, 2017
As Wales consigns the Right to Buy to history, Westminster seems hellbent on the destruction of value created in the past
Council commits to mitigating Bedroom Tax
10 March, 2017
The City of Cardiff Council has reaffirmed its commitment to assisting council tenants affected by the Bedroom Tax
Two councils publish league tables on how much agents charge tenants
10 March, 2017
New data on how much local letting agents charge in tenants' fees has been published by the councils of Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove
Councils should be able to borrow against existing properties
10 March, 2017
Councils should be able to borrow against existing properties to increase housebuilding at a local level
The sector in stats
10 March, 2017
The UK Housing Review, published by the Chartered Institute of Housing this week, consists of more than 200 charts and tables
Tax reforms harming access to rented housing for 'vulnerable tenants'
09 March, 2017
Vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced by the Government
The Experience of Universal Credit: A Tenant's Perspective
09 March, 2017
Housing Associations in Wales provide 158,000 affordable homes and housing related services to around 10% of the Welsh population
Government will not legislate for Right to Buy extension
08 March, 2017
The government will not legislate to force councils to extend the Right to Buy to affordable homes built through their housing companies
£70 million to build new council homes and ease Cambridge's housing crisis
08 March, 2017
The cash would pay for 500 new homes to be built in the city within five years
Extra £47m to tackle hated bedroom tax
07 March, 2017
Ministers announce more funding to counteract bedroom tax in Scotland
Housing shortage forces councils to spend £2 million a day on temporary accommodation
06 March, 2017
A chronic shortage of affordable housing is forcing cash-strapped councils to spend more than £2 million a day on temporary accommodation for homeless families
London Councils claim extra £470m could be spent on housebuilding if boroughs were allowed to keep all RTB receipts
06 March, 2017
If the Government slashed red tape and let them keep receipts from right-to-buy sales, then London's borough councils would have an extra £470 million to spend on building new homes
Social landlords need to be 'more open' to complaints
03 March, 2017
Some Scottish social landlords need to be "more open and responsive" to complaints
Three quarters of associations want rent freedom
03 March, 2017
More than three quarters of housing associations support having rent freedom
Councils forced to pay £800m in RTB cash back to Treasury
02 March, 2017
Labour on the attack saying the sum could have built more than 12,500 new homes
Where are UK renters most satisfied?
02 March, 2017
A new survey has revealed whereabouts in the UK renters are most and least satisfied
Right to Buy 'only justifiable' if replacements built
01 March, 2017
The housing minister has pledged to look again at Right to Buy rules after he said the policy is "only politically justifiable" if the government is delivering replacement homes
Barwell: 1% rent cut unhelpful for development plans
01 March, 2017
The housing minister has admitted the 1% rent cut has not helped housing associations and councils increase the number of homes they can build
South West social landlord securing rent intelligently
28 February, 2017
North Devon Homes is using data to collect rent efficiently whilst also keeping tenants in their homes
Housing associations call for long-term plan for supported housing
28 February, 2017
Three of Scotland's largest housing associations have joined together to urge the Scottish Government to find a solution on how to fund supported housing
Council pleads guilty to Lakanal House fire safety failures
27 February, 2017
Southwark Council expressed its "sincere regret" today as it pleaded guilty to fire safety failures relating to a tower block fire that killed six people
Councils seek to plug budget holes as rent cut bites
24 February, 2017
Councils are boosting their income through service charge rises and other fee increases as pressure from the 1% rent cut on Housing Revenue Accounts ramps up
Bristol Council forced to cut housing target
24 February, 2017
Bristol City Council has been forced to cut its target to build 1,000 homes as it seeks to make savings in its Housing Revenue Account
Welsh councils hike rents to boost investment
24 February, 2017
Welsh councils are raising rents by up to 5.2% next year to fund investment of almost £200m in existing and new homes
Welsh Government ends councils Right to Buy duty
24 February, 2017
Right to Buy is to be suspended in Flintshire for five years to ensure social housing is available for those who need it
Breaking the Cycle
24 February, 2017
Gang violence is a growing problem in our inner cities but councils' youth services budgets have been cut. Can housing associations fill the void?
Ministers must be prepared to listen to the evidence of rent cut impact
24 February, 2017
Inside Housing's annual look at councils' Housing Revenue Accounts reflects the growing divergence in policy across the UK - and the different impacts that policy decisions are having on the ground
MPs to debate associations' duties to private neighbours
23 February, 2017
Ministers will be asked to require housing associations to offer compensation to neighbours affected by their tenants at a House of Commons debate
Let's build the social rent homes we need
23 February, 2017
First Wessex and Sentinel have announced they plan to merge to form VIVID
Ministers seek alarm improvements after tenant death
23 February, 2017
Ministers have promised to take steps to improve alarm services in social housing, after a man died waiting for an ambulance after contacting a housing association's emergency call line
Let's build the social rent homes we need
22 February, 2017
First Wessex and Sentinel have announced they plan to merge to form VIVID
HAs market sale building overtakes social rent
22 February, 2017
New figures show market sale starts made by housing associations were higher every quarter than social rent starts
Crisis backs call to ensure sanctions do not lead to homelessness
22 February, 2017
Crisis has welcomed a report by the Committee of Public Accounts which says that 'suspending benefit payments can lead to rent arrears and homelessness'
How many homes did housing associations build in quarter three 2016/17?
22 February, 2017
We have recently completed our third survey of developing housing associations to capture the full scale and breadth of their homebuilding activity
Orr hits out at government supported housing proposal
22 February, 2017
David Orr was giving evidence at a joint Work and Pensions Committee and Communities and Local Government Committee into supported housing
Leeds council tax bills to go up by £70... but social housing rents to fall
21 February, 2017
Leeds's annual local services budget is set to be rubber-stamped tomorrow, with a five per cent council tax rise forming part of a £492.67m overall financial plan for the city
Barwell hints at RTB deal for councils
21 February, 2017
The housing minister has offered a small olive branch to councils over the Right to Buy policy
Bedroom tax: Westminster warned against cutting benefits
21 February, 2017
Scottish Government seeks "cast iron" commitments from Westminster benefits won't be clawed back
Mapping benefits changes: how GIS can help housing associations
20 February, 2017
Local housing allowance caps make a huge difference to the rent our tenants pay. Electronic mapping can help us support them
NHF warns of 'significant risks' in deal-based rents approach
20 February, 2017
The National Housing Federation has warned of "significant risks" to a deal-based approach for future rent settlements
Labour hit out at 'counterproductive' Right to Buy extension
20 February, 2017
Thousands of new homes are to be brought under the Government's Right to Buy scheme, despite fears that it could hamper the creation of more affordable housing
First-time buyers '£860 a year better off' than renters
20 February, 2017
First-time buyers in Scotland are on average about £860 a year better off than those who rent
Abrupt end to Help to Buy Wales would be 'disastrous'
20 February, 2017
A senior housebuilding figure has warned that the government's Help to Buy scheme remains "critical" to the market in Wales
Government considers development commitments in return for rent increases
17 February, 2017
The government is considering deals with housing associations to link rent increases to commitments to increase housebuilding in its post=2020 rent settlement
New film on social housing launches
17 February, 2017
Tenants TV have launched a new film 'Born into social housing' to look at how young people will be affected by social housing
Law to scrap right to buy to be proposed by Welsh Government
17 February, 2017
Tenants' rights to buy their own council homes would be scrapped under a proposed new law by the Welsh Government
Social housing can be beautiful and sustainable, like the Kings Road Affordable Flats
17 February, 2017
Correspondent Donna asks "Is there any one out there willing to work with those who are not of the 1%?"
More than 240 associations sign up to Sector Scorecard pilot
16 February, 2017
Housing associations covering more than half of all housing association stock have signed up to a pilot of pioneering efficiency metrics being developed by the sector
Labour council pushes ahead with massive attack on council housing
16 February, 2017
A Labour council in north London took a step closer to launching a massive attack on council housing tenants on Tuesday
Benefit freeze tenants 'shouldn't be taken to court for rent arrears'
16 February, 2017
Council tenants should not be taken to court if they cannot pay their rent due to benefit freezes
Help to Buy scheme's impact across England revealed
15 February, 2017
One in three new build properties outside London were bought through a flagship scheme for first-time buyers, but just one in 10 in the capital
Right to Buy extension to companies could reduce affordable development
15 February, 2017
Councils could reassess plans to build affordable rented homes through housing companies after the government said the Right to Buy should apply to these homes
Calls for long-term funding for supported housing
15 February, 2017
Supported housing for older people should be excluded from new funding proposals until at least 2022
Social Tenants in Scotland, 2015
15 February, 2017
This is a new statistical publication that presents an overview of social tenants and social rented housing in Scotland for the year 2015
Kent social housing provider joins national financial awareness project
15 February, 2017
One of Kent's leading social housing providers is playing a vital role in a nationwide search to find the best way to help people make the best use of their money
Could a Supported Housing Allowance offer a solution to the threat imposed by the LHA Cap?
15 February, 2017
It is very unclear exactly what problem the Government is trying to fix with its proposal to introduce a LHA cap for supported housing
'Unfit' council home payouts and legal fees hit £35m in five years
14 February, 2017
Councils in England have paid out more than £35m in compensation and legal fees in the past five years to tenants living in "unfit" council homes
Birmingham seeks to remove 4,000 from housing waiting list
14 February, 2017
Birmingham City Council is set to remove an estimated 4,000 households from its housing waiting list by changing its allocation policy
New rents in UK up 2.6% in January, but falling in London
14 February, 2017
New rents in the UK increased by 2.6% in January overall year on year, the fastest rise for the month in two years but continued to fall in London
LHA cap: £64m funding gap risks breaking service
13 February, 2017
The Local Housing Allowance cap for supported housing risks "breaking" sheltered housing, three major specialist housing providers have warned
Out of the box: councils try innovative projects to provide social housing
13 February, 2017
Constrained by government and with a lack of funding, local authorities are becoming developers to tackle the homes crisis
'Terrorised' tenants take on drugs den
13 February, 2017
Residents praised for evidence that saw a property shut down over allegations of drug-related anti-social behaviour
Cardiff council likely to put a stop to right-to-buy
13 February, 2017
Tenants are likely to lose the right to buy their council houses in Cardiff in a bid to tackle the city's growing housing need
How renting can fix the UK's broken housing market
13 February, 2017
How to fix the UK's housing crisis has been the subject of national debate for decades
Associations could save £1.6bn in repairs costs
10 February, 2017
A new survey has shown housing associations could save a huge amount of money if they sharpen up their repairs and maintenance contracts
Councils' Local Plan targets cast doubt on key White Paper measure
09 February, 2017
More than half of councils currently set Local Plan targets below assessed need, casting doubt on the government's plan to tackle town halls "ducking" housing responsibility
Associations must properly consult tenants before selling properties
09 February, 2017
The social housing regulator is calling on housing associations to properly consult tenants before disposing of properties or making a change in management
Strengthening the case for supported housing: the cost consequences
08 February, 2017
This report looks at the shortfall in supported housing place for working age people in England and considers the cost to the taxpayer of not taking action to meet this need
Government to set new post-2020 rent standard for housing associations
08 February, 2017
The government announced it would continue with the 1% rent cut through the life of this parliament but would introduce a new standard to help them borrow against future income thereafter
Barwell: we will balance 'fiscal consequences' with calls for rent flexibility
08 February, 2017
The government will balance the "fiscal consequences" of higher rents against housing associations' calls for full flexibility
Council housing company homes could be subject to the Right to Buy
08 February, 2017
A growing number of councils have set up housing companies to directly build homes for affordable rent, private rent and market sale
Families to stay in emergency accommodation for maximum of one week
08 February, 2017
Families with children and pregnant women will spend no more than a week in emergency accommodation when a cap is introduced by the Scottish Government
White Paper: Right to Buy could apply to council housing companies
07 February, 2017
White Paper 'welcomes' council housing companies and related initiatives, but says tenants placed in such homes should be offered equivalent terms to those in council housing
The way Birmingham allocates social housing is changing
07 February, 2017
Birmingham is changing the way it allocates social housing
The use of temporary accommodation in Scotland - 2016
07 February, 2017
This data report is intended to improve our understanding of the use of temporary accommodation in Scotland
Housing white paper
07 February, 2017
Housing white paper and supporting documents setting out the government's plans to reform the housing market and boost the supply of new homes in England
City council forced to admit plans to scrap sheltered housing completely
06 February, 2017
The budget for sheltered housing in Glasgow is to be scrapped completely
Mid Ulster housing tenants 'worried' by bedroom tax letters
06 February, 2017
Patsy McGlone has said that there is understandable confusion about the introduction of the bedroom tax on housing benefit payments in Northern Ireland
Trowbridge tenants say lives will be put at risk by move
06 February, 2017
Residents have accused Selwood Housing of putting people's lives at risk after it revealed plans to remove fire safety sprinklers from over 200 homes
Council to invest £5m in sheltered housing
06 February, 2017
A London Council is to invest nearly £5m in new sheltered housing schemes
London leads association building rates in 2015/16
06 February, 2017
London housing associations set the pace for development in the sector in 2015/16
Landlords tighten up affordability criteria under lower benefit cap
03 February, 2017
An increasing number of housing associations are making more stringent checks into the ability of new tenants to pay their rent, as the new lower benefit cap takes effect
The Right to Buy public housing in Britain: a welfare analysis
03 February, 2017
We investigate the impact on social welfare of the policy introduced in 1980 by which public housing tenants had the right to purchase their houses at heavily discounted prices
PlaceShapers lobby to sustain supported housing
02 February, 2017
PlaceShapers response to the DCLG and DWP consultation sets proposals to help sustain and develop supported housing for elderly and vulnerable people
Technology in Social Housing Part 2
02 February, 2017
In the second event in the Technology for Social Housing series we invited UK housing providers to meet the technologies that have the potential to transform housing
L&Q's Gallagher purchase could unlock 5,000 homes per year
02 February, 2017
L&Q's landmark £505m acquisition of one of the country's largest strategic land companies could result in the delivery of 5,000 new homes every year
Housing associations quadruple land buying in 2016
02 February, 2017
Housing associations bought four times as much land last year as they did in 2015, as the sector geared up for large development ambitions
CIH president calls for more homes for social rent
02 February, 2017
The president of the Chartered Institute of Housing has called for the government to build homes for social rent, slamming its limited focus on homeownership
How much top-up funding will be required under the Government's proposed model, and what might a different cap look like?
01 February, 2017
Research briefing: supported housing
Social housing and the shared society
01 February, 2017
In her second major foray into public policy outside of Brexit - the first being an intention to found new grammar schools - Prime Minister Theresa May announced on 8th January that her Government would be committed to enabling a 'shared society'
Landlord-led domestic abuse initiative gets £30,000 of government funding
01 February, 2017
A landlord-led initiative to tackle domestic abuse in the social housing sector has been awarded £30,000 of funding from the government
Glasgow calls for rent rises as it cuts sheltered housing budget by third
01 February, 2017
Glasgow City Council has asked the city's associations to implement rent rises to help cover the cost of a forthcoming £1m cut to sheltered housing services
Average tenancy deposit still just below £1,000
31 January, 2017
New figures from the Deposit Protection Service put London properties at an all time peak of nearly £2,000
Scottish councils warn lower benefit cap putting pressure on DHP budgets
31 January, 2017
A number of Scottish councils have warned they may not be able to afford the full cost of DHPs to cover tenants' rent in the future because of the new lower benefit cap
CML supports launch of new social housing regulator
31 January, 2017
The Council of Mortgage Lenders says it supports moves to set up a new regulator for the social housing sector
Britain's housing crisis could be solved - if only the government wanted to
31 January, 2017
Private builders will never meet the demand for homes. We need more social housing, denser cities and new suburbs - and those require real political will
Landlords 'rent loss' bid to get more cash
30 January, 2017
Peterborough taxpayers were asked to give compensation through "the public purse" to the housing firm which is evicting dozens of residents from a single estate
Transparency and Trust: A guide to data protection and privacy for landlords and tenants
30 January, 2017
We are living in a new digital age and it is continually evolving
Tower Hamlets social housing boss slams call centres for taking control away from tenants
30 January, 2017
A former social housing boss in London's deprived East End has hit out at the trend for estates being swallowed up in "mega housing groups" that lose touch with tenants and families in their care
As you cut repairs spend, prepare for the worst
30 January, 2017
Many social landlords are planning to cut their maintenance spend over the next three to four years - one of a number of steps being taken by the sector to cope with the 1% annual rent reductions
Work starts on new housing scheme in Sacriston aimed at helping people stuck in rental trap to buy their own homes
27 January, 2017
Work is underway on a housing development aimed at helping people stuck in the rental trap to buy their own home
Rent reductions: Supporting implementation
27 January, 2017
This revised briefing sets out the practical implications of implementing the -1% rent cut in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill
Tackling the under-supply of housing in England
27 January, 2017
Estimating the need for housing depends on making a judgement about the amount of housing space people should live in
Over half of renters fear they will never own a home
26 January, 2017
More than half of renters do not believe they will ever be able to afford to buy their own home
Once the biggest housing associations own 90% of social homes, tenants will lose out
26 January, 2017
As social housing moves inexorably towards mega-mergers and consolidation, it should heed a warning from history: big is not always beautiful
The return of the Bedroom Tax monster?
26 January, 2017
Four years ago, when the first wave of welfare cuts was breaking, Shelter Scotland ran a high profile campaign to Banish the Bedroom Tax Monster
Lord Kerslake: Rent cut drop would give sector 'confidence'
25 January, 2017
In an exclusive interview, Lord Kerslake opens up to 24housing on all things housing - and his hopes for the future
Calls to increase energy efficiency in homes
25 January, 2017
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations is calling on the Scottish government to decrease the amount of carbon emissions in houses
Catalyst downgraded by regulator following management breaches
25 January, 2017
Catalyst Housing Group has been downgraded by the regulator following breaches in the management of its sales and marketing team
Supporting housing tenants
24 January, 2017
Caroline Nokes reiterates her commitment to working with the social housing sector to best support claimants
Areas with rising waiting lists see falls in social housing
24 January, 2017
Councils with the fastest rising housing waiting lists are areas which saw above average decreases in the amount of social housing coming available
Hate crime a 'major concern' for migrant tenants
24 January, 2017
Specialist migrant HA Arhag now offering detailed guidance on how to recognise and report hate crime - staff have also been given guidance on how to help victims
Rental growth slowed down in Scotland at end of 2016 but demand is high
24 January, 2017
Residential rents in Scotland fell in the fourth quarter of 2016, down 0.9% year on year to an average of £739 per month
Private rents not rising above inflation - unlike social housing rents
23 January, 2017
The cost of private rented housing is roughly mirroring changes in earnings across England - but in the social rented sector rents have increased faster than wages
Councils could provide homelessness prevention support beyond 56 days
23 January, 2017
Councils could be required to work with households to prevent them becoming homeless beyond the 56-day time period set out in the Homelessness Reduction Bill
Perth & Kinross Council continues home improvements despite rents freeze
23 January, 2017
Significant investments in council houses in Perth and Kinross over recent years has seen the percentage of council houses achieving the SHQS reach an all time high
Right to Buy: dreams and nightmares
23 January, 2017
An analysis of the Right to Buy extension pilot contains stark warnings about affordability and communication around exemptions
Associations slash spend on major repairs as rent cut bites
20 January, 2017
Housing associations in England slashed spend on major repairs work to their estates as the government enforced its policy of cutting social rents
Social rents have increased faster than earnings
19 January, 2017
Social housing rents have increased faster than earnings over the last 15 years
Data reveals empty council garages could create 16,000 homes
19 January, 2017
Councils are sitting on more than 22,000 empty garages in London that could be turned into at least 16,000 homes
Disused council building 'ideal for social housing'
18 January, 2017
A county council complex which has lain derelict in the heart of Bridgetown for more than five years should be converted into affordable homes for young people
'250,000 social homes lost by 2020'
18 January, 2017
Almost 250,000 social rented homes could be sold or converted to other tenures by 2020
Changing how we think about repairs
18 January, 2017
Some housing associations are challenging received thinking about the way the sector approaches repairs and maintenance
Rise in children in temporary accommodation in Scotland
18 January, 2017
The number of children in temporary accommodation in Scotland has soared by 17% in a year
Projection of social rented stock from April 2012 to April 2020 on various assumptions
18 January, 2017
Housing Association social rented stock (figures to 2015 from HCA statistics)
10-year wait for a council house
17 January, 2017
Research shows tens of thousands of people have been on social housing waiting lists for a decade
Doubts around ring-fenced funding for supported housing
17 January, 2017
Housing professionals have stated they are not sure how long the ring-fenced funding for supported housing will last for
Council-owned homes drop by 10% in six years
17 January, 2017
The number of council-owned homes has dropped by more than 10% in six years, with a 1.9% decrease since last year
Government yet to introduce bedroom tax exemption despite court ruling
17 January, 2017
The government is yet to exempt certain people with a disability from the bedroom tax despite a Supreme Court ruling two months ago
Stormont votes for bedroom tax mitigation payments
17 January, 2017
Northern Irish politicians have voted for regulations that will mitigate the effect of the upcoming bedroom tax despite the political turmoil taking place in the country
Contradictory advice of civil servants has ministers at odds on welfare cash
16 January, 2017
The two ministers at the centre of the row over a 'bedroom tax' relief scheme have published conflicting advice from their most senior civil servants
Universal Credit - Progress Update
16 January, 2017
This publication sets out the results of a survey launched in November 2016 of 33 stock retaining councils and Arm's Length Management Organisations
Which west London borough has the highest cost social housing rents?
16 January, 2017
Unsurprisingly, west London has some of the most expensive social housing costs in England, but which borough has seen the biggest rise in the last year?
Welsh Social Landlords take new approach to January Debt
16 January, 2017
New data solution identifies those at risk to loan sharks
Smart meters are really changing tenants' lives
13 January, 2017
The National Housing Federation has been promoting the smart meter rollout for nearly six months and what is interesting is the interest from our members
Deadlock in Stormont could spell turmoil for social housing tenants
13 January, 2017
The resignation of Martin McGuinness jeopardises Northern Ireland's plans to delay the bedroom tax - introducing it now wouldn't just be cruel, but dangerous
Government reveals councils on fixed-term tenancies working group
13 January, 2017
The government has revealed the names of the 20 councils it is working with to look at how to implement fixed-term tenancies
The Pilot Programme for the Voluntary Right to Buy for Housing Associations: An Action - Learning Approach
12 January, 2017
This research report assesses the aims, operation and outcomes so far of the pilot programme for the voluntary Right to Buy
71% unsure of Right to Buy purchase price
12 January, 2017
Concerns have been raised about affordability and clarity in a new report looking into the Right to Buy pilot
UK rental price inflation more than halved in 2016
11 January, 2017
UK rents in December are just 1.7% higher than a year ago, down from 3.8% last year
'Bedroom tax' impact mitigation scheme 'not a way forward'
11 January, 2017
The communities minister has said a scheme proposed by the finance minister to mitigate the impact of the 'bedroom tax' is not possible
Affordable housing definition explained: From homes for social rent to shared ownership
11 January, 2017
Despite a housing crisis and calls for more affordable housing, 2015-16 saw the fewest built for 25 years
Councils Could Lose Out On A Fund Worth Billions Unless They Let The Tories Build On New Land
11 January, 2017
A 'stick to beat' local government with
Letting agents hit with fines after council crackdown on display of fees
11 January, 2017
Letting agents in one borough have been fined over £14,000 after a crackdown by the local authority on the display of fees
HA launches innovative recruitment for tenants
09 January, 2017
'Aspire2work' gives all young people under 25 living in an Aspire home access to training or a job opportunity
Bid to stop people refusing social housing
09 January, 2017
A scheme will be introduced across all local authorities within the next six months in a bid to crack down on those refusing social housing
Nama defends social housing efforts as campaigners demand action
06 January, 2017
The state's bad-bank Nama said it has delivered 2,378 social houses and apartments a mid renewed calls for it to make more property available for the homeless
Building our homes, communities and future
05 January, 2017
Local government shares the collective national ambition to build one million new homes
Further Parliamentary engagement on supported housing
05 January, 2017
One of our Parliamentary champions, Peter Aldous MP, has put forward an Early Day Motion on supported housing
What does 2017 hold for social housing?
