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Steve Reed, the new housing secretary, has said he is “appalled” at the slow pace of housebuilding as he used his conference speech to pledge that…

Stuart had no idea the house next door to his had been converted from a three-bedroom family home to a six-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO)…

An Australian government faced with a housing crisis has launched an inexpensive, quick-fix plan that has caught the attention of countries around the world.For just one…

Almost 1.5m new homes could be built on brownfield sites in England to avoid encroaching on green belt and meet the government target for housing growth…

Complaints from social housing tenants about poor living conditions have risen by more than 40% in England, according to the latest report from the housing ombudsman,…

More than 60 homelessness and asylum seeker organisations have urged ministers to reverse an eviction policy that could leave thousands more refugees on the streets this…

On a site a little smaller than a football pitch in Manchester, England, issues of racial justice, the country’s housing crisis and the fight to preserve…

The intricacies of religious doctrine might not be a typical feature of the English planning system. But, in a corner of north-east London, the specific teachings…

After Friday prayers last week, Mahmooda Syedain and her husband went shopping for flags, specifically the national flag of Scotland, the blue and white cross of…

When the occupants of a Morningside social housing unit in Brisbane were evicted on 7 July, the state’s housing department and police left one resident behind:…