2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (667+ words) Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has denied her party's plans to cut housing benefit would make people homeless, but suggested some would have to "move somewhere cheaper". At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, she had challenged Andy Burnham to commit to…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (581+ words) Figures hit record levels in 2024/25, but NHF says sales help fund regeneration and refurbishment The Local Councils Network (LCN) has called on the government to tighten up rules on sales of subsidised housing to non-resident private buyers, after figures hit…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (238+ words) Local authority urges government to allow tailored use of housing investment funds Somerset Council has expressed support for recent housing investment announcements while emphasising the need for local flexibility to effectively meet community needs. Councillor Federica Smith-Roberts, the Lead Member…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (260+ words) Kerry County Councillors are demanding the immediate publication of a long-delayed look back review. Nearly three years after serious concerns were identified in North Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), the junior minister for mental health, Mary Butler,…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (878+ words) SNP councillors helped block a social housing development just 24 hours after First Minister John Swinney doubled down on his promise to deliver 111,000 affordable homes across Scotland. Plans for the new homes in Barrhead were thrown out by East Renfrewshire Council's…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (209+ words) The Scottish Housing Regulator welcomed the appointment by Scottish Ministers of Lindsay Paterson as its new deputy chair. Lindsay took over from the current deputy Ewan Fraser on 31 August 2026 to 31 October 2029. Ewan will remain a board member until the 31 March…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (739+ words) Housing pressures on the Isle of Man are mounting and are a "huge priority" in the lead up to the House of Keys general election, a Douglas Councillor has warned. It comes as the majority of the 82 candidates standing for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (498+ words) An industry body has slammed the Scottish government for barely mentioning housing despite the country’s ongoing housing emergency. Propertymark says First Minister John Swinney’s first speech in the Scottish Parliament since the summer recess failed to mention reducing tax burdens…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (425+ words) A firm has been picked to carry out the government’s value-for-money evaluation of its social housing quality and residents programme. On behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Verian Group will examine the extent to which…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1084+ words) First minister John Swinney First minister John Swinney has placed affordable housing and homelessness prevention at the centre of his government’s plans for the new five-year parliamentary session, unveiling a Programme for Government he says will deliver “lasting improvements to…...