04 January, 2017
Our panel of experts on the housing, homelessness and policy issues the year ahead holds
Midland Heart has deployed rostrvm for Housing to tackle the impact of Universal Credit
04 January, 2017
Midland Heart is a leading UK housing, care and support business, providing 33,000 high quality affordable homes to over 70,000 customers
Need for rethink on Bedroom Tax II
03 January, 2017
Some were always sceptical about Theresa May's speech on the steps of Downing Street about helping families who are just about getting by
Council suffering from lack of homes
29 December, 2016
There is a continuing shortage of council-owned properties in the Caerphilly county borough
London's temporary housing population is expanding
21 December, 2016
London has the severest housing crisis; one third of all homeless households in England are accepted by local authorities in the capital
Charity calls for major changes to Bedroom Tax
21 December, 2016
Anti-poverty commission proposes major changes to the Bedroom Tax
Council house replacements
21 December, 2016
Council homes are being sold off without being replaced
New homelessness duties could cost London councils millions
21 December, 2016
New duties introduced through proposed homelessness laws will cost town halls millions, councils in London have calculated
22,000 social rented homes lost in last two years
20 December, 2016
Department for Work and Pensions data shows new social housing lettings by private registered providers and councils decreased by nearly 22,000 homes in the last two years
Campaigners catch council out over social housing commitments
19 December, 2016
The Local Government Ombudsman finds a London borough council failed "for years" to monitor whether developers were providing promised social housing in accordance with Section 106 Agreements
Labour's Lisa Forbes: Yes, we do need more social housing
19 December, 2016
It is a strange set of circumstances in which a relatively wealthy society, the sixth largest economy in the world, is prepared to accept homeless people living and sleeping on its streets
One in four Help to Buy homes went to people earning more than DOUBLE the average wage - despite the scheme aimed at getting low income households onto the housing ladder
16 December, 2016
A quarter of 100,000 completions went to households earning more than £60K
Inquiry into supported housing funding reform launched
16 December, 2016
The Work and Pensions Committee and the Communities and Local Government Committee launch a joint inquiry into the Government's funding reform for supported housing
Enfield council homes for rent at £2,000 a month spark row
16 December, 2016
Council-built family homes are being offered for rent for up to £2,000 a month, and have sparked a political row
Help to Buy helps over 220,000 people buy a new home
16 December, 2016
Over 180,000 supported by the schemes have been first time buyers
LGA seeks legal advice for councils caught in water bill scandal
15 December, 2016
The LGA is seeking legal advice on behalf of councils exposed to multi-million pound compensation claims for overcharging tenants for water
Affordable homes: residents' views of quality
15 December, 2016
Eight out of ten Housing Association residents remain pleased with their homes
London council accused of 'social cleansing' over plans to deposit lowest paid tenants on edge of capital
15 December, 2016
Westminster Council buys 24 homes in Hounslow for its social housing tenants - without telling Hounslow Council
Tenant wins appeal over council bid to terminate tenancy agreement
15 December, 2016
A council tenant who claimed that his occupancy agreement should be treated as a Scottish secure tenancy because it did not contain an express provision stating that it was for a term of less than six months
Gov report finds council 'failed' for years to monitor developers on broken promises to provide social housing
15 December, 2016
Southwark now pledges to start running annual audits of section 106 agreements, to check promised social housing will be delivered
Borough moves to protect renters
15 December, 2016
New measures approved by Hammersmith & Fulham Council also back the 'better' landlords in a borough where a third of residents rent
Right to Buy sales outpace development
14 December, 2016
Councils in England sold almost six times more homes than they built in first nine months of this year
Labour pledges housing association deal to end rough sleeping
14 December, 2016
The Labour Party has pledged to end rough sleeping through a voluntary deal with housing associations to reserve 4,000 properties for the street homeless
Welfare Reform Impact report
13 December, 2016
This report considers the impact of the changes in welfare support on social landlords' income, arrears and collection costs
The benefits of going digital
13 December, 2016
As the lead for digital at North Wales Housing, I am always shouting about the virtues of doing more things digitally
90% of councils 'won't meet Government housing targets'
13 December, 2016
Nearly 90% of local authorities believe they will not be able to meet the Government's housing targets because of a lack of resources in their planning departments
Too many council websites overcomplicating social housing applications
13 December, 2016
Too many councils are making it unnecessarily difficult for people seeking social housing to find out if they are eligible and then apply
Government will intervene if councils fail on homelessness prevention
12 December, 2016
The government will intervene with councils which are not meeting their homelessness prevention duties if a new law is passed
NI government to scrap housing association Right to Buy
12 December, 2016
The Northern Irish Government plans to scrap Right to Buy for housing associations as part of a package of measures to take associations off the national balance sheet
Moray tenants to be consulted on rent rises
09 December, 2016
Council house tenants in Moray are to be consulted over the level of rent increase for the next three years
Sarsfield: social housing commitment drives merger ambition
08 December, 2016
Peabody and Family Mosaic's merger plans were driven by a joint commitment to providing low-cost rental units
LHA cap: supported schemes remain on ice
08 December, 2016
Supported housing providers are keeping development schemes on hold
Regulator cautions against taking private lending for granted
08 December, 2016
The Scottish Government's target to deliver 50,000 affordable homes over the current parliament presents opportunities for some RSLs but could throw up financial challenges for others
Coping with the cap
08 December, 2016
After a year of rumours, promises and fears, Simon Brandon asks what the future will look like for supported housing once the new funding mechanism kicks in
L&Q to launch £47m supported housing subsidiary
07 December, 2016
L&Q is planning a return to the supported accommodation sector with a new subsidiary called L&Q Living, which will manage more than 6,600 homes
How many homes did housing associations build in quarter two 2016/17?
06 December, 2016
We have recently completed an important survey of developing housing associations to capture the full scale and breadth of their homebuilding activity
Sheltered housing in Mid Suffolk and Babergh set to change
06 December, 2016
Sheltered housing in Babergh and Mid Suffolk is set to change following a major review of the needs of older people in the two districts
Don't forget meaning of social
06 December, 2016
The Northern Ireland Executive is consulting on its draft programme for government
Sheffield associations and councils sign housing deal
06 December, 2016
Social landlords and local authorities across the Sheffield City Region have signed a compact which they hope could lead to a devolution deal on housing
Government working with councils on fixed-term tenancies
06 December, 2016
The government has set up a working group of 20 councils to look at how to implement fixed-term tenancies, a key plank of the Housing and Planning Act
Abolish right-to-buy schemes that are depleting social stock: McCann
05 December, 2016
The social housing stock in Derry is being depleted by landlords acquiring multiple properties from former housing association tenants who have bought under market rates
The Sheffield City Region Social and Affordable Housing Compact
05 December, 2016
The Sheffield City Region Social and Affordable Housing Compact is a landmark collaboration between local authorities, social and affordable housing providers in the Sheffield City Region
Casey review raises alarm over social integration in the UK
05 December, 2016
Study attacks attempts by governments to boost ethnic integration as 'saris, samosas and steel drums for the well-intentioned'
Industrial dispute over supported housing restructure
05 December, 2016
One of England's largest housing associations is facing union action after warning supported housing staff could be dismissed and re-engaged on new terms as part of a major restructure
500 new council homes? It's not all it seems to be
05 December, 2016
Cambridge City Council voted to proceed with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough devolution proposal
The displaced tenants paying the true cost of an inhumane housing policy
02 December, 2016
Councils must commit to a more humane, thoughtful and cost-effective social housing policy than moving people away from jobs and homes
Social landlords 'require additional capacity' to deliver 50,000 homes target
02 December, 2016
Around two thirds of social landlords in Scotland have insufficient in-house skills and capacity to deliver an expanded programme of new affordable housing
Quarterly Survey for Q2 (July to September) 2016 to 2017
02 December, 2016
Our quarterly survey report is based on responses from private registered providers of social housing who own or manage more than 1,000 homes
BHP launches first new homes supporting vulnerable tenants to live independently
02 December, 2016
BHP has completed the refurbishment on a six bedroom house in Wembley, which has been developed into six apartments for Brent residents with learning disability and special needs
FOI extension will lead to cost burden
02 December, 2016
The Scottish Government's U-turn on the FOI Act extension to housing associations will burden associations with additional costs
Transparency and accountability in the housing association sector
01 December, 2016
In recent years there has been a strong push from the Government to improve transparency in the public sector at the national and local level
Government opens consultation into extending FOI to social landlords
01 December, 2016
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation proposing the extension of Freedom of Information legislation to RSLs in Scotland
Princess Anne hails £3million social housing project at official opening in Bury St Edmunds
01 December, 2016
The Princess Royal officially opened a £3.1million affordable housing project in Bury St Edmunds December 1
Proposal on using a Legislative Reform Order to establish the social housing regulator as an independent body
01 December, 2016
This consultation paper sets out the proposal for amending the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 so that responsibility for social housing regulation is transferred HCA to a new standalone public body
Furious activists protest top architect over call to evict central London council tenants
30 November, 2016
Furious activists gathered outside the office of leading architect Patrik Schumacher today to protest his calls for "free-riding" council tenants to be moved out of central London
Autumn Statement 2016
29 November, 2016
This briefing covers the main announcements relevant to housing and housing associations in the 2016 Autumn Statement
Top architect blasts 'free-riding' tenants living in council houses in central London and says they should be moved, to make way for HIS staff
29 November, 2016
A top London architect has triggered a ferocious storm by calling for "free-riding" council tenants to be moved out of central London
Councils could face new duty to prevent homelessness
29 November, 2016
As rents rise and benefits fall, more people face losing their home
HCA launches social housing regulation fees consultation
28 November, 2016
HCA has published a statutory consultation on introducing a fee-charging scheme for the regulation of private registered providers of social housing
Landlords join forces to create efficiency metrics
28 November, 2016
A group of housing associations have joined forces in an attempt to create an authoritative set of metrics to measure efficiency
Flagship council housebuilding scheme quietly axed
28 November, 2016
A flagship £100m scheme, designed to give smaller local authorities the opportunity to borrow collectively to build housing, has been wound down
A statement of intent on the LHA
28 November, 2016
Paul Langley blogs on the far-reaching implications of the UK government's latest announcement on the LHA and social housing
Sanctuary Housing rolls out first-of-its-kind social housing platform using SAP
25 November, 2016
The large social housing authority is transforming the way it communicates with tenants
Right to Buy extension delayed until at least 2018
25 November, 2016
The national roll-out of Right to Buy for housing association tenants will not take place until after April 2018 at the earliest
Rent cut hiatus blamed for affordable housing drop
25 November, 2016
A hiatus in housing association building following the 1% rent cut announcement has been blamed for the lowest growth in affordable housing witnessed in a generation
Local Housing Allowance cap U-turn 'creates new bedroom tax'
25 November, 2016
Housing association leaders have compared a shift in the government's Local Housing Allowance cap policy to the controversial bedroom tax because it will hit tenants in their current circumstances
Affordable rented homes could be prioritised over social rented
25 November, 2016
Housing associations could be expected to prioritise affordable rented homes over social rented in an effort to drive up housing numbers
Widened scope of LHA cap 'to affect over 240,000 more tenancies in Scotland'
24 November, 2016
The SFHA has highlighted that 241,000 more tenants in Scotland will be affected by the announcement that all social housing tenants on Universal Credit will be brought under the new LHA cap
Right to Buy delay fears after second pilot announcement
24 November, 2016
The National Housing Federation is seeking clarity "as soon as possible" on the national roll-out of the Right to Buy extension
Housing gets £4bn boost to increase number of new homes
24 November, 2016
Government aims to build 40,000 additional affordable homes by 2021 - but OBR says it expects 13,000 fewer homes to be built over next five years
Government's £500,000 legal bill over Bedroom Tax
24 November, 2016
Figures show massive bill for legal proceedings over 'bedroom tax'
Further 216 social housing units will be located in East Londonderry
23 November, 2016
A question recently tabled by MLA Maurice Bradley asked the minister of communities to outline where the further 216 social housing units will be located in East Londonderry
Government backtracks on a new 'bedroom tax' set to hit thousands of poorer pensioners
22 November, 2016
The proposal to penalise older people in social housing who 'underoccupy' their homes - revealed by The Independent - will be delayed by one year
Councils react to Pay to Stay decision
22 November, 2016
Local authorities up and down the country have been celebrating the government decision to make Pay to Stay voluntary for them
Government scraps compulsory Pay to Stay
22 November, 2016
The government has scrapped its plans to force councils to charge higher-income tenants rents of up to market rates
Funding for Supported Housing
21 November, 2016
One of the Government's key commitments is to protect the most vulnerable
Second London borough launches Right to Part Buy
21 November, 2016
Conservative-controlled Wandsworth Council is set to give its secure tenants the opportunity to buy a share in the equity of their home
Gateshead furniture charity warning over benefit cap
21 November, 2016
A cap on benefit payments to people in social housing could leave some tenants unable to furnish their homes
Luton homeless rent hike led council to move tenants
21 November, 2016
Tenants were moved out of homeless accommodation after a council claimed a property developer put charges up by thousands of pounds
LIN member Report December 2016 - Pay to Stay - A Review
20 November, 2016
LIN member report by Kevin McCready
Consultation on a Review of the Scottish Social Housing Charter: An Analysis of Responses
18 November, 2016
Ministers are required to set standards and outcomes that social landlords should achieve for tenants and other customers through their housing activities
The changing landscape for social housing
18 November, 2016
The social housing landscape has, and continues to be, shaped dramatically by a number of shifting elements, including central government policy
Councils spent £3.5bn on temporary housing in last five years
18 November, 2016
Councils in Britain have spent more than £3.5bn on temporary accommodation for homeless families in the last five years
Scottish tenants and associations say charter has improved landlord services
18 November, 2016
A majority of tenants and housing associations to respond to a consultation believe the quality of social landlord services has improved since the Scottish Government introduced a social housing charter
Affordable Housing Supply: April 2015 to March 2016 England
18 November, 2016
An additional 32,110 affordable homes were delivered in England in 2015-16
The impact of new policies on the social housing market: an interview with Susan Coulson
17 November, 2016
Big changes are ahead in social housing following the introduction of the 2016 Housing and Planning Act
Landlords' performance against the Scottish Social Housing Charter 2013-2016
17 November, 2016
This paper brings together publicly available evidence from our range of publications about how landlords have performed against the Scottish Social Housing Charter
Scottish Social Housing Charter Performance 2015/16
17 November, 2016
This report covers; comparing GWSF members against other RSLs, stock-retaining councils and Glasgow Housing Association, (LAs), and the sector as a whole
Regulator to reveal individual landlords' cost data
17 November, 2016
The English social housing regulator will publish data showing named individual housing associations' costs this year
Free up councils to build homes
17 November, 2016
The government must free up local authorities to take more decisions on how and where housing can be delivered
As Theresa May's housing crisis deepens, one council is evicting 2,000 people from a single estate
16 November, 2016
On Tuesday 15 November, the Conservative government revealed that the UK housing crisis is deepening
Under-Occupancy Charge Urgent Question
15 November, 2016
Recorded coverage of the urgent question in the House of Commons on the recent Supreme Court decision on the Under-Occupancy Charge applied to housing benefit
Most renters feel they're unlikely to buy home in next five
14 November, 2016
Labour-backed study also finds two-thirds of general population think government should do more to help first-time buyers
The Right to Buy public housing in Britain: a welfare analysis
14 November, 2016
We investigate the impact on social welfare of the UK policy introduced in 1980 by which public housing tenants had the right to purchase their houses
Tory MP Attacks Theresa May On Bedroom Tax And Disability Cuts
14 November, 2016
Ken Loach urges Chancellor to drop cuts
Criticism of Cardiff council's plan to end tenants' right to buy
14 November, 2016
The Labour-run cabinet today approved a move to approach the Welsh Government
NHF criticises fees proposal
14 November, 2016
The National Housing Federation has criticised the English social housing regulator's proposal to charge fees
Hundreds of new homes in Sefton in massive boost for social housing
14 November, 2016
One Vision plan more than 700 homes to rent and buy all over the borough
The fight goes on to free more families from the bedroom tax nightmare
11 November, 2016
Forcing people to pay for 'extra' rooms is deliberately cruel and punishes people who, through no fault of their own, have nowhere else to go
Pay to Stay meetings cancelled as policies face delays
11 November, 2016
Meetings of the government's Pay to Stay working group have been cancelled as several key measures in the Housing and Planning Act look set to be delayed
Supreme Court's rulings mean bedroom tax 'will still unfairly hit thousands'
11 November, 2016
The government's "bedroom tax" discriminates unlawfully against some disabled people who need an extra bedroom because of their impairment, but not against others
Moray tenants' downsizing incentive scheme to be revised
10 November, 2016
Changes are to be made to a scheme introduced by Moray Council four years ago to encourage tenants to downsize from under-occupied council houses
Bristol family denied priority housing because TV showed mum carrying son up stairs - and making it
10 November, 2016
Council housing chiefs saw a video of a mum struggling to carry her four-year-old with muscular dystrophy up two flights of stairs
Families win supreme court appeals over 'unfair' bedroom tax
10 November, 2016
Panel upholds claim of Jacqueline Carmichael, who is disabled, and carers Paul and Susan Rutherford against housing law
Social Housing Lettings : April 2015 to March 2016, England
10 November, 2016
Social housing lettings by private registered providers decreased by 3% to 261,000 in 2015/16
How social landlords consult tenants about rent increases
10 November, 2016
This report is the outcome of our assessment of how social landlords consult tenants about proposed rent increases
More than £1.3 million lost in rent because of empty council homes in Aberdeen
09 November, 2016
Aberdeen City Council lost out on more than £1.3 million in rent in the last financial year due to properties being empty
Two cases won against housing benefit cut
09 November, 2016
A woman who suffers from spina bifida and a couple who look after their severely disabled grandson have won their Supreme Court appeals against the so-called "bedroom tax"
Win for 'bedroom tax' fight at Supreme Court
09 November, 2016
Court finds for two families - but other challenges to the policy are dismissed despite 'profound sympathy' from senior judges
Allow councils to borrow to build new homes
09 November, 2016
Allowing local authorities to borrow to build homes could help tackle the housing crisis and mitigate any emerging economic uncertainty
Cabinet Office laments "disappointing" drop in social housing fraud detection
07 November, 2016
Latest National Fraud Initiative report shows 37% fall in properties recovered
We can't provide social housing, say Bristol chocolate factory developers, we're already giving £1m
07 November, 2016
The firm developing one of Bristol's iconic former chocolate factories says they can't afford to include social housing for local people in their plans
Building Social rent Homes
07 November, 2016
The economic case for building 100,000 new social rent homes a year in the light of Brexit
Right to Buy extension delayed by Brexit vote
04 November, 2016
The Right to Buy extension to housing association tenants is set to be delayed due to the EU referendum result
Pay-to-stay uncertainty leaves tenants too little time
04 November, 2016
Mayor of Hackney says families could have just a few weeks' notice to meet higher rents if government is not clear about rules
Notting Hill promises to look again at St James Estate tenants' accounts after threats of eviction
04 November, 2016
Resident says the way Notting Hill answered their questions was "like a comedy show"
Social landlords fund research into Universal Credit
04 November, 2016
A London council has commissioned independent research into the effects of Universal Credit on social housing tenants
NHF backs new English social housing regulator
03 November, 2016
Housing associations are backing the principle of moving regulation into a separate agency
How the progressive aims of housing associations are being subverted
03 November, 2016
Some housing associations have become more like private landlords
Number of empty Aberdeen council homes halved
03 November, 2016
The number of empty council properties in Aberdeen has been halved in the past year
Record homeless toll results in £23m bill for temporary housing
03 November, 2016
More than £23m has been spent on emergency housing in the last five years as the number of homeless people hit a record high
Here we go again with a new independent social housing regulator
02 November, 2016
For the past five years the social housing regulator has been embraced by the Homes and Communities Agency, but a forthcoming review is likely to change that
NHF urges councils to share data ahead of lower benefit cap
02 November, 2016
Some councils are not sharing information about tenants with housing associations ahead of the introduction of a lower benefit cap
S&P warns of 'more volatile' housing association sector
02 November, 2016
Housing associations that increasingly rely on market sales and shared ownership to bring in income are exposing themselves to a "riskier and more volatile sector"
Direct payment to landlords could be six years away
01 November, 2016
The direct payment of the housing element of Universal Credit to social landlords may not happen until 2022
Housing Revenue Account Statistics: Scottish Local Authority Housing Income and Expenditure 1997-98 to 2016-17
01 November, 2016
This bulletin presents statistics on Local Authority housing income and expenditure in Scotland from their Housing Revenue Accounts
Nearly half of social housing tenants 'can't afford to eat'
01 November, 2016
Survey shows four in 10 tenants on benefits go hungry and half turn off winter heating because they're strapped for cash
Benefit cap: actions taken by local authorities and DWP staff
01 November, 2016
Local authorities and DWP staff share actions they have taken to support claimants that are affected by the benefit cap changes
Powys council homes: Bid to halt right to buy
31 October, 2016
People living in council and housing association homes in Powys could be stopped from buying them in future
It's councils who push tenants into emergency housing
28 October, 2016
As winter sets in, thoughts will turn to the plight of those who find themselves without a place to call home
New regulator likely following HCA review
28 October, 2016
A new English social housing regulator is likely to be created following a government review of the Homes and Communities Agency
English associations' sales income breaks £2bn
28 October, 2016
English housing associations generated more than £2bn through properties developed for sale last year, with the vast majority of the activity in London
Average price of a Scottish home increases 0.6 per cent
28 October, 2016
The average price of a residential property in Scotland has shown an increase of 0.6 per cent during the second quarter of the financial year
Welfare reform could price tenants out of social housing
27 October, 2016
House prices are increasing in comparison to wages, meaning it's harder and harder to afford a home
Housing association downgraded over fire safety
27 October, 2016
The social housing regulator has downgraded a Manchester housing association following failures to do with its fire risk assessments
Falkirk Council launches bid to secure nearly 800 homes for social rent
26 October, 2016
A bid to make nearly 800 affordable homes available to rent over the next five years is being launched by Falkirk Council this month
Hotel bills for homeless people run into billions
26 October, 2016
Councils have spent billions of pounds putting homeless people up in bed and breakfasts, hotels and private rented homes
"We call governments in the EU and beyond to put social housing back at the centre"
26 October, 2016
Housing Europe at Habitat III
Givan vows to do all he can to help meet social housing need in Lagan Valley
25 October, 2016
Communities Minister Paul Givan has vowed to do all he can to ensure that new social housing development opportunities are brought forward
Rent warning to Enfield tenants in advance of new benefits cap
25 October, 2016
Tenants are being warned to ensure they keep up their rent payments when government benefit cap changes come into force on November 7
Council rents could more than double as part of housing business plan
24 October, 2016
Tenants in social housing looking to upgrade to a new home as part of the council's £40m investment could have to fork out more than double in rental costs as part of a new business plan
Families evicted for Peterborough homeless centre
24 October, 2016
More than 70 families are to be evicted from a housing complex to make way for homeless people
Sales of social housing increase by 8%
21 October, 2016
English social landlords sold nearly 22,000 homes in 2015/16, an increase of 8% on the previous year
More than 5,000 council homes 'at risk' in Rotherham
20 October, 2016
More than 5,000 council homes could be lost in Rotherham over the next 30 years
The London borough with a '50-year waiting list' for council houses
20 October, 2016
Candid admission appears in documentary on housing officials and people they are trying to help in deprived London borough
Are you on the waiting list for a council house? Share your story
19 October, 2016
A new documentary shows people in parts of London being told to expect a 50-year wait for a council home
New homes to encourage council house tenants to "downsize"
17 October, 2016
Poole Mayor Xena Dion has welcomed residents to the borough's newest council homes, built as part of a scheme to encourage tenants to 'downsize' to smaller properties
