James Brokenshire has awarded funding to Greater Manchester, Liverpool and the West Midlands to help the regions reduce rough sleeping.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has called on the government to make housing a human right like health or education.

The site of a former sheltered housing scheme has been converted by Brighton City Council to provide ten new houses for homeless families.

A new report has urged the government to create homes and communities that are resilient to flood damage.

More affordable homes will be delivered across Scotland this year after the government announced a £35 million increase to council allocations.

Dominic Raab has announced that a review will be taken into rules that require carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted in homes across England.

Following Amber Rudd’s recent resignation, Theresa May has announced that Sajid Javid has been named as the new Home Secretary.

The APPG on Housing and Care for Older People has reported that government policies are ‘overlooking the housing needs of older people’ in rural areas.

The abolition of stamp duty land tax on properties under £300,000 has helped 69,000 first-time buyers since the relief was introduced.

Government ministers are set to urge industry to embrace the latest innovations to make sure that the UK builds the high quality homes its needs.

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has said that vulnerable tenants need greater legal protections from retaliatory evictions.

The RTPI has urged Transport for the North to work closely with councils to ensure transport investment supports urban regeneration and sustainable patterns of growth.

Policy makers should radically reform the private rental sector as a generation of young people face the prospect of never owning their own home.

The government will review the current laws and powers to deal with unauthorised caravan sites and developments.

Housing developers should adopt a new Fibre to the Premises Kitemark to reassure homebuyers that their new home will be digitally connected.

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