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    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      UK housebuilding
      Gove to speed up housing reforms to help tenants and leaseholders

      Bills to end ‘no fault’ evictions and change leasehold system before next election

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      UK immigration
      Forcing Afghan refugees from hotels risks homelessness, councils warn

      Local authority associations point to shortages of affordable housing across the UK

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Housing in London: damp, mould and high charges at Peabody properties

      Almost three dozen residents accuse one of the capital’s oldest housing associations of mismanagement

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      UK housebuilding
      UK threatens developers over failure to sign building safety contract

      Minister moves to ban 11 companies from housing market until they sign pledge prompted by Grenfell Tower fire

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      UK government spending
      Quarter of funds for UK levelling-up projects goes unspent

      Unused cash relates mostly to capital spending on housing or housing-related projects

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Affordable housing at risk from new levy, say Church of England and charities

      In letter to Michael Gove, groups say changes to England’s planning system could hit provision of cheaper properties

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK property
      Property developers told to commit to £2bn UK repair scheme

      Companies have six weeks to sign up or face ‘serious consequences’

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      UK social housing review exposes ‘shockingly poor’ homes

      Call for audit of all 2.5mn homes in England and giving tenants a role in decision-making

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Renting property
      Protections for England’s tenants won’t be in place until 2023, says Gove

      UK housing secretary admits government should have ‘moved more quickly’ on renters’ rights in wake of Grenfell fire

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      UK social housing rents set to rise 7% next year

      Government move to cap increase labelled ‘disastrous’ by housing charities

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Hashi Mohamed
      The housing crisis sits at the centre of Britain’s ills 

      We underrate the importance of firm foundations — and a place you can truly call home

    • Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
      Ministers plan tighter rent caps to protect social housing tenants

      Move to limit inflation-based rises in England would be part of wider push to blunt soaring cost of living

    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      Social affairs
      UK charities urge Sunak and Truss to act over homelessness ‘precipice’

      Next PM should ban ‘no-fault’ evictions and end rough sleeping by 2024, say 29 groups

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      Peabody Group
      Independent panel finds Peabody Trust overcharged leaseholders

      A report obtained by the FT highlights serious issues in how the housing association applies service charges

    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      Britain’s housing crisis — no longer a nation of homeowners?

      Four books look beyond the clichés of the property boom to examine the precarious reality of those forced to rely on an overgrown private rental market

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Grenfell Tower disaster
      Landmark English court ruling finds contractor liable for cost of removing unsafe cladding

      Housing association awarded damages for remedial work on tower blocks in wake of Grenfell fire

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Grenfell Tower disaster
      ‘People knew about the risks of fire’: Grenfell five years on

      Public inquiry into tragedy exposes disregard for safety and compromised regulatory regime

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
      LexProperty sector
      UK housing market: few will gain from benefits-to-bricks plan Premium content

      Taking on a big mortgage is risky when incomes are falling and house prices are slowing

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      Edwin Heathcote
      Channelling the Nimby spirit won’t fix Britain’s housing problems

      Government proposals allowing residents to vote on new developments are full of holes

    • Monday, 2 May, 2022
      Boris Johnson seeks to revive ‘Right to Buy’ plans for housing association tenants

      Prime minister keen to shift public focus away from ‘partygate’ scandal ahead of Thursday’s local elections

    • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
      Robert Wright
      England’s Gypsy and Traveller communities fear a darkening political mood

      A new bill will clamp down on life at the margins for a group whose traditions are already being squeezed

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      UK business & economy
      Gove targets cladding companies in bid to protect England leaseholders

      Changes to building safety bill will allow legal action against defective suppliers and expand powers of new regulator

    • Friday, 21 January, 2022
      UK property
      Who caused the UK’s housing crisis?

      Margaret Thatcher’s Right to Buy is often blamed but New Labour policies contributed to low affordability and price inflation

    • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
      Grenfell Tower disaster
      Campaigners call on Norway’s oil fund to exit Grenfell cladding stocks

      Activists lobby NBIM over $1.4tn wealth fund’s investments in manufacturers and developers linked to 2017 disaster

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      Grenfell Tower disaster
      Gove attempt to fix UK cladding crisis looks set to end up in court

      Campaigners warn forcing builders to pay £4bn bill leaves many leaseholders footing cost of fixing other safety issues

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