Scrapping right-to-buy will cause social housing stock blocking
17 October, 2016
Right-to-Buy has now been suspended in Anglesey with the rest of Wales set to follow suit and has been brought in by assembly ministers as a means to protect the stock of social housing
Managing Generation Rent
17 October, 2016
More housing associations are building sizeable private rent portfolios, with a customer base with different needs from its social tenants
Thousands of housing association tenants could be about to get a new landlord
14 October, 2016
Thousands of housing association tenants could be about to get a new landlord if a merger deal between Boston Mayflower and North East Lincolnshire housing provider Shoreline goes ahead
Bath residents living with social housing provider Curo face up to £5-a-week service charge
13 October, 2016
Curo residents are set to be charged for communal services previously provided for free by the Bath social housing group
Shelter needed
13 October, 2016
There's an irony that the £5bn pledge to increase housing supply made at the Conservative Party conference coincides with benefit proposals that risk having the opposite effect
The role of social housing in Northern Ireland's divided communities
12 October, 2016
As talks start in Ireland over post-Brexit border control, other physical barriers - the notorious peace walls - between communities are coming down
Sharp increase in sales of social stock
12 October, 2016
English housing associations have reported a 48% annual increase in sales of social rented homes out of the sector, as they seek greater value for money from their assets
Private registered provider social housing stock in England
12 October, 2016
PRPs reported 2,761,690 units/bedspaces owned at 31 March 2016, an increase of 2.0% on the total for 2015 and the largest increase in total stock owned by PRPs since 2012
Bath councillor Joe Rayment: 'More social housing investment needed' to slash house prices in Banes
12 October, 2016
A Bath councillor wants more investment in social housing to help bring down the cost of living in Bath and North East Somerset
York's council house system is about to undergo a huge change
10 October, 2016
Housing officers at York council are proposing major changes to the way council homes are given out in York
500 Welsh children homeless due to social housing evictions
10 October, 2016
The Welsh Government has said it will 'study closely' a new report from Shelter Cymru showing some 500 children were made homeless last year through social housing evictions
Value for Money
10 October, 2016
We've put together guidance on the Regulator's recent changes that place greater emphasis on Value for Money, and advice on producing self-assessments
More Social Housing required
10 October, 2016
North Antrim Sinn Fein MLA Philip McGuigan has said more Social Housing is required across North Antrim
We need a rock-solid commitment to council housing
10 October, 2016
he government's Housing and Planning Act casts a long shadow over the future of all non-profit housing
Rent reductions: Supporting implementation
07 October, 2016
This revised briefing sets out the practical implications of implementing the -1% rent cut in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill
Annual Report and Accounts 2015/16
07 October, 2016
Regulating to protect the interests of tenants and other users of social housing services in Scotland
Temporary accommodation numbers rise despite fund
07 October, 2016
A government fund targeted at tackling the number of families in temporary accommodation has not halted the rise
Calls for major review of council housing to cope with law changes
06 October, 2016
City of York Council bosses want to start a whole-scale review of council housing because of major, impending law changes
Baroness Warwick: 'We can still build for social rent'
06 October, 2016
Baroness Warwick has only been the Chair of the National Housing Federation for a year but she has already seen two governments and a Housing Act
Impact of applying Local Housing Allowance rates to general needs social tenants
06 October, 2016
Our analysis shows the potential numbers of people affected and the amount of shortfall between benefit levels and rents charged
Four star hotel for gas row tenants in Londonderry
06 October, 2016
A housing association is footing the bill for tenants to stay in a four-star hotel while work is carried out on their homes
ALMO Governance: The inside track
06 October, 2016
Arms-Length Management Organisations now manage over 500,000 homes in England, nearly a third of all council housing
Council tenant's legal challenge to rent agreement rejected
05 October, 2016
A council house tenant who challenged an occupancy agreement after falling into arrears has had her petition dismissed
Ministers consider Pay to Stay exemption
05 October, 2016
The DCLG will consider exempting council tenants from Pay to Stay in areas where social rents and market rents are similar
The council house that nobody wants to live in
05 October, 2016
Why Sheffield council houses have been empty for over a year
Social housing the key to future election wins
05 October, 2016
When SHOUT was launched as a cross-party campaign in June 2014 our primary aim was to make the economic and social case for investing in social-rented housing
Harsher penalties for landlords renting to illegal immigrants
05 October, 2016
Landlords that knowingly let homes to illegal immigrants could be sent to prison, the home secretary has announced
LGA chief hits out at supported housing duty proposal
04 October, 2016
The chair of the Local Government Association has pledged to oppose proposals for a new duty on councils to provide supported housing
Get out your hard hat Theresa: UK facing a 1.8m shortage of rental properties
04 October, 2016
The Government must urgently deliver 1.8 million new rental homes for UK families
Tory housing minister says building more council homes will increase inequality
03 October, 2016
Gavin Barwell dismissed Jeremy Corbyn's policy as 'remarkable'
Peterborough landlords side with council over MPs in dispute over £1 million Travelodge bill for homeless families
03 October, 2016
Two landlords have dismissed arguments made by the city's MPs in the row over a £1 million hotel bill to put up homeless families
Douglas Carswell slams housing association as "Victorian landlord" over eviction of caring Clacton couple
03 October, 2016
Douglas Carswell has blasted Colne Housing for acting "disgracefully" for trying to evict a Clacton couple from a two-bed flat they had lived in for several years, while caring for an elderly relative
I won't miss help to buy. It only made the housing market worse
03 October, 2016
Most beneficiaries of George Osborne's scheme didn't need the help. Those unable to save a deposit have been left further behind
Want an affordable rented home? Don't rely on a Labour council
30 September, 2016
Too many Labour local authorities are alienating residents over regeneration and compulsory purchase
Compulsory purchase orders on London's council estates a "form of social cleansing"
30 September, 2016
The threat of Compulsory Purchase Orders has become one of the biggest perils to ex-local authority leaseholders in London
Corbyn wants councils to deliver 500,000-home plan
29 September, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn wants Labour's 500,000 'social' homes target to be delivered entirely by local authorities
Labour still calculating cost of 500,000 social home pledge
28 September, 2016
Labour is still calculating the cost of its pledge to build 500,000 'social' homes in its first five years of government
Housing associations and 'right to rent' document checks
28 September, 2016
This aims to give guidance to housing associations on how 'right to rent' document checks affect their procedures, such as their allocations and lettings policies, their policies on lodgers and their procedures for verifying tenancies.
How many homes did housing associations build in quarter one 2016/17?
27 September, 2016
We have recently completed an important survey of developing housing associations to capture the full scale and breadth of their homebuilding activity
Footballers' £400m social housing dream unveiled
26 September, 2016
Brighton's Bobby Zamora, West Ham's Mark Noble and Rio Ferdinand, now retired, present project to build 1,300 homes near Luton
Long-term value of social housing falls post rent cut
26 September, 2016
The long-term value of social housing properties has slipped significantly across most of the country as a result of the rent cut
Social housing is alive and kicking but providers must fight harder
26 September, 2016
There is a clear need for social housing now and into the future, but if it is to remain "alive and kicking", then the providers must get off the ropes and come out fighting
AXA survey finds financial optimism among tenants
26 September, 2016
AXA have released a report claiming that despite the average tenant expecting to rent for a further decade, there is financial optimism
Disabled family forced to sleep on sofas for years as authorities can't get them house they need
26 September, 2016
A Belfast man is being forced to sleep on a living room sofa with his disabled wife and son every night because of a severe lack of suitable housing
The future funding of supported housing - what do we need to know?
26 September, 2016
CIH's senior policy and practice officer Sarah Davis talks us through what we need to know about the future funding of supported housing
Labour would scrap Right to Buy in England
26 September, 2016
Labour has dropped its support of the Right to Buy, calling for the controversial policy to be indefinitely suspended in England
Social housing in hot water?
26 September, 2016
The water is slowly getting hotter for social housing
Right to Buy Sales in England: April to June 2016
23 September, 2016
In April to June 2016-17 (Q1), local authorities sold an estimated 3,362 dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme
HCA warns stock sales risk damaging sector's reputation
23 September, 2016
The social housing regulator has warned that housing associations risk damaging the reputation of the sector if they sell stock inhabited by social tenants
New home starts under Right to Buy scheme 'not enough to meet Government pledge'
23 September, 2016
The number of new homes begun under the Government's flagship Right to Buy scheme is lagging behind the amount needed to deliver its "one-for-one" promise
A local problem?
23 September, 2016
Many social landlords are not happy with the government's plans for the future funding of supported housing
Borough estimates £100k Pay to Stay bill
23 September, 2016
Kingston Council cites £100k as the 'at least' spend on temporary staffing costs alone to assess tenant income ahead of Pay to Stay implementation day
Housing minister signals change in government social housing policy
23 September, 2016
Gavin Barwell pledges government will 'maximise number of affordable homes', but concerns and divisions remain within social housing sector
Ambition to Deliver
22 September, 2016
Back in 2013, the housing association sector came together to shape its vision for the future
Affordability a concern for RTB pilots
22 September, 2016
For the past few months, five housing associations have been piloting the Right to Buy scheme
'LHA cap' will apply to existing supported housing tenants
22 September, 2016
A new housing benefit cap will apply to existing as well as future supported housing tenants
New tenancy scheme to launch in London to help renters save home deposit
21 September, 2016
The first details of plans for a London Living Rent, a new type of tenancy for newly built affordable homes have been confirmed by Mayor Sadiq Khan
Value For Money - Five tips to identify hidden value for money savings
20 September, 2016
Are boards confident in their skills and training? Inside Housing and Capsticks carried out a survey of housing association board members to find out
Khan confirms end to affordable rent conversions
20 September, 2016
Conversions of homes from social to affordable rent will end under Sadiq Khan's new housing programme
Success, Satisfaction and Scrutiny: The Business Benefits of involving residents
20 September, 2016
The benefits of engagement far outweigh the costs
HAs 'better than job centres' for jobs
19 September, 2016
Social housing tenants find their housing associations more help than job centres at putting them on the first step of the career ladder
Policy Exchange: large landlords should raise rents to build
19 September, 2016
The largest housing associations should be allowed to raise rents in exchange for agreeing to build more homes
Land trusts and refuges among rent cut exemptions
19 September, 2016
Community land trusts, co-operatives, fully mutuals, refuges and alms house will be exempt from the government's four-year rent cut
The social housing sector has become dangerously divided
19 September, 2016
The only hope of reuniting the sector is if the government ditches its obsession with home ownership and invests in genuinely affordable homes
Supported accommodation LHA funding to transfer to Holyrood
19 September, 2016
The UK government has announced that its policy to cap LHA for supported accommodation will be put on ice until 2019 when the funding for Scotland will then be transferred to Holyrood
The future of social housing - take aways from our recent roundtable
19 September, 2016
A former Head of Policy at No 10, Taylor looked at the issue of 'why policy fails and how it might succeed'
An endless summer is no good for social housing tenants worried about a rent rise
19 September, 2016
The introduction of Pay to Stay from April 2017 will see some higher income social tenants required to pay more rent
No LHA cap on supported housing ahead of 'new funding formula'
16 September, 2016
The government has confirmed it will not impose the LHA cap on supporting housing ahead of a new funding formula for the sector
Housing Benefit:Written statement - HCWS154
16 September, 2016
Supported accommodation plays a vital role in the lives of many vulnerable people
A second SFHA report on the capping of social rents to the rate of local allowance
16 September, 2016
This is SFHA's second report on the impact of the policy to cap the amount of rent that HB will cover in the SRS at the relevant LHA rate
Olive branch or figleaf? Sector far from reassured by Govt's new funding proposal for supported housing
16 September, 2016
Questions remain over the future viability of a host of supported housing services, despite a Government statement today that appears to offer concessions on funding
Bromsgrove social housing provider bdht defends its chief's £124,693 salary
15 September, 2016
Bromsgrove District Housing Trust has defended its chief executive's salary after new figures revealed he earned almost £130,000 in the financial year 2015-2016
More tenants in UK believe they can own their own home
15 September, 2016
British tenants are feeling more optimistic about their finances and regard buying their own home as a more realistic prospect due to being able to save for a deposit
'Ambitious' plans for social housing
15 September, 2016
Dundee has one of the lowest rates of social houses being completed in Scotland
Start of the end for Right to Buy in Wales
15 September, 2016
The Right to Buy will be suspended in Anglesey to ensure social housing is available for those who need it
I lead a mutual-owned housing association - and it's working for tenants
14 September, 2016
Merthyr Valleys Homes proves there is an alternative to bully landlords
Questions about social housing as council housing companies to be set up
14 September, 2016
Questions have been raised about the amount of social housing to be provided as part of a new development as two new housing companies are set to be established
Social Housing Evictions Higher than in Private Housing
14 September, 2016
You may have noticed that privately rented accommodation is not always held in the highest regard
Healey: "Council tenants to face tax rates of over 80% under Tory plans"
14 September, 2016
New analysis for Labour MP and former Treasury Minister John Healey has revealed that thousands of working families living in council homes will pay effective tax rates of over 80%
HAs successes threatened by LHA cap
14 September, 2016
The good work of two housing associations has been highlighted in Parliamentary motions by MSPs
Meeting housing demand, raising standards: social landlords and the private rented sector
14 September, 2016
Firstly, any social landlord looking to make the move into the private rented sector needs to study their local market very carefully
Scottish Housing Regulator highlights importance of landlord openness
13 September, 2016
The Scottish Housing Regulator has highlighted the importance of social landlords being open and accessible about their services and decision-making
Minister reveals 'Trusted Partner' landlords
13 September, 2016
The government has revealed the social landlords piloting a scheme to stop vulnerable Universal Credit claimants falling into debt
Midlands landlord hits back over cost analysis
13 September, 2016
A major Midlands landlord has hit back at the regulator over its cost analysis of the sector, claiming it does not account for large care and support businesses
Britain's rental property market is counter-intuitively warped
13 September, 2016
Rents in Britain are counter-intuitively cratering despite a severe housing shortage
New data shows rise in tenant complaints
12 September, 2016
The number of tenant complaints received by social landlords surveyed by benchmarking experts Housemark has steadily increased during the past three financial years
First right-to-buy sales go through after pilots
12 September, 2016
The first sales have taken place under the government's controversial right-to-buy policy for housing association tenants
Social landlords urged to adopt new voluntary carbon monoxide safety standard
08 September, 2016
Scotland's social landlords could do more to prevent fire, gas and carbon monoxide fatalities and injuries
Reality check: are right-to-buy homes being replaced as promised?
07 September, 2016
Theresa May says government is meeting pledge to replace properties sold through the scheme - but data suggests otherwise
Pay to Stay - A bureaucratic nightmare?
07 September, 2016
Since the idea of pay to stay was introduced by the Housing and Planning Act 2016 there has discussion as to how it would work
Council's plan to buy houses in Cheltenham to provide social rented housing
06 September, 2016
Houses on the open market could be bought by Cheltenham Borough Council to be rented as council housing
I run a social housing swap shop - but couldn't make it work for my own mum
06 September, 2016
Work, illness, love: when tenants want to move, my job is to help them match up homes to exchange
Housing associations should be more than just landlords
06 September, 2016
Community programmes transform lives and improve communities, so housing associations should keep investing in them as part of the work they do
Scunthorpe tenants owe £835,000 but evictions are down
05 September, 2016
Rent arrears owed by tenants of the Scunthorpe-based housing association Ongo Homes increased last year to £835,000 - but fewer debtors are being evicted
Borough puts £1m admin cost estimate on first year of pay to stay
05 September, 2016
A London borough estimates that Pay to Stay could cost it £1 million in first year administration costs alone to make IT and other system and process changes happen
Landlords freeze pay following rent cut
05 September, 2016
A greater proportion of social landlords surveyed have frozen pay for staff since the 1% annual rent cut came into effect
Associations submit 'cautious' bids for grant
02 September, 2016
Housing associations have submitted "cautious" bids under the government's main affordable housing grant programme
May is urged to consider policy of 'living rents' linked to wage levels
02 September, 2016
As PM's social reform committee meets for first time, report says rental sector needs to be looked at urgently
'This will cause massive hardship': social housing tenants on 'pay to stay'
02 September, 2016
We heard from readers affected by the government's 'pay to stay' policy, set to be introduced from April next year
Supported housing and the impact of capping Housing Benefit
02 September, 2016
This evidence paper looks at the distribution of supported housing by region across England nationally
'Pay to stay' is Robin Hood in reverse for thousands of hard-working people
02 September, 2016
These rent hikes are a direct attack on working people in social housing by a government as numerically illiterate as it is disingenuous
Rents and Value for Money
02 September, 2016
Many tenants pay rent for their homes and rarely question whether it equates to value for money for the services they receive
Tenants forget to claim back £500,000 of their own deposit money
02 September, 2016
Staff at a tenancy deposit scheme in Scotland are searching for thousands of tenants who appear to have forgotten to claim back their deposits
Supported housing helped build a better life for Amy and her son
01 September, 2016
Amy, a young woman living with her mother, had suffered from anxiety and depression following her experiences of domestic violence and abuse
National Report on the Scottish Social Housing Charter: Headline Findings 2015/16
01 September, 2016
The general picture is one of strong performance and continued improvement over the first three years of the Charter
Council launches Pay to Stay attack on government
31 August, 2016
Southwark Council has written to ask the Government to use its own tax office to pick up the bureaucracy that Pay to Stay will generate
What is pay to stay and who will be affected?
31 August, 2016
The government's policy of rent hikes for working people in social housing will hit thousands of low earners across the country
Social housing sector reports continued strong financial performance
31 August, 2016
The social housing sector remains in a strong financial position with access to sufficient finance
Merger fever: the tenants' view
31 August, 2016
Tenants are helping to devise an alternative merger code
'Pay to stay' is just another way to punish social housing tenants
30 August, 2016
When the government talks about its 'pay to stay' policy, ministers usually point to all those greedy social housing tenants who earn mega bucks but continue living in a council house
LGA calls on Government to rethink pay to stay policy
30 August, 2016
LGA is urging new ministers to rethink the Pay to Stay policy which will require councils to charge some of their tenants higher rents from April 2017
The social housing tenants miles from home
30 August, 2016
Councils, particularly those in London, are choosing to tackle a shortage of affordable social housing by investing in accommodation in other parts of the country
Merseyside RTB sales increased due to low demand elsewhere
26 August, 2016
The number of homes sold in Merseyside under the Right to Buy extension pilot was upped to compensate for low sales elsewhere
Half of Mid Suffolk's sheltered homes could be axed in council's proposals
26 August, 2016
Nearly half of Mid Suffolk Council-run sheltered housing schemes could be axed if new proposals go ahead
70,000 social housing tenants face £1,000 a year average rent rises under pay to stay
26 August, 2016
The LGA is urging new ministers to rethink the Pay to Stay policy which will require councils to charge some of their tenants higher rents from April 2017
Housing associations cancel merger
24 August, 2016
Genesis and Thames Valley have cancelled their merger plans at the eleventh hour citing "differences in style and approach"
Home Group ISA scheme 'will help with deposits'
24 August, 2016
A housing association's homeownership scheme will help tenants raise cash for deposits, despite controversy this week over the government scheme on which it is modelled
Consumer regulation review 2015 to 2016
23 August, 2016
The report sets out the social housing regulator's approach to consumer regulation and includes case studies and lessons learned
Social Impact Report
23 August, 2016
The Real Lettings Property Fund is a property investment fund designed for a social purpose: to help people at risk of homelessness to become more independent
NHF crowdfunds Pay to Stay data tool
22 August, 2016
NHF has called on members to help crowdfund £70,000 for a data project estimating tenants' incomes ahead of the voluntary introduction of Pay to Stay
The face of social housing in Renfrewshire is set to change with a £34million deal
22 August, 2016
It is hoped the plan will be rubber-stamped in days
New council houses are welcome but we need a lot more to solve housing crisis
22 August, 2016
Shelter Scotland reacts as North Lanarkshire Council reveals it is to build 1,000 council homes
Even dukes support social housing - so why doesn't the government?
19 August, 2016
Both the second and sixth Dukes of Westminster understood that social housing will always be needed: now is the time to build, not sell it off
'This is a scandal', we need to do far better than this' - more than 4,000 children are in temporary accommodation across Barnet
19 August, 2016
A report has revealed that more than 4,000 children are in temporary accommodation in Barnet - three times more than previously stated
Concern over plans to withhold Right to Buy payments
19 August, 2016
Ministers are set to insist on withholding 30% of compensation payment for Right to Buy discounts until replacement homes are started
Less than 2% of social tenants apply for Right to Buy in trial of scheme
19 August, 2016
Only 1.6% of households in the pilot to extend the Right to Buy to housing associations have applied to purchase their social home
Tenant satisfaction: is it still relevant?
18 August, 2016
As housing associations transform themselves, is customer service still important - and if so, why?
NHF propose Pay to Stay data solution
18 August, 2016
The National Housing Federation have set out how they feel associations can best collect data for Pay to Stay
Andy Burnham calls for councils to be able to buy poor quality private rented homes
18 August, 2016
Councils should receive a fund to help them purchase private rented homes in a poor state of repair
Sheltered housing and extra care housing by LA in Wales
17 August, 2016
The Welsh Government's annual report on the number of dwellings owned by local authorities and registered social landlords
Our housing associations can build more homes - if the government will let us
17 August, 2016
With housebuilding plans hard hit by the Brexit vote and uncertain economic times, there's an urgent need to shift support from ownership to renting
Bedroom tax fails on objectives
17 August, 2016
Research shows the government's Bedroom Tax is failing in its aim of freeing up larger homes
G15: Bedroom tax failing to free up larger homes
17 August, 2016
The bedroom tax is failing to free up larger social homes in London, according to research by the G15 group of housing associations
Right to buy is a stake in the heart of social housing - now more than ever
12 August, 2016
Despite the fact that flogging off national assets at below market value is brainless, the social housing fire sale continues apace
Government facing calls for Right to Buy to be scrapped
12 August, 2016
The Green Party has called for Right to Buy to be scrapped after only 20% of homes bought under the scheme last year have been replaced
Right to buy rules 'restricting councils replacing homes sold under scheme'
11 August, 2016
Less than 20% of homes sold under the right to buy scheme were replaced by councils last year
Social Housing Stock and Rents, as at 31 March 2016
11 August, 2016
Social housing stock are dwellings, bedsits and bed spaces owned or partly owned by local authorities and RSLs, otherwise known as social landlords
Northern Ireland beats social housing target
11 August, 2016
The number of new social homes started in Northern Ireland last year has exceeded the government's 1,500-homes target, but it is still down on the previous year
New scheme to help tenants buy their social homes
11 August, 2016
One of the UK's largest housing associations plans to discount tenants' rents, freeze property prices and top up savings in a pioneering bid to help tenants buy their social home
Right-to-buy reform urged as council leaders fear for social housing
11 August, 2016
Figures show that replacements for homes sold under the right-to-buy scheme fell by 27% last year, worsening the housing crisis
Mortgage and landlord possession statistics: April to June 2016
11 August, 2016
Quarterly National Statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords
The stigma of renting and the legacy of new towns
10 August, 2016
Jonn Elledge's article is mostly a realistic picture of the rental v ownership situation in the UK
With supported housing in limbo, vulnerable people face homelessness
10 August, 2016
The government delay on reforms to supported housing funding means a miserable summer for tenants and difficult decisions for us providers
Government cuts to supported housing could force services to close
08 August, 2016
The plans to restrict housing benefit for vulnerable people living in supported housing are one of the most pernicious proposals from this Tory government
Rent rises with a week's notice: we can no longer afford our 'affordable' housing
05 August, 2016
We hoped that being on an affordable rent scheme would mean we could save to buy our own place. L&Q's sudden rent increase comes as a shock and a blow
An empty home = an extra family in temporary accommodation or homeless
05 August, 2016
Half full or half empty? CIH knowledge management and research co-ordinator Sara Graves blogs about how vacant homes could tackle our housing crisis
Affordable housing: 'affordable for who'?
