Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has agreed a new deal with the government to fund thousands of council and other genuinely affordable homes.

There has been a surge of almost 225 per cent in homes converted from barns and farm buildings without planning permission in the past five years.

Thousands of people will be helped onto the housing ladder as funding worth £8.6 billion is allocated across the country.

Fewer than one in four homeless people housed by the government's Everyone In scheme have moved into permanent accommodation.

A group of consumer and industry groups have warned that the decarbonisation of 29 million homes at risk due to significant gaps in net-zero plans.

Cornwall Council has restated its commitment to helping residents affected by the unprecedented pressure on housing in the region.

Hackney Council has said that proposed planning reforms will undermine local democracy, fail to tackle the housing crisis and lead to poorer quality new development.

Communities will be given more opportunities to build homes in their neighbourhood thanks to a newly-launched £4 million fund.

Households are set to benefit from warmer, greener social homes, with social housing providers given the chance to bid for government funding.

Proposals to help more people build their own homes have been ‘warmly welcomed’ by the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.

London needs 90-100,000 new homes each year to tackle the housing crisis – double the number currently being built.

The number of people purchasing a home through the Help to Buy scheme is at an all-time high, according to new figures.

Home builders across England are being invited to bid for their share of a £150 million package by offering plots for sale as First Homes.

Housing experts have been brought together to form a new expert panel to advise on the delivery of the social housing white paper.

The Welsh Government has doubled its spending on social housing for rent, committing an initial £250 million for 20,000 new low carbon homes.

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