Browsing: housing

Philip Inman takes a very London-centric view (Can a nation in crisis rely on the baby boomer generation to step up? I think the UK is…

To an outside eye, English cities might seem deliberately designed to foment a housing crisis. Unconstrained by craggy topography or fortified ramparts, their Victorian developers built…

The Albanese government has promised to cut red tape and fast track environmental approvals for new homes in an effort to address Australia’s housing crisis.On Saturday,…

England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025-26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.Right to buy is…

Labour-run councils are considering legal challenges to close hotels housing asylum seekers after a landmark ruling prompted officials to consider increasing the use of former military…

Keir Starmer’s asylum plans have been plunged into turmoil after a high court ruling blocked people seeking refuge from being housed in an Essex hotel.Epping Forest…

A high court judge has been asked to shut down a hotel housing asylum seekers amid concerns about violence and disorder seen at far-right protests at…

In the 1970s, private landlordism in the UK was a fringe part of the market – and a dying one. With council housing plentiful and house…

Lower-income householders, minority ethnic people and those with young children are more likely to live in homes at risk from dangerous overheating, research has found.The UK…

If you ask Rodney, he will tell you that life is for living. He’s been to the edge of it – homeless, depressed, stuck in a…