05 August, 2016
Every time I hear the term 'affordable housing' being used - whether in a conversation with friends, family, Shelter clients or in a focus group - the same comment is always made: 'yes, but affordable for who...?'
DWP will not say whether it is going to cut disability supported housing, women's refuges, and homeless hostels
04 August, 2016
Fifteen of the UK's leading disability charities have written to the Department for Work and Pensions calling on it to end the 'shadow of uncertainty' cast on vulnerable people by its latest round of housing benefit cuts
LGA to develop advice for councils on out-of-area placements
04 August, 2016
The Local Government Association will develop best practice guidelines for councils moving people into other local authority areas
Funding Homelessness Services in Scotland
04 August, 2016
This study was commissioned by Shelter Scotland as a follow-up from previous 2012 research examining the sources and trends of funding Scottish LA homelessness services
Minister criticised for response to rent cut question
03 August, 2016
A Labour peer has blasted a minister's response to a parliamentary question about the impact of the 1% social housing rent cut as 'completely unsatisfactory'
Legal Eagle: There is no right to housing
03 August, 2016
One of the most common misconceptions in housing law is that the council owes everyone a duty of accommodation and you would never end up sleeping on the streets. Sadly, this isn't quite right
Top award for groundbreaking council project tackling homelessness
02 August, 2016
A Croydon Council initiative that has helped thousands of people at risk of homelessness has been named one of three winners
Social Landlord Support Pack
01 August, 2016
Getting social tenants ready for direct payment of housing costs
Not a moment too soon
01 August, 2016
The end of Scotland's Right to Buy gives social landlords the opportunity to replenish the stock of social housing
Rent to debt
29 July, 2016
Ed Miliband's recent investigation into rent-to-own suppliers for the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme showed how easily those in financial need can find themselves committed to unsustainable credit agreements
Social Landlord Leaders: No more right to buy and 'not a moment too soon'
28 July, 2016
End of right to buy policy in Scotland
Hundreds of residents helped into work
28 July, 2016
The initiative, set up to support households affected by the benefit cap has been credited with turning hundreds of people's lives around
'Homeless' woman hid property in Italy to get a council home
28 July, 2016
Loubna Hamidouch wanted a council home in Cambridge – when she owned a property in Italy
Government urged to delay Pay to Stay
27 July, 2016
Councils and arm's length management organisations are calling on ministers to delay the introduction of Pay to Stay to avoid a 'tight' timetable
Some supported housing could avoid 'LHA cap'
26 July, 2016
Associations could lessen the impact of the government's 'Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap' by leasing their supported housing to a non-registered subsidiary
Rent call
26 July, 2016
Social landlords must make the case for affordable rent to the new government
Delay likely on key Housing Act regulations
25 July, 2016
Publication of the Higher Value and Pay to Stay Regulations is likely to be delayed
Government sneaks out report revealing 57,000 Bedroom Tax victims fell behind on rent
25 July, 2016
The report was slipped out in a mountain of more than 300 documents on the day MPs leave Westminster for their six-week summer holiday
HCA probes landlords over market risk
22 July, 2016
The English social housing regulator is probing housing associations that are particularly exposed to a housing market downturn following the Brexit vote
Extending a voluntary Right to Buy to housing association tenants (England)
22 July, 2016
The statutory Right to Buy came into effect on 3 October 1980
Don't hold your breath for social housing
22 July, 2016
The calm, sound, unwavering economic case for funding, and promoting the funding of homes let at rents that people can meet from their incomes has not changed
Reduce 'LHA cap' impact
21 July, 2016
Scottish ministers should use their new welfare powers to ease the impact of UK government cuts to housing benefit
Housing Benefit Cap to be debated in House of Commons
21 July, 2016
An Opposition Day Debate on the proposals to cut housing benefit for vulnerable people in supported housing is to be held on the 20 July 2016
Supported housing announcement in Autumn
21 July, 2016
Vulnerable people living in social housing will know if they are to be included in benefit cuts later this year
Northern landlords raise doubts over minister's new role
21 July, 2016
Social landlords in the north of England have raised concerns about the new housing minister's extra role as minister for London
'Vastly more' affordable housing needed to tackle Scotland's 'sobering' housing crisis
20 July, 2016
The only long-term solution for Scotland to help its struggling first time buyers is to build vastly more affordable, quality housing in the places where people want to live
No room
20 July, 2016
Despite extensive cuts to local authority budgets, millions of pounds are pouring from the public purse into youth homelessness services without any way of knowing what does and doesn't work
Complaints about social landlords ease off
19 July, 2016
The number of complaints and enquiries about social landlords received by the Housing Ombudsman Service has levelled off following a huge increase over the last few years
Councils free to decide on Pay to Stay rents
15 July, 2016
Ministers have said it is up to councils to decide how they determine 'market rent' levels under the Pay to Stay policy
MPs press Government for LHA cap safeguards
15 July, 2016
The Government has made positive reassurances about the future funding of supported housing, despite stopping short of extending its exemption from the looming LHA cap
Fire, Gas and Carbon Monoxide Safety Regulations:
15 July, 2016
What English social landlords need to know
Still time for Bacs campaign
15 July, 2016
Social housing providers still have time to take advantage of a national housing rents campaign, which aims to deliver vital time and cost savings for those in the sector
Council building power diminished 92% by government policies
14 July, 2016
Councils' capacity to fund building through their rent accounts has shrunk from 550,000 homes over 30 years to just 45,000 as a result of government policies
Theresa May told: "start building social housing"
14 July, 2016
New PM Theresa May is urged to honour her words on dealing with the housing deficit
Faster internet to be rolled out to more communities
14 July, 2016
Households in several rural communities across Scotland are to be given access to high-speed fibre broadband
Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 Overview of the Act and implications for the sector
14 July, 2016
Report by Community Housing Cymru
Residents to benefit from housing associations home swap
13 July, 2016
More than 1,400 households will have a new landlord and a more local service, after two leading housing associations completed a major stock exchange
The future of supported housing
13 July, 2016
An adjournment debate on the future of supported housing
The fall and rise of the council estate
13 July, 2016
For decades, the Aylesbury estate in south London has been seen as a symbol of the failure of British social housing. But now - just as it is being demolished - many people are starting to think again
'I'll build 10,000 council houses' says Labour man battling to become region's first mayor
11 July, 2016
Former Birmingham councillor Steve Bedser launches bid to become Labour candidate for West Midlands mayor with a dig at his 'career politician' rival Sion Simon
Prisoners to help build social housing
11 July, 2016
A Trafford social housing consortium has employed eight inmates from HM Hindley Prison
DWP plans longer-term supported housing exemption
08 July, 2016
Ministers plan to extend an exemption for supported housing from the 'Local Housing Allowance cap' as they seek a long-term solution to the problem
Third of U.K. Councils Say No to Housing Refugees
08 July, 2016
London and Greater Manchester have taken in the fewest number of refugee families
Senior judges block tenant's eviction despite cannabis farm
08 July, 2016
A housing associations' bid to evict a tenant who had 300 cannabis plants in her spare bedroom has been dismissed by senior judges
Suffolk Housing Society takes steps to mitigate Universal Credit
08 July, 2016
Suffolk Housing Society, a social landlord in East Anglia with over 2,500 properties, has invested in Mobysoft's Rentsense solution to help them mitigate the rent cut and Universal Credit
Credit agency 'monitoring' landlords with London sales exposure
07 July, 2016
A credit ratings agency is "monitoring" London providers with large exposures to the sales market
Landlords to answer VFM questions
07 July, 2016
Housing associations will have to defend higher than usual costs or demonstrate they are making savings in future 'in-depth assessments'
Londoners fear 'Pay to Stay' law will price poor tenants out of the capital
07 July, 2016
From the moment Jan Sweeney first got the keys to her council flat in west London 35 years ago, she hoped she had found a sanctuary from the economic unrest gripping the city
Repent at leisure? Why the introduction of Pay to Stay should be slowed right down
07 July, 2016
It would be easy to imagine that all of Government is focused on the possible implications of leaving the EU
Pay to Stay for housing associations
06 July, 2016
Pay to Stay is not compulsory for housing associations, but some may wish to introduce their own scheme for higher income households
We're scrapping right to buy in Wales to protect vulnerable families
06 July, 2016
People should be able to get on the property ladder without it depleting our social housing stock. We must ensure everybody has a decent place to live
Executive confirms plans for new social housing scheme in Rathcoole
06 July, 2016
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive has confirmed plans for a new social housing development in the heart of the Rathcoole estate
Jobs to go as Coast & Country Housing deals with fall in rental income
05 July, 2016
Redcar-based Coast & Country Housing are also closing a district office as 2015 Budget change kicks in
Conservative PM challengers pledge social housing
04 July, 2016
Conservative leadership hopeful Stephen Crabb has pledged to create a £100bn "Growing Britain Fund" for infrastructure projects including social housing
Housing associations press ahead with "pay to stay"
04 July, 2016
It is estimated that there are over 6,000 households renting in the social housing sector where the household income is over £100,000
Councils step up raids on housing budgets
04 July, 2016
Cash-strapped councils are increasingly drawing cash from their housing budgets to plug gaps in back-office costs
London council launches 'right-to-invest' for low-income tenants
01 July, 2016
Barking and Dagenham's version of right-to-buy scheme aimed at retaining housing stock while letting tenants buy a share in their property at discount
Touching the voids
01 July, 2016
The impact of energy efficiency on social landlord income and business plans
Kerslake urges ministers to revise view of social housing
30 June, 2016
The former head of the civil service has called on ministers to change their view of social housing
Reforms to support social sector tenants
30 June, 2016
Lord Freud spoke about the benefits of working together to improve people's lives at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference
CIH bid to mend 'tense' local government relationships
29 June, 2016
CIH has announced a drive to fix the "tension" between councils and housing associations following the extension of the Right to Buy
Breaking: Wales ready to abolish Right to Buy
29 June, 2016
Right to Buy is running out of time in Wales
Proposal for a strong and sustainable future for supported and sheltered housing
28 June, 2016
The Federation has consulted extensively with our housing association members and stakeholders to develop our recommendation for a secure, sustainable funding model for supported and sheltered housing
Several large landlords planning for Pay to Stay adoption
28 June, 2016
A clutch of leading landlords have begun planning for the introduction of Pay to Stay
Majority of social housing tenants 'voted to leave the EU'
28 June, 2016
A majority of social housing tenants voted to Leave the European Union, according to an analysis by polling expert Lord Ashcroft
Tenant chances boosted by co-operation deal
28 June, 2016
The employment prospects of housing association tenants' are being boosted by closer co-operation between training and social housing providers
Could front line workers hold the key to improving care in social housing?
27 June, 2016
From gas engineers to neighbourhood officers, rent collectors to handy-people; promoting health isn't the first thing that springs to mind when you think about these roles
EIB 'stands by' funding commitments following Leave vote
27 June, 2016
The EIB has said it will honour social housing funding commitments already in place with the UK following the vote to leave the European Union
Councils' cash from EU 'should be guaranteed' if withdrawn
27 June, 2016
The government should guarantee English councils will still receive the £5.3bn they had been allocated from EU funds
Councils sound warning over Pay to Stay timetable
24 June, 2016
The government is facing pressure from councils over the "horrendously short" timescale required to implement its controversial Pay to Stay policy by April next year
Whose Right to Buy Is It Anyway?
24 June, 2016
Around 2.5m council tenants across the UK have bought their homes since Right to Buy started in 1980
Economic uncertainty means renters need security
24 June, 2016
We haven't commented on the EU referendum as a debate about the future of the country was all a bit above us. Renters are a mixed bunch and have different reasons for voting Remain or Leave
HCA urges bids for supported housing grant
23 June, 2016
Landlords have been urged to bid for supported housing funding despite the government's benefit changes
Conference examines role of how customer service can save social housing
23 June, 2016
The role of customer service in "saving" social housing was on the agenda at Omfax System's annual user conference in Warwickshire
Labour calls for answers over RTB fraud claims
22 June, 2016
Labour has tabled urgent questions and threatened to call for a National Audit Office investigation over Inside Housing's research into Right to Buy fraud
Landlords call for supported housing funding changes
22 June, 2016
The government should cap supported housing management costs and stop funding them through housing benefit
Tenants have their say on housing strategy
22 June, 2016
Residents of Edinburgh have influenced the city council on its housing budget strategy
Council saves money on costly temporary accommodation by purchasing homes
17 June, 2016
A London council claims its has saved almost £1 million in two years by purchasing homes to use as an alternative to nightly accommodation for vulnerable families
Disrupt Social Housing: Before Someone Disrupts It For You
17 June, 2016
All organisations face common challenges in coming years
350,000 renters put at risk of eviction in the last year - equivalent to more than the population of Leicester
15 June, 2016
Alarming new figures from housing charity Shelter have revealed more than 148,000 renting households in England were put at risk of losing their home in the past year
NFA floats switch to monthly rent collection
15 June, 2016
NFA is gathering the views of its members on moving from weekly to monthly rent collection
Borough bids for HMO control
15 June, 2016
A council coping with a rapid rise in HMOs is ready to "take back control"
Moody's: 'Brexit could be negative for associations'
14 June, 2016
A ratings agency has issued fresh warnings about the impact on housing associations if the UK votes to leave the European Union
SNP falls short of socially-rented housing manifesto target
14 June, 2016
The SNP has missed a manifesto target to build more than 6,000 new socially-rented houses a year
CIH responds to HCA analysis of cost variation in the social housing sector
13 June, 2016
It is pleasing to see that the regulator's analysis shows housing associations have continued to reduce their costs over the last five years
Tread carefully
10 June, 2016
Housing associations considering a move into the care home market should tread carefully
Delivering better value for money: understanding differences in unit costs
09 June, 2016
Analysis of unit costs in the social housing sector
Council to pay a £26.8m water bill refund to tenants
09 June, 2016
Many landlords with similar arrangements could also face large bills.
Use of Equality and Diversity In formation by Scottish Social Landlords
08 June, 2016
This report presents the findings of our thematic inquiry on the information submitted by social landlords against the Charter standard and outcome for equalities
Move by Tower Hamlets to grab back council housing from 'failing' social landlords
07 June, 2016
Talks are under way to try bring social housing estates in London's deprived East End back under local authority control
Tories ignore the need for social housing and switch money from the poor to the rich
06 June, 2016
The term "housing crisis" is so well used in London that you cannot ignore it
New Law Proposed to Stop Councils Forcing Tenants to Wait for Bailiffs
06 June, 2016
The proportion of all repossession claims that have to be resolved by bailiffs in the last 12 months has shot up to 40%
FRC comments on issues arising in relation to accounting for social housing loans
06 June, 2016
Many entities are currently in the process of applying FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland for the first time
Is it really all over for social housing?
03 June, 2016
Is it true though? Is it true that we are so conditioned to strive for homeownership and spurn social housing that we are willing to stand by while it disappears?
UK Immigration, EU Referendum and Britain's Housing Crisis - How to Get a Council House
03 June, 2016
The reality of Britain's housing crisis can be easily lost in the statistics
Brandon Lewis issues eviction warning to councils
03 June, 2016
The Housing Minister, Brandon Lewis, has written to all local councils in England to underline government guidance on the advice that councils give to tenants when seeking re-housing on the grounds of "homelessness" when faced with an eviction notice
Councils consider applying for rent cut exemption
03 June, 2016
Two councils are considering applying for an exemption to a government-imposed 1% rent cut for social housing tenants
Does right to buy extension add up?
02 June, 2016
The government announced last year that the "right to buy" would be extended to housing association tenants
Council is accused of disregarding the views of local people on 70,000 housing target
02 June, 2016
Community campaigners are accusing Leeds City Council of disregarding the views of residents and riding roughshod over evidence against its 70,000 housing target
Review of the Scottish Social Housing Charter
02 June, 2016
This consultation seeks your views on the Scottish Social Housing Charter, which remains in force until 31 March 2017
The people dumped in "temporary" housing for more than a decade
01 June, 2016
Councils are dumping homeless people in "temporary accommodation" for more than a decade
When sky-high repair bills can make right to buy the wrong choice
31 May, 2016
Former local authority tenants who bought their properties for as little as £44,000 are facing demands of up to £50,000, which they can't afford to pay
Social housing: the end of 'lifetime' tenancies in England?
31 May, 2016
Long-term security of tenure was introduced for most social housing tenants by the Housing Act 1980
DCLG reveals council rent cut exemption criteria
31 May, 2016
The government has published guidance for councils on how to apply for an exemption from the 1% rent cut
Bradford Council criticised for having more than 4,000 empty homes in Bradford
31 May, 2016
Bradford Council has been criticised over the thousands of homes standing empty in the district
Personal budgets allow people to control their own support and their own lives
31 May, 2016
Over the past decade, personal budgets have completely changed social care in England, despite unprecedented local authority cuts
Innovation in Scottish housing is delivering improved value for money
27 May, 2016
Scottish social landlords are modernising services and making use of new technology to deliver real, quantifiable savings and improved productivity
Research: Unlocking strategic asset management in social housing
27 May, 2016
The operating environment for housing associations has changed in the face of an evolving policy environment over rent levels, right to buy and funding for new housing delivery
SHR updates guide for landlords on carrying out surveys of tenants and service users
27 May, 2016
The SHR has published an updated guide that simplifies and clarifies some of the steps for landlords to take when designing and carrying out surveys of their tenants and service users
London councils spend near £500m on temporary accommodation
27 May, 2016
London councils spent nearly £500m on temporary accommodation over the past 18 months
HCA downgrades two landlords
26 May, 2016
The Homes and Communities Agency has today issued two housing associations with regulatory downgrades
Canterbury: 200 London families to move to council homes at Howe Barracks
25 May, 2016
More than 200 families from a London borough are set to move to council homes in east Kent after social housing bosses outbid the local authority to capture the ex-army properties
Scottish landlords expect cost rises to outstrip turnover
25 May, 2016
More than a third of Scottish social landlords expect cost rises to increase at a faster pace than revenue over the next year
How you can start preparing for Voluntary Right to Buy - advice from the pilots
24 May, 2016
Back in November, Chancellor George Osborne announced Sovereign would be one of five housing associations given the challenge of piloting the new Voluntary Right to Buy
Landlords seek to deregister from charity regulator
24 May, 2016
Housing associations are considering changing their legal status to avoid Charity Commission rules in the wake of the government's deregulation drive
Lack of social housing 'pushing thousands into poverty and homelessness'
23 May, 2016
Thousands of Scots are being pushed into poverty and homelessness because of higher private rental costs as a direct result of failures to protect the country's social housing stock
How bad is the housing crisis in Bristol? Nearly 10,000 people waiting for just 41 council homes
23 May, 2016
Nearly 10,000 people are waiting for a council home in Bristol - but only a few dozens are available for rent
Social landlords expect to manage more homes this year - but minority expect net revenue gains
23 May, 2016
More than two thirds of Scottish social housing landlords responding to a new survey expect the number of units they manage to increase over the next 12 months
Councils 'forcing homeless families to relocate miles away'
23 May, 2016
Overstretched local authorities unlawfully moving people up to 100 miles from schools and support networks
Bill of Rights could have 'implications' for social landlords
19 May, 2016
A British Bill of Rights could have implications for social housing landlords
Fire safety in social housing - what can we learn?
19 May, 2016
For landlords and housing providers, ensuring the safety of client groups and tenants may not be as straightforward as it would first seem
Housing associations own 40,000 PRS units
19 May, 2016
Housing associations own 40,000 private rented sector units - but it remains a fringe activity confined to a handful of providers
Implementing Direct Payment of Housing Benefit: An Evaluation of Circle Housing's HB2U Pilot Project
19 May, 2016
This report provides findings from the evaluation of Circle Housing's HB2U Housing Benefit Direct Payment Pilot project
Landlord reveals findings of direct payment 'pilot'
19 May, 2016
A housing association is calling for changes to Universal Credit, after its unofficial 'pilot' showed tenants receiving housing benefit payments direct are more likely to fall into arrears
Queen's Speech: the key housing and social reforms
18 May, 2016
A pledge to "increase the life chances for the most disadvantaged" was the main message
Social housing tenants who feel 'demonised as second-class citizens' - in pictures
18 May, 2016
People in temporary accommodation and council housing explain how the Housing and Planning Act will affect their lives, communities and homes
Fitch warns of EU exit impact on social landlords
18 May, 2016
A vote to leave the European Union could lead to a pause in social landlords taking out new finance as the housing market slows down
The Housing and Planning Act 2016 - what it means for ALMOs and their councils
17 May, 2016
Now it's been passed, what does the Housing and Planning Act 2016 mean for ALMOs and their councils?
Facing up to defeat: why was social housing an easy target?
17 May, 2016
Housing campaigners need to acknowledge the uncomfortable quandary about the passing of the Housing and Planning Act
Just asking for trouble
16 May, 2016
On a recent programme about getting a council house one of the people in trouble with her rent said something that came as no surprise
'Worse than the bedroom tax': Cambridge MP blasts plan that may force city to sell hundreds of homes
16 May, 2016
New laws that sound "the death knell of social housing" in Cambridge have been branded worse than the bedroom tax by the city's MP
Government urged to hand housing control back to councils
13 May, 2016
With the housing bill set for Royal Assent, government is now being pressed to put related investment plans, rents and assets back in the hands of local authorities
Why council waiting lists are shrinking, despite more people in need of homes
12 May, 2016
The number of families on lists for council housing has fallen because of stricter rules on who can apply
Campaigners admit defeat as Tories push through mass council homes sell-off with hours to spare
11 May, 2016
The Housing Bill cleared its final hurdle tonight as former housing chief Sir Bob Kerslake gave up his long battle
For whom the bells toll: Housing Bill sounds "death knell" for social housing
11 May, 2016
The Housing & Planning Bill sounds the "death knell" for social housing in England
Forced council sales - hampering local authorities' fight against homelessness
11 May, 2016
Last week, we published research showing the Housing and Planning Bill could force the sale of 23,500 vacant council houses each year
Tenant evictions up in England and Wales
11 May, 2016
But homeowner repossessions fell to record low in first quarter of 2016
Bexley Council accused of 'burying head in the sand' over lack of social and affordable housing
10 May, 2016
A Crayford resident has accused Bexley Council of burying its head in the sand, over a lack of affordable and social housing
Council campaign aims to ensure that tenants put Rent 1st
10 May, 2016
Perth and Kinross Council's housing service has launched a new drive to ensure that all its tenants are clear about their responsibilities to pay rent
Adding £2.3bn of debt to the accounts - social housing deregulation as an early test for the minority Welsh Government
10 May, 2016
Before the elections to the Welsh Assembly last week, Steffan Evans outlined how housing might be a key policy area around which bridges could be built in the Senedd
Forced council sales: looking at the homes that may actually be sold off
10 May, 2016
The Housing and Planning Bill is now nearing the end of its passage through parliament
Housing association gets European investment for social housing
09 May, 2016
A housing association has secured £80 million to support construction of social housing and shared ownership
Whose homes are they anyway?
09 May, 2016
While publicity on the Housing and Planning Bill has been rightly focussed on the forced sale of council homes and Right to Buy, there has been little mention of a late Government amendment
Leader of Sutton Council apologises for sending mock eviction notices to thousands of people
09 May, 2016
The leader of Sutton Council has apologised for sending "crass and irresponsible" mock eviction notices to thousands of people to promote a Liberal Democrat petition
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
09 May, 2016
A documentary exploring the failures and deception behind the social housing crisis in Britain
Birmingham forced to sell more than 1,000 council houses - every year
06 May, 2016
Housing charity Shelter's warning about the impact of housing policy on Birmingham
DCLG: Tenancies change will not hit protected groups
06 May, 2016
The phasing out of lifetime tenancies will not negatively impact protected demographic groups overall
Empty Housing (England)
06 May, 2016
High levels of empty properties are recognised as having a serious impact on the viability of communities
Leading government figures see social housing as toxic
05 May, 2016
The Lords debate on the unfair housing and planning bill is soon coming to end, but the debate in the country should not
'High' to 'higher' forced sales mean 23,500 council homes lost per year and an average annual £26m bill
04 May, 2016
We previously sounded the alarm that a subtle amendment to the Housing and Planning Bill allows the Secretary of State to force the sale of a much broader range of council homes than before
Extending the Right to Buy to housing association tenants
03 May, 2016
Report, together with formal minutes relating to the report
HCA-backed £1bn housing fund launches
03 May, 2016
A new £1bn fund to help cash-strapped councils build 10,000 mixed-tenure homes has been launched with the support of the HCA
How many council homes are left in England after 20 year sell-off
29 April, 2016
Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government have revealed the number of local authority owned social houses
Peers vote for inflation-linked Pay to Stay threshold
29 April, 2016
Peers have voted for Pay to Stay 'high-income' thresholds to be increased in line with inflation every three years
Council tenant discount card launches in Edinburgh
28 April, 2016
A new City of Edinburgh Council tenant discount scheme has been launched which will save tenants money
Housing Bill defeat on council house replacements
28 April, 2016
The House of Lords has delivered a 12th defeat for the government on the Housing and Planning Bill over the type of homes that will replace the sale of higher-value council stock
Government increases fixed-term tenancy limit to 10 years
27 April, 2016
Government increases fixed-term tenancy limit to 10 year
Londoners urged to share the horrors of renting with #ventyourrent campaign
27 April, 2016
A campaign group is encouraging London's renters to take to social media and share their horror stories on the realities of renting using the hashtag #ventyourrent
Rent to buy: Council tenants could be given chance to pay off mortgages
26 April, 2016
Council tenants could be given the chance to get on the housing ladder by paying a mortgage instead of cut-price rent
Housing Bill should also include rogue tenants list
26 April, 2016
The Housing and Planning Bill, which includes measures to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents, should also address the issue of problem tenants
More homes, more social housing - how Welsh Labour will lead the way
26 April, 2016
I have never understood why, but in election after election, housing is the dog that never quite barks
Allocations policy favouring workers ruled unlawful
25 April, 2016
A council's policy to ringfence 20% of its lettings for people in work has been found discriminatory and unlawful by the High Court
Housing Bill: 16 Defeats And U-Turns Inflicted On Government's Flagship Reforms
25 April, 2016
A bumpy ride for "pay-to-stay" charges and ending lifelong council homes
The social landlords stepping in to help computer-illiterate residents
25 April, 2016
Universal credit will hugely increase demand for digital access - so housing associations have started doing more for tenants without the internet
GBP 1 billion EIB backing for UK social housing
25 April, 2016
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide GBP 1 billion for new social housing investment across the UK
The Welfare stigma which is leaving the poorest homeless
22 April, 2016
It's hard to think of a worse time in the last 50 years to be on benefits and living in London
Angry protests as council houses go under the hammer
21 April, 2016
There was a heavy police presence as protesters tried to disrupt an auction of council homes in Bristol tonight
Government defends Pay to Stay after Lords defeats
21 April, 2016
The government has pledged to ensure the social housing sector only supports those 'who genuinely need it', in response to a hat-trick of heavy defeats in the Lords on Pay to Stay
Impact of capping Housing Benefit at Local Housing Allowance rates
21 April, 2016
The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his Autumn Statement that housing benefit and housing costs within Universal Credit for social housing tenants will be capped
'We are losing the case on social housing'
20 April, 2016
Crisis chief executive Jon Sparkes has claimed the housing sector is "losing the case of social housing"
Tories' Pay to Stay rent hikes smashed to bits in humiliating triple defeat
19 April, 2016
Pay to Stay in the Housing Bill would have forced 215,000 households earning £30,000 to pay the full market rent - but it's been bludgeoned
Discretionary Housing Payment underspend explained by councillors
19 April, 2016
Funds given to Oxford City Council to help individuals pay their rent have jumped back up this year despite the fact that it was not all spent in 2015/16
Housing Bill: Government Faces U-Turn Over 'Pay To Stay' After Hat-Trick Of House of Lords Defeats
19 April, 2016
Housing and Planning Bill has now lost six times after peers voted to alter 'vindictive' charge
Council will not appeal water charge ruling
19 April, 2016
A council will not appeal a landmark court ruling, meaning social landlords could have to repay millions of pounds to tenants in water charges
Housing organisations say ministers should think again about unfair rent hikes for hard-working council tenants
18 April, 2016
As the Government's Housing Bill approaches the next stage in its bumpy ride through the House of Lords, tenant and housing campaigners have called on Ministers to drop proposals announced in George Osborne's 2015 Budge
1% of tenants take up the Right to Buy
15 April, 2016
Less than 1% of the housing association tenants offered the chance to purchase their home under a pilot of the Right to Buy have so far made a formal application to buy
Reduced PCSO cover in parts of Cheshire 'caused by rent cuts'
14 April, 2016
Two housing associations in Cheshire have stopped funding Police Community Support Officers, blaming rent reductions imposed by the government
Weeks later... and council letting agency still has just one home listed
13 April, 2016
It's several weeks on from our story about a local authority setting up its own private letting agency and having only one property - and it STILL has only one property
Ministers seek to reduce councils' influence over HAs
13 April, 2016
The government has taken further steps to deregulate the sector by limiting the influence of councils over housing associations
Government should ditch social housing benefit cap 'as a matter of basic humanity'
13 April, 2016
A Wirral MP has warned some of the most vulnerable people in the borough could be plunged into crisis under Government plans to cap housing benefit payments
Revealed: which Dorset councils have built the most affordable homes (and you might be surprised)
12 April, 2016
Christchurch and Purbeck built fewer homes than their neighbouring authorities
Gracehill Housing Scheme gets the green light from planners despite 70 letters of objection
12 April, 2016
A proposal for a social housing development in Gracehill, which attracted 70 letters of objection, has been approved by Council's Planning Committee
Getting tenants off to a flying start
12 April, 2016
Finding somewhere to live is difficult enough at the best of times, but without the right information and advice it can be an even more daunting prospect
The Housing and Planning Bill risks missing out half of England's young private-renting households
11 April, 2016
This afternoon, the House of Lords will kick-off the first round of voting on key amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill
Three practical amendments Shelter is fighting for on the Housing Bill
11 April, 2016
The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Lords for Report stage today
Tory local government leader asks Lords to block housing reforms
11 April, 2016
Peers are being urged to reject amendments to bill forcing councils to sell their most expensive properties
Bill change 'could increase council home sales further'
11 April, 2016
Sector figures fear councils may have to sell more of their stock to fund the Right to Buy extension than previously expected
End of long-term tenancies will 'damage family life'
11 April, 2016
Calls to scrap Tory plans to reform social housing as fears grow over damage to communities and children's education
Home benefits: the SFHA's Mary Taylor explains why welfare reform is a concern for housing associations
07 April, 2016
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations chief executive tells Holyrood of her concerns about the LHA cap, changes to benefits and the potential reclassification of social housing
Bedroom tax and benefit sanctions: social workers must get to grips with welfare law
06 April, 2016
People who use services are feeling the impact of cuts and welfare reform. To make a difference to their lives, professionals need to understand these issues
The great service debate
06 April, 2016
From this month, social landlords will see revenues from rents fall by 1% each year for four years
Balance becomes 'relative' as Southwark tackles empty homes
06 April, 2016
A London council that has placed over 1,000 households beyond its borough boundaries over the past year has an estimated 2,000 empty private sector homes
Reduction in social housing rents
05 April, 2016
This note provides an outline of The Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016
The Positive Impact of Social Housing Provision
05 April, 2016
It is evident that social housing supports individuals and households with pressing housing needs
Free heat meter surveys for social landlords
05 April, 2016
At Sustainable Homes we know that the recent heat metering regulations have concentrated effort on installing meters in heat networks
UK Government's housing policy targeting homeless families is 'tantamount to social cleansing'
04 April, 2016
Charities and politicians demand urgent safeguards after Independent investigation uncovers cases of homeless children dying from neglect and abuse
How Cambridge development with just 6% social housing is making £17m in extra sales
04 April, 2016
One of the most controversial developments in Cambridge is set to make millions of pounds more in profit than forecast when the original builder avoided hitting the city council's affordable housing target
Lender concerns prompt Housing Bill change
04 April, 2016
Ministers are set to change the Housing and Planning Bill following concerns that a new system of managing sector insolvencies would lead to lenders asking social landlords for more security
Survey reveals tenants' rent cut concerns
04 April, 2016
More than half of social tenants to answer a survey said they are concerned about a reduction in services from their landlord as a result of the rent cut
EEA migrants: access to social housing (England)
01 April, 2016
Part 1 of this briefing gives a broad overview of the law governing the rights of EEA migrants to access social housing in England
Fears council house evictions could rise due to benefits changes
01 April, 2016
Aberdeenshire's local authority has raised concerns that the number of council house evictions in the area may rise under the government's new universal credit scheme
2016 Annual Review of Social Housing
31 March, 2016
Welcome to the latest Beever and Struthers' review of social housing
Mother claims she is forced to live with no electricity, crumbling walls and rats because her housing association landlord will not carry out proper repairs to her home
30 March, 2016
A mother says she is being forced to live with rats, crumbling walls and no electricity in the downstairs of her home because her housing association will not carry out proper repairs
Landlords at risk of missing asset register deadline
30 March, 2016
A large number of housing associations are in danger of failing to meet Thursday's deadline for completing a register of assets and liabilities
Government spends £100,000 on lawyers to defend the bedroom tax
29 March, 2016
The DWP is fighting a rape victim and the family of a severely disabled child
Latest council offers cash for downsizing
22 March, 2016
Hackney are the latest local authority to offer residents a cash incentive if they downsize
The effect of forthcoming housing policy changes on social-tenant employment and the London economy
22 March, 2016
London is facing an unprecedented housing crisis
High-income tenants exempt from rent cut
22 March, 2016
The 1% annual rent cut will not apply to households with household income of £60,000 or more
Succession rights and social housing (England)
21 March, 2016
Within the current statutory framework there can only be one statutory succession to a council or housing association tenancy in England
Robin Hood Gardens and the demise of Britsh social housing
21 March, 2016
The rise and fall of Robin Hood Gardens echoes the fate of British social housing, as developers take from the poor to house the rich
Survey reveals planned job cuts and a shift away from developing homes for social rent as the social housing sector struggles to respond to financial pressures
18 March, 2016
Almost one in five social housing providers are planning job cuts in the coming year
The women who escape domestic abuse but lose their social housing
17 March, 2016
Women and their children often have to forfeit their homes to escape violent partners. One housing association is offering an answer
Ministers to 'explore ways of getting social tenants into homeownership'
17 March, 2016
The government has announced it will look at ways of further increasing homeownership levels among social tenants
Cambridge needs social housing to correct an 'imperfect' market
16 March, 2016
Cambridge needs to build more social housing to correct an "imperfect" property market here in the city
SFHA comments on LHA cap delay for supported tenants
16 March, 2016
Commenting on today's UK Budget announcement and the reiteration by the UK Government that it will delay the LHA cap for tenants in supported accommodation by a year
The future of social housing in the North West
16 March, 2016
The legal implications and financing of building new homes in the North West to meet George Osborne's plans for a "Northern powerhouse" are being discussed at a major conference in Liverpool this week
Call for mandatory electrical checks for all social housing and owner-occupied flats
16 March, 2016
A charity which led the successful call for mandatory electrical checks in Scotland's PRS has called for these to be extended to all social housing and owner occupied flats
A tale of two cities: winners and losers in London's social housing divide
15 March, 2016
In one part of London, residents are being bulldozed out of council-built homes to make way for a privately led development most cannot afford
Number of rough sleepers in Barrow revealed as lack of social housing is labelled 'monstrous'
14 March, 2016
People are being forced to sleep on the streets of Barrow as waiting lists for the area's council houses reach crisis point
Social housing benefit cap will put thousands on streets
14 March, 2016
Limit for local housing allowance would lead to widespread bed closures in hostels and supported housing
Housing Bill: From pay to stay to right to rent - the controversial legislation explained
14 March, 2016
The Housing and Planning Bill is approaching its final stage in parliament before - if all goes to the government's plan - passing into law
Battling the bedroom tax: the wider implications of the Supreme Court hearing
14 March, 2016
Following the recent 'bedroom tax' hearing in the UK Supreme Court, Jed Meers from the University of York considers the potential implications of the upcoming judgment for policies relying on elements of conditionality
Councils told to stop telling tenants in process of eviction to stay put
14 March, 2016
Local authorities must stop routinely advising tenants to stay put until the bailiff arrives before they can be accepted as homeless
Leeds campaigners rally against new law which will 'effectively end social housing'
11 March, 2016
A group of campaigners in Leeds will be holding a Housing Summit this weekend to oppose the government's planned cuts in social housing
Landlords rein in pay ahead of rent cut
11 March, 2016
Housing associations are reining in pay and cutting back on previously protected tenants' services in a bid to cope with the impact of government policy
Social housing: 'pay to stay' at market rents
10 March, 2016
Following a consultation exercise in 2012 the Coalition Government gave social landlords in England the discretion to charge market or near market rents to tenants with an income of £60,000 or more a year
Fixed term tenancies failing on everyone's terms
09 March, 2016
The government's plan to remove security from social tenants and restrict tenancies to 2-5 years will hopefully get the scrutiny it deserves this week
37,000 tenants 'overcharged for water by south London council'
08 March, 2016
Thousands of council tenants have been overcharged for water and sewage services
The women leading the charge in Britain's 150 year fight for social housing
08 March, 2016
From Octavia Hill in 1866 to the women of New Era estate in 2014, female campaigners have often been the driving force for better housing rights
Pay to Stay tapers - a policy not for u-turning
08 March, 2016
The front page of this weekend's Observer newspaper declared that "ministers are planning to modify hugely contentious elements of the housing reforms the chancellor announced last summer"
Tory climbdown over pay-to-stay plan to raise social housing rents
07 March, 2016
Partial U-turn part of bid to clear decks ahead of Europe referendum poll day
Financial stability in the social housing sector continues
03 March, 2016
Latest quarterly survey published
Landlords warn on one year 'LHA cap' exemption
03 March, 2016
Supported housing developments stalled due to uncertainty will stay frozen
Right to rent checks in the social housing sector now in force
03 March, 2016
The introduction of right to rent checks on 1 February 2016 will have important implications for social housing providers
Bedroom tax cases heard in Supreme Court
01 March, 2016
Two bedroom tax decisions are being appealed to the Supreme Court
Compromised and under pressure: social housing in the wake of universal credit
01 March, 2016
Welfare reform has spurred record levels of debt among tenants, with 25% of council tenants on universal credit facing legal action in some areas
Rents in social housing: the trade-offs
01 March, 2016
The cost of housing has risen rapidly, largely due to constrained housing supply
Supported and sheltered housing exempt from LHA cap for one year
01 March, 2016
Government announces delay to introduction of the Local Housing Allowance cap to allow for a proper strategic review
Tories blocked social housing as it produced Labour votes
29 February, 2016
David Cameron opposed increased funding for social housing in the last parliament because it would "produce more Labour voters"
Plan to build 700 new homes shelved - after tenants get rents slashed
29 February, 2016
Plans to build 700 new properties across North Lincolnshire have been shelved
Councils axe build programmes after rent cut
26 February, 2016
Councils have axed thousands of homes planned under fledgling development programmes, as they battle to accommodate the 1% rent reduction imposed by the government
Lambeth council's campaign to hammer home the reality of cuts
26 February, 2016
The London borough's chief executive has tough choices to make and wants to get residents on side
Garages and laundry rooms converted to flats by council
25 February, 2016
Kingston Council and the Greater London Authority have converted garages and disused laundry rooms into flats under a joint funding initiative
Could supported housing survive a 68% loss of income?
25 February, 2016
If the LHA caps come in, how will supported housing services survive such severe reductions to their rental income
What's pushing Charlotte and Jayson over the edge? £12 a week bedroom tax
25 February, 2016
It wouldn't be much money to a politician. But to the Carmichaels, struggling with Charlotte's severe spinal condition, it's a supreme court case against the government
Unions threaten HA strike over restructure
24 February, 2016
Unions are threatening one of the largest industrial actions in the housing association sector's history over Circle's plans to restructure ahead of the rent cut
How can social landlords help people at risk of becoming homeless?
24 February, 2016
Homelessness is on the increase again and the number of families in temporary accommodation is also rising
Value for Money pilot shows the value of small social landlords
24 February, 2016
Smaller housing associations are providing more efficient management and maintenance services than larger or medium sized organisations
Landlords set out steps to improve efficiency & reduce impacts
23 February, 2016
The recent climate change agreement in Paris has shown a world appetite for reducing impacts and operating more sustainably
Social housing: tenants will need to live in an area for four years to be eligible
23 February, 2016
White paper says the change - double the current two-year requirement - will apply to anyone moving within Britain as well as new immigrants
Bracknell families waiting for social housing rise by 10 per cent
23 February, 2016
In 2015 the number of families and individuals waiting for social housing rose to 2,282
Sanctuary merger to create Scotland's 4th largest social landlord
22 February, 2016
Two housing providers owned by Sanctuary Group will merge with Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association after tenants overwhelmingly endorsed a proposal to unite
Homeless youths caught in temporary accommodation 'limbo' for up to two years
22 February, 2016
Young homeless people in Scotland are being left in temporary accommodation for up to two years
Rise in social housing tenants planning to buy home
19 February, 2016
More than half of local authority tenants who would like to get onto the property ladder intend to buy their current home
Lords Committee slams government housing policy as 'short sighted'
19 February, 2016
The current government policy on housing is unlikely to meet demand for either the quantity or quality of housing needed
Social housing groups in Bradford fear housing allowance changes could make vulnerable people homeless
19 February, 2016
Social housing groups in the Bradford district have received national backing after calling for the Government to reconsider changes they fear could make vulnerable people homeless
Growing shortage of social housing sparks Cannock Chase Council leader's plea to MPs
19 February, 2016
A council leader has pleaded with the government to build more social housing in his borough, warning the area faces a housing crisis
Eviction is the last refuge for poor tenants
18 February, 2016
Cash-strapped social landlords are increasingly turfing out tenants hit by welfare cuts for whom homelessness is the only option
Tackling perceptions of social housing
18 February, 2016
With TV programmes such as Benefits Street portraying council house tenants as scroungers, can social media combat these negative images?
ALMOs call for Pay to Stay data access
18 February, 2016
ALMOs are calling for changes to enable them to access tenants' income data in order to ensure correct rent-setting under Pay to Stay
Corporate Complaint - failure of the Council to properly monitor Section 106 requirements for social rented housing
17 February, 2016
We wish to complain that Southwark Council is failing in its duty to ensure that new housing developments comply with the terms and conditions of their Section 106 agreements
Cameron's own advisor thinks ending lifetime council tenancy would be "a mistake"
17 February, 2016
Two months ago it was reported that the government had quietly tabled an amendment to the Housing Bill that sets a maximum of five-year terms for new secure tenancies
Housing benefit is the lifeblood of women's refuges - and it's under threat
17 February, 2016
If organisations such as ours are not exempt from the extension of the benefit cap to social housing, the lives of women fleeing domestic violence are at risk
Nottingham tenants to make voice heard against Housing Bill
16 February, 2016
More than 200 Nottingham City Homes tenants are planning to make their voices heard in Westminster
Our support for vulnerable tenants will be destroyed by this benefits cap
16 February, 2016
Housing benefits cap will see my association's income slashed by £2.83m and devastate the care we provide to people in most need
30% ex Barnet council houses for rent
16 February, 2016
Nearly 30% Of Ex Council Dwellings In Barnet Now Owned By Millionaire Elite Private Landlords
Fear and fury of tenants who say 'pay to stay' policy punishes them for working
15 February, 2016
The Observer's story about plans to cap the amount households can earn before they must pay market rent for social housing triggered a huge response from readers
Social housing shake-up to save millions
14 February, 2016
Wigan Council will save £5.5m by taking back control of the majority of the borough's social housing stock
New kitchens and bathrooms for council houses - plus rent cut for 63,000 tenants
11 February, 2016
Thousands of council homes will also get new kitchens, bathrooms and central heating
The capping of social rents to the rate of local housing allowance
11 February, 2016
The Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement that the amount of rent that Housing Benefit will cover in the social rented sector will be capped at the relevant LHA level
Council refuses 1% rent cut exemption
11 February, 2016
Stevenage Borough Council has pledged to defy the government and implement a 1% rent reduction for supported housing tenants
Five big concerns about Pay to Stay
11 February, 2016
Parliament must look long and hard at the potential impacts of the Government's proposed Pay to Stay policy
Social landlords: It's not all about the "3 Rs" (Rent, Repairs and Arrears!) - it's now about the '5 Rs'!
10 February, 2016
One of the most hotly debated issues for housing associations and their trustees is the issue of paying board members
Caroline Pidgeon pledges 50,000 low rent council homes
10 February, 2016
Caroline Pidgeon has promised an 'Olympic effort' on housing when she becomes Mayor of London
Tenants satisfied with social landlords' performance
10 February, 2016
Social landlords in Scotland are performing well against the standards and outcomes in the Scottish Social Housing Charter and either maintaining or improving on the previous year
Cameron 'buying off' Tory MPs threatening to rebel over council cuts
10 February, 2016
Labour says its analysis shows most of new £300m fund to ease funding cuts to local government will go to Tory-run councils
The 2nd National Report on the Scottish Social Housing Charter - An analysis of landlords' 2014/15 annual returns
09 February, 2016
These annual National Reports provide an analysis of the performance information reported to us by social housing landlords across Scotland
Neil blasts 'unacceptable uncertainty' over 'LHA cap'
09 February, 2016
A Scottish housing minister has described the uncertainty over the Local Housing Allowance cap for supported housing as "unacceptable"
How has the social housing revolution changed Scotland's heart and soul?
08 February, 2016
It wasn't until I was 10 that I understood what a "bought" house was
Rent reductions: Supporting implementation
05 February, 2016
This revised briefing sets out the practical implications of implementing the -1% rent cut in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill
An attack on social housing is also an attack on older people
05 February, 2016
The young are not the only victims of Tory housing policy - David Cameron is driving older people from their homes too
Call for UK Government to protect vulnerable tenants
04 February, 2016
Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths has called on the UK Government to protect vulnerable tenants
Details still needed on social housing benefit limits
03 February, 2016
Last week the government announced a pause in plans to force supported housing providers to reduce their rents
Council house tenants' rents 'rise four times quicker than average wages'
02 February, 2016
Sharp rises in council rents have combined with high private rents and stagnant wages to drive up housing benefit bill
The five biggest financial pressures social housing tenants face
02 February, 2016
Our financial inclusion team at a Wakefield housing association received 1,300 referrals last year for debt, benefit cuts and more
'Not enough homes' as thousands are made to wait for social housing
01 February, 2016
There are more than 3,000 people in North Somerset waiting to be put into social housing, with many of those families including children
Levy on luxury London homes would net £86m a year for social housing
01 February, 2016
Property tax would force global super-rich to subsidise affordable housing
Practical implications of Immigration Checks on new Lettings
01 February, 2016
CIH Report on the implications for social sector
Sector welcomes social rent cuts delay in supported housing
29 January, 2016
The announcement by Brandon Lewis that supported housing would be exempt from the 1% rent reduction has been widely received by the sector
80,000 council homes could be lost by 2020
29 January, 2016
At least 80,000 social rented homes could be lost by 2020 unless councils are given greater powers to build new homes
Full house: Councils' role in allocating social housing
28 January, 2016
Demand for social housing is high and far outstrips the supply available to local housing authorities
Housing Benefit changes could cost sector hundreds of millions and threaten health and wellbeing of tenants
27 January, 2016
The SFHA is urgently calling on the UK Government to rethink upcoming changes to Housing Benefit
Council considers writing off £436,000 of historical rent arrears
27 January, 2016
Councillors in West Dunbartonshire will be asked to consider writing off historical debts from former council tenants at a meeting next week
My council house gave me security and opportunity. Now the Tories are out to destroy them
26 January, 2016
The Lords will try to stop the Tory assault on housing. Here one Labour peer explains why he owes everything to his council house
Capping of social housing rents - what impact will it have on your service?
26 January, 2016
The proposed capping of social housing rents at Local Housing Allowance levels could have a devastating impact on homelessness services
Not-so Temporary Accommodation
26 January, 2016
The provision of temporary accommodation is a marker of Scotland's world-recognised progressive homelessness legislation from 2012
Benefit cap on social housing will leave thousands homeless
26 January, 2016
Up to 82,000 specialist homes for most vulnerable residents, including domestic violence victims, at threat of closure
House Of Lords Official Report - Housing Benefit: Social Housing Units
26 January, 2016
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement the recommendations of the independent review of the overseas domestic workers visa published on 17 December 2015
Social Landlord Support Pack
22 January, 2016
Getting social tenants ready for direct payment of housing costs
Class-based punishment? How legislation to evict social tenants involved in riots is unjust
22 January, 2016
Part of the 'fightback' by the Coalition Government against the 2011 riots was to take tough action on sections of Britain's society
Letter to MPs - The real impact of LHA on vulnerable people
22 January, 2016
I am writing to personally urge you to consider the implications of the Local Housing Allowance cap being applied to vulnerable social housing tenants
David Cameron has 'earned £500,000 renting out his Notting Hill home since becoming PM' while cracking down on social housing
18 January, 2016
David Cameron has come under fire for saying he worries about his children being able to afford a home after it was revealed he is believed to have earned £500,000 in rent
The social housing sector has never known a year like last year...
15 January, 2016
I can safely say that the social housing sector and the regulator have never known a year quite like it
Government's pay to stay policy 'chastises the poor' in Cambridge
15 January, 2016
A Cambridge council tenant has accused the Government of "chastising the poor" over the impact its new 'pay-to-stay' policy could have in the city
How David Cameron plans to destroy Britain's social housing in 7 easy steps
13 January, 2016
The Tories new housing bill has been sneaked in while nobody's looking, and it could spell the end of social housing
Housing associations working together to tackle tenancy fraud
13 January, 2016
Housing associations in Northern Ireland have been stepping up measures to prevent and detect social housing tenancy fraud
What's reducing social housing lettings by housing associations, and why does it matter?
12 January, 2016
Last year social housing lettings by housing associations decreased by 1% to 268,273, against the long term trend
The use of temporary accommodation in Scotland
12 January, 2016
In 2014-15 local authorities provided an estimated 3.8 million days of temporary accommodation for homeless households
The social housing tenants taking to Twitter to influence policy
11 January, 2016
Not all tenants want to be on a housing association board. Social media gives them the opportunity to shape housing and fight back against bad PR
Update on Local Housing Allowance caps on social housing rents
11 January, 2016
Lord Freud has responded to David Orr's letter that highlighted the impact of introducing the cap to supported housing
Views given on council housing rent level in South Lanarkshire
08 January, 2016
Council tenants in South Lanarkshire have taken the opportunity to give their views on the rent level options for the next financial year
How social housing landlords can tackle the rise of rent arrears
08 January, 2016
Social landlords have a vital role to play in reducing this amount and payment flexibility is a critical success factor in achieving this
Care crisis
07 January, 2016
We must stop Local Housing Allowance caps applying to care and support housing rents
Council Tax proposals could damage house building
07 January, 2016
Charging Council Tax on unbuilt developments could decrease house building numbers by deterring SME house builders
Invitation to tender: action research learning lessons from the Voluntary Right to Buy pilots
07 January, 2016
The NHF in partnership with the pilot housing associations, is commissioning research to learn lessons from the Voluntary Right to Buy pilots to inform the wider programme
NFA & ARCH Welfare Reform 2015 Analysis
07 January, 2016
NFA and ARCH survey reveals 89% of Universal Credit Claimants in rent arrears
A recap of the Housing Bill so far
06 January, 2016
Prior to the Bill and its latest amendments being debated, much of the talk was on how it was already a done deal and the real battle would be in the Lords
'It's a steel-toothed poverty trap' - three tenants on the misery of pay to stay
06 January, 2016
With properly affordable rents in social housing under attack, older working women explain why they are so worried by the government's new policy
Tories slammed for 'appalling' decision to push through crucial housing law at 3am
06 January, 2016
Labour blasted the decision to rush through a six-hour debate on the Housing Bill - which includes plans to end lifelong council tenancies
Social Homes valued at over £500,000
06 January, 2016
Now that we've valued nearly all social homes in England we can start interrogating the data and we're open to suggestions on this
Current registered providers of social housing
06 January, 2016
Current registered providers of social housing plus new registrations and deregistrations
Rob the poor and give to the rich - housing policy for 2016
05 January, 2016
The bill before parliament is ideology at its purest: a full-throttle attack on social tenants everywhere
£23m cash blow to Kirklees Council as government demands council house rent reduction
05 January, 2016
Latest cut forces another budget re-think
Caroline Lucas blasts Housing and Planning Bill as "another nail in the coffin for British social housing" as she prepares to vote against it
05 January, 2016
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party's MP for Brighton Pavilion, will vote against the Housing and Planning Bill later today
Cities unite against David Cameron's attack on council tenants' lifetime leases
04 January, 2016
Local authority chiefs have joined forces against the Tory scheme which they say will hurt families and damage neighbourhood communities
Mapped: buying is now cheaper than renting across Britain
04 January, 2016
Rising rents and rock-bottom mortgage rates mean even homeowners with huge mortgages are better off than tenants
Dozens asked to leave homes for rent arrears and bad behaviour
30 December, 2015
Dozens of people have been thrown out of their council houses in Dundee this year after falling into rent arrears worth thousands of pounds
Council evicts 55 in a year
29 December, 2015
Dozens of people have been thrown out of their council houses this year after falling into rent arrears worth thousands of pounds
2015 in housing: 12 months of growing crisis
29 December, 2015
We look back on a year of escalating protests over dwindling social housing supply and a Tory focus on homeownership despite booming costs
Lewisham Homes top for reducing arrears in the South
29 December, 2015
Lewisham Homes was the best performing organisation at reducing council tenants' rent arrears in the South of England last year
Thousands of children 'on council housing waiting lists'
29 December, 2015
Tens of thousands of children are on waiting lists for council housing
Council asks housing tenants how rent should be spent
23 December, 2015
Council housing tenants in Caithness are being asked their views on how their rent should be spent
Tenancy sustainment amongst those aged under 35
21 December, 2015
Single men aged 21-25 appear to be the most at risk of eviction and serious arrears
Trying to make sense of current social housing policy
21 December, 2015
Social housing policy has for a long time been muddled
The end of social housing
17 December, 2015
The Housing and Planning Bill is one of the most dangerous and far-reaching pieces of legislation passed in this country in a long time
Welsh Government maintains policy for social housing rents in 2016/17
16 December, 2015
Welsh Government has announced that the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty has agreed to maintain the Welsh Government Policy for Social Housing Rents for 2016/17
Pay to stay to be voluntary for housing associations
16 December, 2015
Terrie Alafat said: "We have warned that pay to stay could discourage social housing tenants from increasing their earnings or finding work"
Bedroom farce
16 December, 2015
We want housing association landlords and tenants to reap the benefits from shorter-term tenancies as well
Are you a council tenant? Then you must be punished
14 December, 2015
The end of lifetime council tenancies looks like another welfare-bashing crapshoot
As a social housing tenant, I have always been treated with dignity
14 December, 2015
After my marriage broke down my housing association flat was my lifeboat - now I'm a member of the association board and it values my opinions
Playing Russian Roulette with housing tenancies
14 December, 2015
The government is in the process of removing security of tenure for council tenants
Oxford City Council breaks homeless housing law
11 December, 2015
Oxford City Council has broken a law against housing homeless families in B&Bs for more than six weeks
Conservative minister says ending lifetime council tenancies will 'help social mobility'
11 December, 2015
Labour MPs attack government for sneaking in changes which will cause insecurity as housing minister Marcus Jones says tenants will benefit
Make 'specified' homes exempt from rent cuts
11 December, 2015
David Orr has called on the government to protect specialist homes, as the reductions in rents may see a decline in services for those that need them the most
The dream of social housing is being chiselled away to nothing
10 December, 2015
The government's new policy of reviewing council tenancies every five years will pitch thousands of people into an uncertain future
Changes to housing benefit for social tenants will hit young people
08 December, 2015
Over the last week I've been unpicking the implications of the announcement that housing benefit for social tenants will be limited to the level of the local housing allowance
The impacts of changes to social rents policy
08 December, 2015
We analyse effects of big changes to social rent policy in England
Social housing sector in rude financial health as HCA reveals £5.3bn cash in hand and high investor confidence
07 December, 2015
The social housing sector is in rude health, according to the Homes and Communities Agency
England Has Lowest Number Of New Socially Rented Homes Since Records Began
04 December, 2015
While the number of new affordable homes in England rose 55% year-on-year, those on social rents - the cheapest on offer - fell to an all-time-low
Lewis challenges councils to spend £2bn on social housing
04 December, 2015
Housing minister Brandon Lewis has challenged local authorities to use more than £2bn to build more social housing
Osborne's devolution experiment will hit poorer councils where it hurts
02 December, 2015
The chancellor talks the talk on decentralisation but he's clawing back central funds with no regard to local councils' tax base, entrenching regional divisions
Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update
02 December, 2015
This quarterly statistical publication provides information on recent trends in
LIN Member Report December 2015 - Spending Review and Autumn Statement
02 December, 2015
LIN member report by Claire Turner
Social housing completions up 10% in Scotland
01 December, 2015
Scotland has seen a 10% increase in the number of social sector homes completed in the past year
Tackling fraud in the social housing sector
01 December, 2015
A short guide for directors and senior managers of housing associations
I'm a tenant, a loser by today's standards. But I won't shut up
01 December, 2015
Trying to voice a tenant's perspective on social housing is like shouting into a hurricane
Sixty Icon 'Pay to stay' will discourage people from increasing earnings or finding work, housing professionals fear
30 November, 2015
The government's 'pay to stay' policy will discourage people living in social housing from increasing their earnings or finding work
Osborne slipped social housing's obituary into the autumn statement
27 November, 2015
Chancellor claims to be 'fixing the roof while the sun is shining'. Cuts to housing benefit and forced sales of council homes say otherwise
South West housing job loss risk after social rent cut
25 November, 2015
Dozens of jobs could go at one of the largest housing associations in the South West due to planned rent cuts
Privatising UK social housing won't work - just look at Europe
24 November, 2015
The government is putting its faith in the market to solve our housing crisis. But many European countries have already done so and regret it
Haringey council tenants protest against 'social cleansing'
24 November, 2015
A group of tenants are protesting against council plans to demolish over three and a half thousand homes on council estates
Ahead of the CSR, tenants living on the edge
24 November, 2015
Wednesday's Comprehensive Spending Review may seal the fate of 100 years of housing associations as independent and community-based organisations if George Osborne decides on the asset sell-off
Council hit out at Pay to Stay scheme
24 November, 2015
Exeter City Council have criticised the Pay to Stay scheme set to be introduced by the government in April 2017
New social homes could be sold off before occupancy under government plans
23 November, 2015
More than 700 new council homes in Hackney could be sold off as soon as they are built and before anyone has lived in them
Pay to Stay: Fairer Rents in Social Housing - National Federation of ALMOs
20 November, 2015
The NFA would like to see councils and its members be able to retain any profit made from implementing this policy to benefit the community
'Shaking off' the stigma of social housing
19 November, 2015
Do you think the reality of social housing is what you watch on the TV series 'Benefits Street'?
Pay to Stay: Fairer Rents in Social Housing - CIH Response
19 November, 2015
In our view the implementation of this policy will lead to a range of perverse outcomes which run counter to government's wider ambitions to deregulate housing providers
Rent cut risks hitting Britain's most vulnerable groups
18 November, 2015
War veterans, people with learning disabilities and victims of domestic violence are just three of the highly vulnerable groups
Who lives in the 4.1m social homes in England and Wales?
18 November, 2015
An analysis of the most recent data shows that households in the social housing sector are older, smaller and more British than people might expect
Peers urged to reject 1% rent cut
17 November, 2015
Peers have been urged to reject the government's plans to impose a 1% rent cut on social housing
I'm not against home ownership, just the destruction of social housing
17 November, 2015
Selling off homes and not replacing them will be catastrophic for the social fabric of estates like mine
'I am no longer willing to be silent - I am a proud tenant'
17 November, 2015
When I was approached last year by my landlord, Cottsway Housing, to write my personal Housing Day story, my first response was to inwardly cringe
The wrong debate about regulation of social landlords
17 November, 2015
Reclassification of housing associations was an accident waiting to happen
What does the Autumn Statement have in store for the social housing sector
16 November, 2015
Commenting ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement on 25 November
How 'pay to stay' housing will penalise disabled people like my daughter
16 November, 2015
My daughter is severely disabled and I have cancer. Not only is there is hardly any housing for us, George Osborne's pay to stay scheme will double our rent
Mortgage and Landlord Possession Statistics Quarterly, England and Wales
13 November, 2015
This quarterly bulletin presents statistics on mortgage and landlord possession actions in the county courts of England and Wales in July to September 2015
George Osborne's social housing ping pong
13 November, 2015
There are some who say that the housing association sector has taken us so far but might not be the right partner for the future
Vulnerable people will be hardest hit by social housing rent cut
12 November, 2015
An annual 1% reduction in social rents will endanger our charity's support for young people and those who need us most
Duncan Smith's great council house giveaway: Millions of tenants could own 70% of their home under scheme being pushed by Work and Pensions Secretary
12 November, 2015
Millions of council tenants could become the owner of most of their home for free
Electricity safety first for Glasgow HA tenants
12 November, 2015
Almost two thirds of fires in Scottish homes are linked to electricity
Residents and landlords need flexibility on tenancies
10 November, 2015
If plans to scrap lifetime tenancies for new social housing tenants go ahead, landlords must be given the flexibility to support different tenants in different areas
Social rents policy: choices and tradeoffs
06 November, 2015
Reductions in social rents announced in the July Budget will be of little or no direct benefit to most of the 3.9 million households in England living in social housing
Young tenants now reliant upon HA support
05 November, 2015
Young social tenants are increasingly reliant upon housing associations for support as their lives become more precarious
Hundreds of thousands of council tenants face a rent rise of up to £3,000 a year
05 November, 2015
Experts warn George Osborne's little noticed 'pay to stay' scheme will leave an estimated 250,000 people in social housing worse off
Cuts to social rents will benefit exchequer more than tenants, but will strengthen work incentives
05 November, 2015
Reductions in social rents announced in the July Budget will be of little or no direct benefit to most of the 3.9 million households in England living in social housing
Local authorities support greater power to residents
04 November, 2015
The overwhelming majority of local authority members, residents and volunteers want to see more collaboration between local authorities and communities
Muir Group announces redundancies due to rent reductions
04 November, 2015
Muir Group have announced that due to the government rent reductions, they will have to make some of their staff redundant
Social housing sector 'worth £1bn in jobs and investment'
03 November, 2015
Social housing organisations generate around £1bn a year in employment and investment in communities
Tenants to get a say on RTB deal
03 November, 2015
Tenants will be able to air their reservations to David Orr
Life coaching for tenants: helping young people avoid eviction
03 November, 2015
There's been a surge in young renters losing their homes. One social landlord is tackling problems early with intensive support
Cheshire East Council says tenants will have no right to buy homes
02 November, 2015
Tenants will not have the right to buy 2,000 planned council houses in east Cheshire, despite the government expanding its right-to-buy scheme
Social housing: future, what future?
30 October, 2015
The government may have begun by slowly boiling the frog of social housing, but it now seems poised to hurl our metaphorical amphibian into a pressure cooker
Social housing builder Genesis blames rent cut as it slashes affordable homes
29 October, 2015
One of Britain's biggest housing associations plans to cut the number of affordable homes it builds each year and double the amount of properties it will sell after George Osborne said he would cut social rents
Pay to Stay Consultation: Fairer Rent in the Social Housing Sector?
29 October, 2015
It is the Government intention to introduce a policy from April 2017 in England to enable housing association to charge rent according to the means of tenants
Thousands of new homes 'at risk' after social rent cut
29 October, 2015
Thousands of new homes are at risk following cuts to social rent, warn Daniel Watney LLP
MP accuses East Thames Housing Association of turfing out tenants
28 October, 2015
Poplar and Limehouse MP Jim Fitzpatrick accuses social landlord of pushing out some of its tenants
Report on Department for Social Development - Advanced Land Purchases
28 October, 2015
C&AG has reported for a number of years on his significant concerns on matters relating to Housing Associations
Housing associations are seeing tenants move from exclusion to real poverty
27 October, 2015
Welfare reform and mounting cuts have made it more difficult for the social housing sector to help tenants in financial crisis
The Tory policy that encourages people to work less hard or lose their home
26 October, 2015
Despite the government's claim to represent hardworking families, 'pay to stay' will force some social housing tenants to actually work less
Clueless David Cameron's callous assault on social housing makes no sense at all
26 October, 2015
The Tories have mounted such a sustained assault on social housing it's a miracle more aren't homeless says People political editor Nigel Nelson
North Ayrshire Council seeks tenants' views on proposed rent charges
26 October, 2015
Council tenants in North Ayrshire are being urged to have their say on proposed rent charges for next year
Dozens of Aspire staff face the axe as rents are cut
23 October, 2015
Up to 70 housing association staff are facing redundancy - because tenant's rents are being cut
Changing perceptions is key to the future of the social housing sector
23 October, 2015
The North West Housing conference is underway, with speeches from many prominent figures across the social housing sector addressing the 200 delegates
LIN Press Release - Right to Rent being extended across England from 1 February 2016
20 October, 2015
LIN Press Release - Right to Rent being extended across England from 1 February 2016
Immigration Act Rollout Announcement
20 October, 2015
The Home Office has announced details of the rollout of Right to Rent checks.From 1 February 2016 all landlords and letting agents in England who allow a tenancy will need to make checks on ID for all adult occupiers
No one asked social tenants if they want right to buy or lower rent
20 October, 2015
Many social housing tenants are worried these policies threaten the future of the sector - but government doesn't ask for their views
Innovative App could help social landlords tackle fuel poverty
16 October, 2015
An innovative new app for social landlords and housebuilders was officially launched this week
7,000 council homes a year could be lost if right to buy funding gap isn't closed
15 October, 2015
Almost 7,000 council homes a year could be lost when right to buy is extended to housing associations in England if no extra funding is provided
Tim Farron blasts David Cameron's 'assault on social housing'
14 October, 2015
Lib Dem leader says prime minister is 'choosing to turn a blind eye and ignore the most vulnerable people in Britain'
'We've had to go without food' - personal stories of the bedroom tax
14 October, 2015
Social housing tenants, embarrassed and powerless, share experiences of life under the bedroom tax
Pay to Stay: Fairer Rents in Social Housing
14 October, 2015
The Government's view is that tenants in social housing should not always benefit automatically from subsidised rents
Tackling Fuel Poverty in Social Housing
14 October, 2015
The main thrust of the new Government Policy for energy efficiency, is to tackle the overriding problems of Fuel Poverty in the UK, particularly in the social housing sector
Reducing risk in the social housing sector
13 October, 2015
2015 has brought with it a number of changes to Britain's welfare system
Eastern European tenants in social housing 'trebled since 2007'
13 October, 2015
The proportion of typical social housing in England being let to Eastern Europeans has trebled over the last eight years
David Cameron's "Generation Buy" pledge criticised by major Worcestershire social housing landlord
13 October, 2015
The chief executive of Worcestershire's biggest social housing provider has criticised David Cameron's tactic to create "Generation Buy"
E-Safety and young people
12 October, 2015
Improving understanding and support in the social housing sector
I fear the 1% cut to my social housing rent will lead to poorer service
09 October, 2015
Vital maintenance work will be hit if the government doesn't compensate councils - and writing off historic and unfair debt is the way to do it
Fair rents will ensure higher-earning tenants 'pay to stay'
09 October, 2015
Higher-earning tenants in social housing, will pay a fair level of rent to continue living there, under consultation proposals
Helping to protect tenants and people who use the services of social landlords
09 October, 2015
We are the independent Regulator of just under 200 social landlords
Social Housing Lettings : April 2014 to March 2015, England
07 October, 2015
Social housing lettings by private registered providers decreased by 1% to 268,273 in 2014/15
David Cameron is on track to kill off social housing
07 October, 2015
No one who has followed the past five years of Tory policy will be surprised that government wants to scrap the requirement to build affordable homes
Why we're voting against the social housing right-to-buy deal
01 October, 2015
Here at Red Kite community housing, we think the ballot to extend right to buy could be another bedroom tax moment in the making
Don't be fooled - housing associations are still under threat
01 October, 2015
The threat to social housing is still very real, and it hasn't gone away
Jeremy Corbyn speech: intense focus on social housebuilding and tenant rights
30 September, 2015
The Labour party leader has said housing is his number one priority, so what was announced in his speech?
Housing associations' deal over right to buy could lead to the "social cleansing" of rich British cities
30 September, 2015
Housing associations have until five o'clock on Friday afternoon to accept a "voluntary" deal on the right to buy that could change social housing for ever
I've been happily renting my council flat for 24 years - but for how much longer?
30 September, 2015
I held out against right to buy as I strongly believe in the principle of council homes and mixed communities
Private registered provider social housing stock in England
29 September, 2015
Statistical data return 2014-2015
Corbyn commits to council housing
29 September, 2015
The Labour Party's new leader has pledged to start a very large council house building programme
Property prices are not reduced by integrated social housing
28 September, 2015
New research by the NHBC Foundation has found that house prices are not reduced on developments which successfully integrate social and private housing
Why we must fight tooth and claw against social housing sell-off
25 September, 2015
In a sector already ravaged by right to buy, millions more homes may now be at risk of privatisation
Why Social Housing Matters
25 September, 2015
The timely release of homelessness figures is a reminder for both the sector and Central Government why social housing is badly needed
Out in the cold: The UK's social housing emergency
25 September, 2015
Forcible evictions fuel a housing crunch amid sharp welfare cuts and surging rent costs in London
Social landlords must be wondering how much longer they can survive
24 September, 2015
Welfare cuts are forcing housing associations to adapt or die, while their role to provide affordable housing for the poorest is under threat
Why social landlords are knocking on doors to help young tenants find jobs
24 September, 2015
Plans to scrap housing benefit for unemployed 18-21 year olds have forced housing associations into doing more to help tenants find work
On social housing, Tory ideology trumps all evidence
23 September, 2015
The Conservative government has declared war on housing associations despite them being a success story
Social housing must plan for a radically different future
22 September, 2015
My advice for housing associations at this year's National Housing Federation conference is to connect with politicians and think business
Syrian refugees - what can social landlords do to help?
22 September, 2015
Up to 20,000 refugees will be resettled in Britain from Syria
Sitra briefing on rent reduction
21 September, 2015
The Welfare Reform and Work Bill makes a provision that housing association rents are to be reduced 1% per year for 4 years starting in April 2016
New website could 'change the face of the social housing sector'
21 September, 2015
Social home seekers could see the way they find their property change thanks to "an innovative website that could change the face of the social housing sector"
National Federation of ALMOs' submission to the Public Bill Committee on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16
18 September, 2015
The supply and affordability of housing is a central issue for Government both because of the cost to the welfare system of supporting low income households in private rented housing
Council forces entry to service tenants gas boiler
18 September, 2015
Carmarthenshire County Council has executed a warrant to gain entry into a Llanelli tenant's home after failed attempts to service his gas boiler
Free broadband satellite dishes for remote homes
16 September, 2015
Government to launch pilot scheme to deliver universal service commitment
Project tackling fuel poverty wins 'Community Heating Project' award
16 September, 2015
Kensa Heat Pumps and Trent & Dove Housing's joint project aimed at tackling fuel poverty in 133 rural sheltered housing bungalows in Staffordshire has been awarded 'Community Heating Project of the Year'
Council set to withdraw energy efficiency programme
15 September, 2015
Following national problems with the government's flagship energy efficiency Green Deal, Birmingham City Council are set to approve the city's withdrawal from its own local version of the initiative
LIN member report September 2015 - Sector Based Work Academies - Getting Tenants into Work
15 September, 2015
LIN member report written by Richard Walker
Adapting neighbourhood management for Universal Credit
15 September, 2015
In the days of austerity Ashton Pioneer Homes have learned valuable lessons as the first pathfinder for Universal Credit
New Scottish fund to help the young find work
15 September, 2015
Councils are to receive nearly £6m of government cash to help young people prepare for the world of work and get jobs
Council houses have been sold at 70% under their market value
14 September, 2015
The discounts are bigger than those ever envisaged by Margaret Thatcher and amount to almost £4bn, a Guardian investigation has found
Council on course to become property developer
14 September, 2015
Cambridgeshire County Council is set to be the first local authority of its kind in the UK to become a commercial property developer
Tenants' Right To Buy Will Bring Mixed Fortunes For English Housing Associations
10 September, 2015
Report
Council's solar panel plan scuppered
10 September, 2015
Government proposals to slash the household returns from solar panels have scuppered Carmarthenshire council's plan to install solar panels on around 2,700 of its homes
Residents helped to get online in Warrington
10 September, 2015
A new scheme that will help local people access the internet, learn new skills and access services online has been launched in Warrington.
Spike in social housing tenants leaving Cambridge to rent - more evidence of 'social cleansing'?
09 September, 2015
There are fresh fears about the "social cleansing" of Cambridge after new figures showed a flood of people leaving the city for cheaper housing
Help your tenants register for their free gas safety toolkit
02 September, 2015
For Gas Safety Week 2015, show tenants how to get a free Gas Safety Toolkit
Are current approaches to measuring and analysing resident satisfaction fit for purpose?
26 August, 2015
Using surveys to measure resident satisfaction has become one of the key ways to assess the effectiveness of housing providers
Rent setting: social housing (England)
25 August, 2015
In 2002 the Labour Government introduced a rent convergence policy under which, over a ten year period, rents in social housing were to be brought into alignment
Full data released: Right to Buy to Let
24 August, 2015
Inside Housing reveals the full data behind its investigation into Right to Buy re-lets.
Immune to welfare cuts but older tenants need money advice more than most
21 August, 2015
Report by Housing Care 21
Government housing sell-off is 'impossible'
20 August, 2015
A LEADING Wychavon councillor has described the Government's policy to sell off housing association properties as 'impossible.'
Worklessness and social housing: a look behind the numbers
19 August, 2015
Social housing is stigmatised for high rates of unemployment among tenants, but there's more to the numbers than meets the eye
Profit or purpose? The fight over the future of social housing in Britain
17 August, 2015
A housing association's decision to stop building homes for the poor has left the sector divided over its future. Is this the beginning of the end for social housing?
London borough of Newham has highest social rents in England and Wales
13 August, 2015
The London borough of Newham has the highest average social rent in England and Wales, according to housing costs analysis from the Office for National Statistics
Council tenants set to save more than £1.4m in heating bills
13 August, 2015
Sheffield council tenants are set to save more than £1.4million on their annual heating bills through a new initiative being delivered to thousands of council homes across the city
Sheltered housing and extra care housing by LA in Wales (March 2015)
10 August, 2015
Social rented stock for Welsh social landlords by local authority area by the number of sheltered housing and extra care housing units of accommodation
Social housing stock and rents
07 August, 2015
An annual report which includes information on the number of dwellings, bedsits and bedspaces owned or partly owned by local authorities and registered social landlords
Quakers welcome House of Lords amendment to Charities Bill as right to buy threat looms
06 August, 2015
The Quaker movement is backing a House of Lords amendment to the Charities Bill that will protect homes under threat from government plans to extend the right to buy to housing associations
Scrutiny Live - Findings with Evidence
31 July, 2015
When we got together to plan Scrutiny Live earlier this year, we couldn't have imagined the support and encouragement we would get from so many people
Opinion: The right to play
30 July, 2015
Affinity Sutton has taken the decision to remove all 'No ball games' signs on its estates
Housing rent reduction policy will hit plans to build 42,000 new homes
29 July, 2015
Proposals announced in the Summer Budget to lower rents for social housing tenants could force district councils to scrap plans to build an extra 40,000 new homes over the next 30 years
'Bedroom tax' cash help for Welsh tenants urged by AMs
28 July, 2015
Social housing tenants hit by the so-called bedroom tax should get more financial help from the Welsh government
George Osborne's social housing rent cut to save tenants £s, cost Cheltenham Borough Council £7m
24 July, 2015
With one hand he giveth and with the other he taketh away
What is the government's five-year vision for social housing?
23 July, 2015
After the right to buy and cuts to rental income take effect, social housing will be a far smaller player in the housing market
Social rent cut set to take £2.6bn from councils
21 July, 2015
Chancellor George Osborne's decision to cut social housing rents by 1% in each of the next four years will cost local authorities a total of £2.6bn in lost revenue
English housing survey 2013 to 2014: household report
17 July, 2015
Annual report on households in England, covering themes such as housing needs, housing moves, and vulnerable and disadvantaged groups
The government's plans are nothing short of an attack on social housing
15 July, 2015
Social housing used not to be the preserve of the few. That's a ideal worth harking back to
Will Osborne's social housing rent rises for high-earners discourage work?
08 July, 2015
Despite rallying against the culture of worklessness, the UK chancellor's budget plans seem to discourage tenants from work - and further divide communities
Summer Budget: Social housing and welfare - the details
08 July, 2015
George Osborne today delivered sweeping changes to rents and benefits in a Summer Budget that could change the face of social housing forever
How to effectively manage void properties
07 July, 2015
Re-letting empty properties is a core function for housing providers
George Osborne's emergency budget has social housing tenants in its sights
06 July, 2015
George Osborne has social housing tenants firmly in his sights in this week's emergency budget
Public sector could save billions without cutting frontline services
03 July, 2015
Whitehall can expect huge cuts in the emergency budget but there is scope for major efficiencies in procurement and shared services
Quarterly Survey of Private Registered Providers
02 July, 2015
The survey indicates that the sector as a whole remains financially strong with access to sufficient finance
How We Work
02 July, 2015
The Scottish Housing Regulator has made more information available about how it assesses risk in registered social landlords (RSLs) and local authorities
Millions spent papering over the cracks of bedroom tax disaster
02 July, 2015
Merseyside councils last year paid out £4.6 million in discretionary housing payments (DHPs) to help households affected by the bedroom tax
Social housing sector continues in a strong financial position
02 July, 2015
The social housing sector remains in a strong financial position with access to sufficient finance
Bedroom tax protesters campaign at the Senedd
01 July, 2015
Campaigners from across South Wales attended the protest at the Senedd against the Bedroom Tax
Agents and landlords rise up in anger against new licensing scheme
01 July, 2015
A LA faces the possibility of a judicial review just 3 months ahead of its plans to introduce Newham-style blanket licensing of all rental properties
Scottish Housing Regulator welcomes new report on value for money
30 June, 2015
The Scottish Housing Regulator has welcomed a new report contributing to the debate on what value for money means
Housing associations excluding homeless tenants
30 June, 2015
Demanding rent in advance is at odds with the ethos and role of social landlords and stops homeless people getting accommodation
Properties being let in shortest time on record
29 June, 2015
One third of new lets are being agreed before the existing tenant moves out
Right to rent: all landlords must check immigration status or face £3,000 fine
29 June, 2015
Landlords in England will be responsible for spotting illegal tenants 'from September' after a trial in the West Midlands results in fines
Newcastle City Council 'forced' to plunder welfare funds
29 June, 2015
A north-east of England council says government budget cuts are forcing it to use funding earmarked for vulnerable residents
Housing and Poverty
29 June, 2015
Until recently, a combination of social housing, Housing Benefit and the homelessness safety net has provided protection against poverty
Regulator's National Panel says quality of homes central to tenant satisfaction
26 June, 2015
The quality of tenants' homes, speed of emergency repairs response and affordability are central to tenant satisfaction
David Cameron under pressure from Tory MPs to review controversial 'bedroom tax'
25 June, 2015
Conservative MPs reported the controversial policy proved hugely unpopular on the doorsteps during the general election campaign
Living wage in the social housing sector: what housing associations told us
25 June, 2015
Lowest-paid staff in social housing sector receive below the living wage, at an average of £7.69 per hour, Guardian survey finds
IDS warned of social housing evictions risk posed by lower benefit cap and universal credit
23 June, 2015
A lower benefit cap combined with the introduction of direct rent payments under universal credit could lead to a rise in evictions from social housing
Regulating The Standard
19 June, 2015
This new version of 'Regulating the Standards' outlines the regulator's operational approach to assessing providers' compliance with the economic and consumer standards
Social rent setting policy proposed for NI
19 June, 2015
DSD yesterday briefed the Social Development Committee on proposals for a social rent setting policy for Northern Ireland
Why the government's long-term economic plan should include building more social rented homes
18 June, 2015
CIH policy adviser John Perry examines the case for building more low-rent homes set out in a new report
Tenants calling UK government - is anyone out there?
18 June, 2015
Social housing tenants are a diverse bunch
Building New Social Rent Homes
17 June, 2015
A report by Capital Economics for SHOUT and the NFA #BuildToSave
1.3 million social housing tenants miss out on savings
17 June, 2015
People in social housing to get fair and affordable access to essential, everyday services
Housing the Nation: Ensuring councils can deliver more and better homes
02 June, 2015
At this timely seminar APSE and the TCPA will launch a high-profile research study which demonstrates that local authorities can - and want to - deliver more and better housing
Opinion: Five ways Housing Associations can challenge the right to buy
27 May, 2015
Rob Gershon looks at innovative ways that the right to buy could be undermined
LibDems uneasy over sharing tenants' rent history with credit reference agency
20 May, 2015
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have expressed concern over a letter which they say has been sent to tenants by Coastal Housing Group
Temporary Accommodation - a long way from home
20 May, 2015
The worst effects of the housing crisis have been starkly illustrated by the news of unprecedented numbers of homeless families being sent out of London
£108m to improve social housing in Wales
19 May, 2015
More than £100m is to be spent on improving Wales' stock of social housing, the Welsh government has announced
Social landlords expect cuts to trigger new wave of homelessness
18 May, 2015
Report based on survey of English housing associations and councils suggests government moves to restrict benefits will result in a surge in tenant evictions
Social housing problems
18 May, 2015
Danny Cox sits in for Ali and discusses if Oxford City Council should be allowed to move social housing tenants as far away as Birmingham and Coventry?
Easing the burden
18 May, 2015
The impact of welfare reform on local government and the social housing sector
After the election, what happens now for residents?
15 May, 2015
After the surprise election result, attention has now turned to what the Conservatives' policy proposals could mean for social housing and social tenants
£800m shortfall on social housing in London since 2011 revealed
12 May, 2015
Proportion of homes started each year in capital that are affordable has halved after cut in social housing subsidy
What are the implications of the election result for the social housing sector?
11 May, 2015
Many in the sector were taken aback by the Conservative Party's right to buy proposals
London council pays tenants to leave the crowded city
08 May, 2015
As rents rise and population exceeds 8.6 million renters offered up to £6,000 to leave
Social landlords lock tenants into energy companies and fuel poverty
06 May, 2015
Some social housing tenants are unable to switch their energy suppliers for heating and hot water because their social landlord has 'locked' them in to buying from one supplier
Five ways social landlords can be better at procurement
05 May, 2015
In the changing landscape of social housing, we ask an expert how landlords can improve supply management to get the best results for their tenants
Money advice leads to £3m savings for tenants
01 May, 2015
Tenants in County Durham are now more than £3m better off thanks to the advice and support provided by their local housing association
Tories' right to buy 'could dent public finances and reduce social housing'
27 April, 2015
IFS sounds warning over flagship Tory policy, saying sale of best council stock also risks widening gulf between rich and poor
Why Labour's rent cap won't make your rent cheaper
27 April, 2015
Sounds a bit strange to say this but it's absolutely true, however, it will make your tenure more secure
Financial plight of social housing tenants revealed
24 April, 2015
More than 80% of social housing tenants have seen no sign of their financial situation improving despite an upturn in the economy
A question of tenant satisfaction
21 April, 2015
I read with interest the 24dash.com article from HouseMark chief executive Ross Fraser on tenant satisfaction in social housing
Don't trip up: six things to watch out for with universal credit
20 April, 2015
The introduction of universal credit means big changes for social landlords and tenants
The Tories don't believe in the principle of social housing
17 April, 2015
An extension of Right to Buy will segregate communities, especially in London
The truth about tenant satisfaction
17 April, 2015
This week, we published our annual review of the latest Star tenant satisfaction survey results which reveal that satisfaction levels amongst social housing tenants has remained constant
Rents and Equality. Barnet, again
16 April, 2015
It appears that Barnet Council (via the Mayor's casting vote) are determined to carry on with their plan to raise rents for council tenants
The fuel poverty strategy - what does it mean for social landlords?
16 April, 2015
In 2014 the Government unveiled a revised fuel poverty target
Tenants to Benefit from Renewable Heat
16 April, 2015
The UK's most ambitious retrofit upgrades programme featuring ground source heat pumps in social housing is set to halve the energy costs of over 130 residents
Ten energy-saving tips for tenants that are cheap and easy to follow
16 April, 2015
You don't have to live in the dark or stop washing to save energy
Another nail in the coffin of social housing
14 April, 2015
As they head into the general election, all the parties recognise that there is a severe housing shortage
Right to Buy will cost £4bn in housing benefit
14 April, 2015
The Conservative party's pledge to grant 1.3 million housing association tenants the right to buy their homes would cost the country £4 billion more in housing benefit
Council tax: six steps local authorities can take before sending in the bailiffs
13 April, 2015
Arrears need to be recovered in a more sustainable way to prevent households sinking into problem debt
Council privately rent houses - as 1,700 still on waiting list
07 April, 2015
Council houses are being offered for rent on the open market because people do not want to live in them
Low pay and benefits the 'new normal' for social housing tenants
31 March, 2015
A combination of low pay and benefits has become the 'new normal' for social housing tenants
Two fires a day in London high rise flats 'show landlords must act'
23 March, 2015
Fire chiefs have called for landlords to act after figures showed nearly two fires a day are reported in London's high rise flats
Landmark disability discrimination judgment
20 March, 2015
The ruling means that, in most cases where there is likely to be an arguable case that the tenant has been discriminated against on the grounds of their disability, it will not be dealt with in a summary hearing
Victoria's social housing plan not discriminatory
13 March, 2015
Richard Wynne says allowing developers to build cheaper housing away from apartment complexes more 'flexible'
Nine out of 10 tenants are satisfied with social landlords' services
12 March, 2015
Eighty eight per cent of tenants of Scottish social landlords are satisfied with the service provided by their landlord
Fewer council tenants will get help with rent after new cuts
11 March, 2015
Fewer housing benefit claimants in Oxford will be eligible for money to help them pay their rent after funding was cut.
Opinion: How housing associations are empowering communities
11 March, 2015
As traditional methods of support for communities are undermined, social landlords have an increasingly important role to play.
The cost of the cuts: the impact on local government and poorer communities
11 March, 2015
Cuts to local authority budgets are having a profound effect on the services people receive.
Councils turning to bailiffs to evict tenants, instead of helping them with rent arrears
09 March, 2015
Councils have been accused of turning to bailiffs and the courts rather than helping people in rent arrears
'Dickensian' poor doors separating wealthy tenants should be banned
09 March, 2015
Developers should be banned from the "Dickensian" practice of having separate "poor doors" for social housing tenants
Social housing rents - playing the percentage game
09 March, 2015
Inflation is falling and could soon reach a negative figure - but neither tenants nor social landlords should start celebrating when it comes to rents
New support for social tenants who want to work
09 March, 2015
Social tenants who need to move for work will no longer be pushed to the back of the housing waiting list
Social housing vacancies, lettings and rent arrears, 2013-14
06 March, 2015
Social housing refers to dwellings, bedsits and bedspaces owned, or partly owned, by local authorities and Registered Social Landlords
Clanmil Housing Helps Tenants become "Savvy Savers"
05 March, 2015
The Clanmil Housing Group has launched an innovative new scheme offering its tenants an opportunity and incentive to start saving
I have succeeded to a tenancy, why can't I stay?
04 March, 2015
Many people live with and care for a family member tenant of a housing association or council property, with the expectation that they will be able to remain there and take over the tenancy if the tenant should die
70% rise in Dundee council house rent arrears
03 March, 2015
The number of former council house tenants in arrears has risen by more than 70%
UK rents up yet again in January
27 February, 2015
UK rents went up 2.5% in January, with the average monthly rent now £889
Housing Benefit overpayments guide
27 February, 2015
This guide is for staff who deal with Housing Benefit overpayments for local authorities and housing authorities
Renters at higher risk of mental health problems
26 February, 2015
Renters are 75% more likely to experience serious anxiety and depression than home-owners
Flexible Direct Debit days could see rent payments rise 20%
25 February, 2015
A public sector payment specialist has urged housing providers to adopt 'any day' rent payments for Direct Debits
Tenant voices
24 February, 2015
As the housing world continues to change at a rapid pace, there is a danger that the views of tenants get lost amidst debates about policy and funding
Six ways landlords can help social housing tenants to move home
24 February, 2015
From home swaps to financial support, here's how to help tenants downsize to avoid the bedroom tax or move house for a new job
33,000 social homes lost to right to buy since 2012
24 February, 2015
The country has lost 33,000 of its social homes to the controversial right to buy scheme since the Tory-led coalition 'reinvigorated' the policy in 2012
North East social landlords come together to raise gas safety awareness
24 February, 2015
Coast & Country Housing hosted a meeting of North East-registered social landlords to share best practice and raise safety standards
One council house is built to replace every 21 sold to tenants
20 February, 2015
Only one new home is being provided to replace every 21 that are being sold to council tenants under the government's right-to-buy scheme
Sector shows improved performance in meeting value for money standards
19 February, 2015
The latest assessment of registered providers' value for money submissions shows an overall improvement in the sector's compliance with the regulator's standard
Fuel advice service helps GHA tenants cut bills by £450,000
17 February, 2015
Tenants of Scotland's biggest social landlord have been helped to save more than £450,000 on their energy bills over the past year
Housing Benefit overpayment recovery good practice
16 February, 2015
Good practice for local authority staff on recovering Housing Benefit overpayments
Evictions from rented homes hit record levels in 2014
13 February, 2015
Homes in England and Wales being repossessed at a rate of 115 a day
Sector 'speechless' over Tory plan to give away millions of social homes
13 February, 2015
A Tory plan to potentially give away millions of social homes to people who stop claiming benefits has caused uproar
Number of evictions rise but have landlords got better?
13 February, 2015
The number of tenants being turned out of their homes by bailiffs rises to a record high, but the number of private landlords making claims to evict tenants falls
Housing Benefit fraud and error: local authority insight survey wave 27
12 February, 2015
This research seeks to understand what local authorities are doing to prevent fraud and error in Housing Benefit
Lack of competition from diminished social housing helps fuel buy-to-let boom
11 February, 2015
A lack of new social housing is slamming the brakes on a potential competitor to the buy-to-let juggernaut
Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme: local authority monitoring template
10 February, 2015
Local authority template to monitor reductions in weekly Housing Benefit entitlement under the Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme
Council moves to bring overcrowded private sector flats into social housing sector
06 February, 2015
A council has embarked on a £9.3 million mission to bring four blocks of privately-owned tenement flats into the social housing sector
Social housing tenants banned from luxury garden
05 February, 2015
Southwark's planning committee has agreed to alter the legal agreement for the One Tower Bridge development to prevent tenants of a new block of council housing from being able to use the communal garden
Why a Labour win is a disaster for homeowners, landlords and tenants
04 February, 2015
Mansion tax is "rich-bashing" and pure "vote winning", says property expert
Labour will help 9m renters save £600 each, Ed Miliband to promise
03 February, 2015
Nine million renters would save more than £600 each in the next parliament under Labour's plans to ban letting agent fees and cap rent increases for longer-term tenants
Social Housing A force for good
03 February, 2015
Social housing is in my blood, it provided a home when I was homeless and a job when I was unemployed
Council Tax Exemptions for Charitable Housing Associations
30 January, 2015
Judgment was handed down today in 3 appeals concerning whether a charitable housing association is entitled to council tax exemption for the void periods between lets
Social landlord looks to sell empty homes as bedroom tax bites
30 January, 2015
A social landlord has "reluctantly" asked the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) for permission to sell over 100 of its empty homes
Fraudsters thwarted by councils in London to the tune of £73 million
30 January, 2015
Fraud in London has increased by 46% since last year, a new study has found
The second year of value for money self-assessment - Insight to the sector experience and good practice
28 January, 2015
This publication should be of use to those with an interest in improving the approach to VFM self-assessment
The challenges of superdiversity for social housing
27 January, 2015
The changing nature of many urban communities in the UK is providing challenges to traditional models of managing social housing
£1 million in extra funding for tenants secured by housing association
27 January, 2015
One of London's largest housing associations has managed to secure £1 million in additional benefit income for its tenants over the past two years
Court forces tenants to comply with Council's gas safety checks
26 January, 2015
A judge has ordered two tenants to allow Swindon Borough Council to carry out essential gas safety checks at their homes after they persistently refused to give access to engineers
Reform, Risk And Resilience: Social Housing In Scotland
26 January, 2015
The social housing sector in Scotland, chiefly housing association and council housing providers, confront a wide array of external and internal risks
Social landlords 'still uncertain' about value for money rules
23 January, 2015
Survey finds social landlords think rules could be more clear
Why letting council tenants own their homes is a mistake
23 January, 2015
Selling off more council houses is no answer to Britain's housing problems,
Social tenant evicted after sons' reign of terror
22 January, 2015
A family from Birkenhead has been evicted from their social housing property after a string of anti-social behaviour
Food bank receives critical cash boost
22 January, 2015
Social landlord Isos has committed to supporting the crucial work of the West Northumberland Food Bank for a second year to help feed those in need
Social landlord puts £8,000 into food bank
21 January, 2015
A North East social landlord has put nearly £8,000 into a food bank to help support its staffing costs and provide advice and support to people currently using the service
Visa warns social landlords of possible rent payments bombshell
21 January, 2015
Housing associations and local authorities are being alerted to changes in transaction costs for rent payments made using a debit card
DWP stopping benefits of 100 people with mental health problems everyday
21 January, 2015
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is stopping the benefits of people with mental health problems at a rate of over 100 a day, new data has shown
Jobcentre 'hit squads' set up benefit claimants to fail, says former official
21 January, 2015
Bosses accused of setting targets for sanctions, while unscrupulous staff targeted weak and vulnerable customers
Householders hoping to get green deal assessments are out of pocket
21 January, 2015
Householders who arranged a green deal assessment through a firm called Tivium believing it was part of the government's official scheme are out of pocket after the firm failed to carry out promised work
'We cut back on everything to pay the rent - including food'
21 January, 2015
Michelle and Kevin live in Cambridge. When Kevin became self-employed, a cut in tax credits and housing benefit left the family facing homelessness
LHA rates may increase by up to 4% in certain areas of NI
21 January, 2015
A new statutory instrument takes effect on 20 January that will allow for the uprating of Local Housing Allowance by up to 4% in certain parts of Northern Ireland
Full employment alone will not close the living standards gap
21 January, 2015
Full employment must go hand-in-hand with better pay and government support for low-paid workers as a new report highlights the gulf in living standards for many families, says Katie Schmeucker
Should I support 'rent control'? The devil is in the detail
21 January, 2015
At the beginning of the month the Independent reported that 'almost nobody in the UK is opposed to rent controls'; polling showed that 59% of people supported their reintroduction. 7% were in opposition and a sizeable 34% didn't know
'We need to adapt to the new digital landscape'
21 January, 2015
Ahead of CIH's latest digital housing event, Nick Atkin, chief executive of Halton Housing Trust, says social landlords must look to other industries and embrace new technology
Housing association's new chief executive welcomes 'milestone' move into private rented sector
20 January, 2015
The new chief executive of a housing association has hailed its decision to move into the private rented sector as a "milestone" moment for the organisation
30-year tenant evicted as council tackles ASB across borough
20 January, 2015
A nightmare tenant whose drunken arguments with her son made her neighbours' lives a misery has been evicted from her North London home of 30 years
Tenant voices
20 January, 2015
As the housing world continues to change at a rapid pace, there is a danger that the views of tenants get lost amidst debates about policy and funding
Regulator raps landlord over gas safety failures
20 January, 2015
A 20,500-home housing association has become the latest social landlord rapped by the English social housing regulator for failing to carry out sufficient gas safety checks
Value for money statements - Four ways you can make yours far better
19 January, 2015
The Homes and Communities Agency has written to 160 landlords warning them to do better on meeting the requirements of the value for money standard
Hundreds of households in temporary accommodation for more than a decade
16 January, 2015
Nearly 700 households in London have been living in temporary accommodation for more than a decade
Increase in councils' rent loss from empty properties
16 January, 2015
The amount of rent English councils lost due to empty homes rose for the second consecutive year in 2013/14
Welfare reform forces up repairs costs
15 January, 2015
Housing associations in parts of England have been forced to increase spending on repairs and maintenance to entice new tenants into larger homes due to the government's welfare reforms
Cash incentive for residents
15 January, 2015
A cash incentive has been launched by Essex housing association Colne to help residents avoid getting into debt with high-interest and payday lenders
Even more social rented homes lost in 2014 than in 2013
15 January, 2015
Statistics published just before Christmas show that the loss of housing let at social rents is speeding up
Jargon Buster a guide to housing jargon for tenants and housing staff
14 January, 2015
This quick and easy Jargon Buster gives explanations to some of the many terms and acronyms Tenants and Housing Staff may come across in relation to Social Housing
Digital inclusion - Staying online
14 January, 2015
Rapid changes in digital technology pose challenges for tenants and landlords alike. Louise Kingdon asks how the social housing sector should respond
'Chronic social housing shortage' leaves 1 in 10 homeless households in temporary accommodation for over a year
13 January, 2015
One in 10 homeless households in Scotland spend more than a year in temporary accommodation
High street lettings agency debut for council
13 January, 2015
The housing department of an east London local authority has made its high street debut with its very own lettings agency
Impact of welfare reforms on housing associations
09 January, 2015
Effects and responses by landlords
Flats refurb scheme halves tenants' heating bills
09 January, 2015
Tenants living in three blocks of flats in east Manchester have had their annual heating bills halved, thanks to a refurbishment scheme
Managing the Impact of Welfare Reform Changes on Social Housing Tenants in Wales
08 January, 2015
This report looks at the impact of welfare reform changes on social housing tenants in Wales
High house prices breed a new generation of 'revolving door' renters
07 January, 2015
Almost a million more people in England rent their home than they did five years ago
Rent setting for social housing tenancies (England)
06 January, 2015
This note explains policy developments in relation to setting social housing rent levels in England since 2002
Wheatley Group helps thousands of tenants keep warm this winter
06 January, 2015
Thousands of older tenants are being helped to stay warm and cosy this winter
New Approaches to delivering social value
05 January, 2015
Housing associations and local authorities are called 'social' landlords for an obvious reason
Council vows to protect tenants with rents freeze
01 January, 2015
A local authority in the West Midlands has vowed to "protect working families" by announcing plans to freeze all council housing rents
Number of evicted tenants is soaring
30 December, 2014
Soaring numbers of tenants are being turned out of their homes by bailiffs
Housing association lowers proposed rent increase
24 December, 2014
A Scottish housing association has cut back on proposed rent increases as tenants struggle to cope with the cost of living
The future of social housing - a look ahead to 2015
23 December, 2014
What do you anticipate will be the biggest challenge facing Housing Associations during 2015
Engaging with tenants
22 December, 2014
This year has been the year UKHousing decided to take to social media en masse
Social landlords 'could be breaking criminal law' over consumer regulation
19 December, 2014
Housing associations providing debt advice to tenants without authorisation from the UK financial watchdog are breaking criminal laws
Social housing providers warned full impact of welfare reform yet to come
19 December, 2014
The social housing sector is yet to feel the full impact of the Tory-led coalition's welfare reforms
Direct Payment Demonstration Projects: final reports
18 December, 2014
Final evaluation of the Direct Payment Demonstration Project relating to the direct payment of Housing Benefit to tenants in social housing
Housing costs for tenants in social housing
18 December, 2014
Research about communications with social housing tenants affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy
Social housing lettings in England: April 2013 to March 2014
17 December, 2014
DCLG collects and publishes official statistics relating to deprivation, fire and rescue services, housing and homelessness, local government finance, planning performance and land use
Social housing app brings a touch of 'Tinder' to house swaps and wins £40,000 open data innovation prize
17 December, 2014
A new smartphone app, MoveMaker, has won the Housing Open Data Challenge
How a group of tenants got their social landlord to take their damp problems seriously
17 December, 2014
A group of social housing tenants operating under the collective pseudonym 'Bessy Banks' started an online campaign to get their landlord Bromford Housing Group to sort out damp problems
Think Rent First
17 December, 2014
Homes for Northumberland (HfN) is urging its tenants to put their rent first this Christmas
Record number of homeless families in 'out of area' temporary accommodation
12 December, 2014
High rents and housing benefit cap making it harder for councils to find safe and decent places in local area
Public perceptions of social tenants and the social rented sector
12 December, 2014
The British public are positive towards contribution and value of social housing
Local authority housing statistics : year ending March 2014
12 December, 2014
The focus of this statistical release is on social housing that is owned and managed by local authorities
How to create sustainable tenancies
12 December, 2014
What's the best way of creating sustainable tenancies? Business improvement consultant Cath Davies shares her top tips for social landlords
Diane Abbott pledges rent controls in mayoral bid
11 December, 2014
A London mayoral hopeful has pledged to cap private rents in the capital and levy cash from private landlords to build more social housing
London has 75% of England's temporary accommodation households
11 December, 2014
The number of London households in temporary accommodation accounts for 75% of England's total
Council tenant evictions soar following bedroom tax introduction
11 December, 2014
The number of council tenants evicted for rent arrears soared by 19% in the first year of the bedroom tax
Six ways to reduce evictions
11 December, 2014
Evictions are at an all-time high as benefit cuts take their toll on residents. How can housing providers buck the trend and help people to stay in their homes?
Sheffield gets Christmas spirit by telling residents to pay their rent
10 December, 2014
Sheffield Council is urging its tenants "to put their rent first this Christmas" and offering them a chance to win £250 of shopping vouchers
Tenant evicted due to state of garden
08 December, 2014
Nottingham City Homes is warning its tenants to make sure they keep their gardens tidy - or else face eviction as one former tenant has
Social landlords 'downgrading welfare reform as a risk'
05 December, 2014
Social landlords are downgrading the threat posed by welfare reform in their business plans, following delays with the implementation of universal credit
London council loses landmark unlawful eviction case
05 December, 2014
The Supreme Court has ruled that statutory damages for unlawful eviction of tenants should be calculated in the same way for social landlords as it is for private landlords
Residents urged to back gas safety proposals
05 December, 2014
Enfield Council is urging residents to back a campaign which wants to give social landlords extra powers to make sure gas appliances in the properties they own are safe
How much?! Damages for unlawfully evicted secure tenants
05 December, 2014
So, if a local authority unlawfully evicts a secure tenant (and yes, it happens) what should the measure of damages be?
Evictions rocket as welfare reforms and rising property prices hit home
03 December, 2014
As thousands of tenants face court battles to keep the bailiffs at bay, housing charities call for greater protection for renters
Who actually supports the idea of privatising social housing?
03 December, 2014
This is no example of the north/south divide - I can't find a single voice in support of the effective privatisation of social housing
Social housing in crisis as right-to-buy depletes stock
02 December, 2014
Lib Dems say tackling deficit is 'political priority', with only quarter of replacement homes being built
A challenging time - supporting customers with money management
28 November, 2014
Welfare reform has presented a number of challenges to housing associations and their customers, and minimising the risks presented, continues to be a focus
Helping to protect tenants and people who use the services of social landlords
25 November, 2014
We are the independent regulator of social landlords in Scotland, accountable directly to the Scottish Parliament
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2014
24 November, 2014
Our annual assessment of progress in tackling poverty and disadvantage across the UK
New research confronts social housing stereotypes
20 November, 2014
Report debunks the myth that social housing residents are characterised by high levels of benefit dependency, lone parenthood, long-term unemployment and limited aspiration
Rent First...please
20 November, 2014
An annual campaign to encourage council tenants to prioritise paying their rent in the lead up to Christmas is due to start on Monday (24th November)
Coastline embarks on stock improvement to tackle fuel poverty
19 November, 2014
Cornwall's Coastline Housing Association has launched an ambitious plan to reduce fuel poverty for up to 4,000 tenants by 2019
How can you slow the unstoppable rise of evictions?
19 November, 2014
The number of evictions has more than doubled in a year, throwing thousands of families into turmoil and temporary accommodation
What will the housing market look like in 2040?
17 November, 2014
This research explores how the housing market is likely to change in the coming decades, and how this will affect poverty
Housing group accused of hiking rents by 36% in four years
14 November, 2014
A London housing association accused of hiking the rents on more than 1,000 homes by 36% over the past four years says it is making a loss on the properties
Barnet Council proposes 'unlawful' rent rise
13 November, 2014
Barnet Council's proposals to increase its tenants' rents to 80% of market rent levels could be unlawful
Loss of rented housing is causing homelessness says CIH NI
13 November, 2014
Tenants on low incomes are struggling to meet the increasing shortfall between their housing benefit assistance and their rent
Public are positive towards contribution and value of social housing
12 November, 2014
The British public are positive about the contribution and value of social housing
Freeing Housing Associations: Better financing, more homes
12 November, 2014
Housing associations are being stifled by unnecessary red tape that prevents them from building 100,000 new homes a year
More households can benefit from renewable heating
11 November, 2014
More social landlords and their tenants could soon be benefitting from renewable heating, helping them have warmer homes and lower bills
Landlords to predict arrears with 'big data'
11 November, 2014
A housing charity is leading a consortium of social landlords to make the sector's first foray into using 'big data' from half a million homes to predict properties at risk of rent arrears
Association creating home swap app
11 November, 2014
A social landlord is developing the housing sector's answer to dating app Tinder in order to help tenants swap homes
Benefits changes warning over social housing rents
07 November, 2014
More benefit reforms by the UK government could make it difficult for housing associations in Wales to take on any more of the responsibilities that councils can no longer afford
Scotland's social landlords call on Smith Commission to devolve welfare system
06 November, 2014
Scotland's social landlords are calling on the Smith Commission to devolve all aspects of the welfare system, with the full fiscal and tax powers needed to fund the system
Renters need reform now - not the promise of a house in seven years
06 November, 2014
Will Labour break the grip of the home ownership political orthodoxy?
Guidance for handling arrears and possession sales of shared ownership properties
04 November, 2014
This guidance for lenders and HAs has been prepared jointly by the CML, NHF, HCA and the BSA
Council becomes first to use new anti-social powers to evict tenants
31 October, 2014
Oldham Council is believed to have become the first local authority in the country to use new anti-social behaviour powers to remove tenants from a property
MPs urged to prepare for shift among voters towards renting
30 October, 2014
Politicians have been urged to take the concerns of tenants more seriously after research indicated that more than 100 MPs will represent renter-dominated constituencies
Better repairs 'top priority' for social tenants
29 October, 2014
Four in 10 social housing tenants have cited better repairs and maintenance as their top priority for improving quality of life
Five ways housing associations can improve their customer service
28 October, 2014
To survive in a more commercial world, housing providers need better customer service
Almost half of British renters might never be able to afford to buy a home
24 October, 2014
The spiralling cost of buying a first home in the UK means that almost half of all renters are not sure they will ever be able to get on the property ladder
Government rejects social landlords' gas access call
24 October, 2014
Campaign to allow housing associations greater access to homes to save £500m receives major blow
Filling the void
24 October, 2014
Helena Partnerships was faced with a glut of three bedroom homes it couldn't rent. So it turned to the private rental market for answers
The private rented sector divide
24 October, 2014
Northern social landlords are starting to eye the private rented sector, but at the same time other social landlords are cancelling their PRS plans
Landmark appeal against out-of-London placements refused
23 October, 2014
Councils can house tenants outside of London without carrying out a detailed assessment of all the available properties nearby
Tenant to receive 'maximum payment' for emergency repair delay
23 October, 2014
An ombudsman has recommended that Waverley Housing pays a tenant the 'maximum amount' under the landlord's policy for 'unreasonable delay' in completing an emergency repair
New report reveals majority of social housing tenants who can work, are in work
21 October, 2014
While the majority of Londoners think people in social housing are unemployed, new research reveals that 74% of those who can work do
Sept 14 Buy-to-Let Index
20 October, 2014
Rents hit fresh record despite sharp slow down in annual rises
Understanding the new ASB Act - essential reading for landlords
20 October, 2014
ASB consultant Gez Kinsella shares his thoughts on preparations for the new Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act
Housing association drops mandatory conditions from tenancy agreements
20 October, 2014
A housing association has quietly dropped mandatory conditions from its tenancy agreements after a pilot found they were not needed
Data Sharing and Universal Credit
17 October, 2014
The DWP consulted on changes that will allow information to be shared with social landlords about Universal Credit claims
Rent increase blow to landlords
16 October, 2014
Housing experts are warning that landlords face a costs squeeze under the reformed social rent formula as a result of unprecedentedly low inflation rates
Sector backs government's universal credit alert plan
16 October, 2014
Housing organisations have broadly welcomed government proposals to alert social landlords when their tenants move on to universal credit
Council launches tenancy fraud amnesty
15 October, 2014
Haringey Council has launched an amnesty for tenants that are illegally subletting their council homes
Social housing tenants' debt widening income divide
15 October, 2014
A housing association's research into the impact of financial and economic changes on households has uncovered a widening income gap between its tenants
Tenant Leading Change is about tenants and landlords coming together to support effective tenant involvement
14 October, 2014
The Government wants to see all social landlords offer tenants the chance to get involved and take control of their neighbourhoods
'Tenants are being judged by the standards of Benefits Street'
10 October, 2014
Should social landlords be imposing conditions on tenants as part of their tenancy agreements?
Passport patrol for renting a home
10 October, 2014
Midland residents will soon have to produce passports and immigration documents in order to rent a home in the private or social rented sector
Social housing tenants get bespoke BT internet service
10 October, 2014
Social housing tenants are now able to get access to an internet service specifically designed for them, after the launch of a new system by BT Business
How to ... create sustainable tenancies
09 October, 2014
Housing providers are now thinking radically about how they deliver front-line services to respond to the unprecedented changes they face as a result of welfare reform
Council housing standards must improve
09 October, 2014
Local authorities in Wales are in danger of providing a second class service for their tenants due to the slow progress in bringing their homes up to scratch
New service offers tenants rent savings on mobile top ups
09 October, 2014
Social housing tenants are being offered a new service that allows them to save money on their rent when they top up their mobile phone
Universal credit data sharing will help landlords support social tenants
06 October, 2014
Allpay has welcomed a consultation by the DWP seeking views on sharing UC claimant information with social landlords and local authorities
Ignore the stereotypes - most social tenants don't want to rely on benefits
06 October, 2014
Low pay and part-time work are the main reasons people are trapped in working poverty, including many in social housing
Landlords' development concerns over Tory benefit freeze
03 October, 2014
Housing associations have expressed concern about their ability to develop new homes under Conservative plans to introduce a two-year freeze on benefits
Tenant escapes eviction after taking five years to clear garden of scrap and cars
03 October, 2014
A social housing tenant has narrowly avoided being evicted by her social landlord, after finally cleaning up her garden
A living rent?
01 October, 2014
Mark Lupton and Helen Collins from Savills Housing Consultancy explain how their rent model linked to household income would work
Benefit cut could force social landlords to turn tenants away
01 October, 2014
Housing associations warn Conservative policy would also prevent them from building new homes as funding dries up
£4.5 million to heat social rented homes
30 September, 2014
The Scottish government has announced a £4.5 million scheme to improve the energy performance of 1,600 social housing homes
Poll Digest - Social - Circle Housing Group Social Housing Survey
29 September, 2014
Almost half of Britons believe social housing tenants choose to claim benefits as a lifestyle choice
Tenants trust social landlords for advice on energy savings
26 September, 2014
A study has found associations managing property are in the best position to offer help, ahead of energy charities and family and friends
Social housing chief executives' enormous pay packets are indefensible
26 September, 2014
While social tenants suffer benefit cuts and rent hikes, the salaries of those in charge of housing them continue to soar
Is Labour genuinely committed to social rent?
26 September, 2014
Labour needs to explain the role it sees for genuine social housing after May
Campaign to beef up social landlord's legal powers to access properties for mandatory gas safety checks
22 September, 2014
Campaigners are calling on the Government to beef up legal powers to allow regulated social landlords to access their properties to carry out mandatory gas safety checks
Social landlords lobby for radical rent model
19 September, 2014
New 'affordable working rent' links payment level to household income
Universal Credit data sharing with social landlords
19 September, 2014
Seeks views on allowing DWP to share information with social landlords to enable them to support tenants claiming Universal Credit
Approaches to tenancy management in the social housing sector
18 September, 2014
Exploring new models and changes in the tenant-landlord relationship
Major safety campaign targets dodgy fire doors in social housing
16 September, 2014
Scrutiny of fire safety in affordable homes is likely to remain at the top of many social landlords' agenda
Tenants evicted over messy gardens
15 September, 2014
A number of social housing tenants who refused to tidy up their gardens have been evicted
It is time to recognise the benefits of social housing
15 September, 2014
What are the benefits of the social rented sector, and why must current and future governments significantly raise current levels of social housing construction?
Fife man at centre of 'bedroom tax' turmoil
11 September, 2014
The Department for Work and Pensions is launching a bid to overturn a landmark ruling that size does matter when it comes to defining a bedroom
Government launches 'right to move' consultation for social housing tenants
10 September, 2014
Social housing tenants who want to move to a new area for work will no longer be pushed to the back of the housing waiting list under new proposals being drawn up for town halls
Right to Move: government launches consultation to support social tenants who want to work
10 September, 2014
Social tenants who need to move to a new area for work will no longer be pushed to the back of the housing waiting list
Mutual exchange: 10 ways to help tenants swap homes
10 September, 2014
From financial incentives to flexibility, a CIH adviser provides tips on how landlords can help social housing tenants move home
Helping tenants to make a house a home
09 September, 2014
A new pilot scheme in Sparkbrook could revolutionise the way new tenants learn to set up home in Birmingham
The Big Tenant Survey - why did social landlords do so badly?
04 September, 2014
The Big Tenant Survey 2014 was completed by 61,000 tenants, who make up 7% of the 850,000 social housing tenants registered on the HomeSwapper mutual exchange platform
Eviction for fraudsters who lied on social housing applications
03 September, 2014
Two people who claimed they needed social housing have been evicted from their homes after making false claims on their applications
Enfield tears up rules in radical attempt to ease housing problem
02 September, 2014
Pushed into a corner by soaring prices, greedy landlords and a cap on benefits, one London council has embarked on a daring set of untested policies
The lessons that social landlords should learn from a damning tenant survey
02 September, 2014
The Big Tenant Survey did not make good reading for landlords
The Big Tenant Survey
01 September, 2014
The vast majority of social housing tenants do not feel listened to or cared about by their landlords
Scottish landlord data 'will empower social housing tenants'
29 August, 2014
Council and housing association tenants in Scotland are to be given more information about how well their landlord is performing
Churchill Home Insurance research reveals social renters experience more household crime than homeowners
29 August, 2014
Social renters are the tenancy group worst affected by household crime according to new research released by Churchill Home Insurance
Social tenants left without gas reconnected
28 August, 2014
More than 210 of 250 social homes in Wales left without fuel after water entered gas supply pipes have now been reconnected
Move to Midlands or be homeless: London mum brands council 'inhumane'
26 August, 2014
Cecilia Bruce-Annan has been told to move with her three children to Stoke-on-Trent because of the benefits cap
Boards shrink for housing associations but diversity is static
22 August, 2014
60% of current board members weren't in place in 2010/11 - but demographics barely shift
Sharing made easier for social landlords
22 August, 2014
Social landlords that promote Scottish government shared equity schemes have received some good news