The Government’s flagship benefit scheme Universal Credit has the lowest claimant satisfaction rates of any welfare benefit, according to an official survey One in 10 claimants told the Department for Work and Pensions they are “very dissatisfied” with their experience... View Article

The number of rough sleepers rose in almost all of England’s major cities despite a modest fall across the whole country, according to official figures. Overall there were 4,677 people sleeping rough in England in late 2018, which represents a... View Article

Overcrowding in the social housing sector has risen to its highest recorded level with more than 300,000 households squeezed into too few rooms, coinciding with the introduction of the bedroom tax. In addition more than 250,000 households in the private... View Article

The charity Citizens Advice has called for a “root and branch overhaul” of Universal Credit, to ensure it delivers on it’s promise of being a fairer and simpler system of support to individuals and families in need. It says that... View Article

The Tenant Fees Bill has passed its final hurdle in Parliament and this means that from 1 June 2019, letting agents will no longer be able to charge fees to set up or renew a tenancy in the private rented... View Article

Conflicting news on the direction of travel for private rents is emerging with different bodies reporting either above-inflation increases, or small falls as worries over the impact of Brexit continues to dominate. Data from the property website Rightmove showed rent... View Article

London’s local authorities are spending more than £22m a year renting back former council homes previously sold to their tenants under the Right to Buy, as Ministers are urged to drop the policy in the capital. Figures obtained under the... View Article

Research published by the British Property Federation shows that the total number of build-to-rent homes under construction across the UK has increased by nearly 40 per cent to hit more than 43,000. The number of completed build-to-rent (BTR) homes has... View Article

A £90m contract to replace cladding on the Chalcots Estate in Camden, has been awarded to Wates. Work is expected to start on the estate in the summer and last until the summer of 2021. As well as replacing cladding... View Article

A social landlord and its specialist lift maintenance contractor have been fined £1.5 million following the death of a five-year-old girl who became trapped while using a lift at her home in Weymouth, Dorset. Bournemouth Crown Court heard Alexys Brown’s... View Article

The number of new homes started by housing associations rose in the second quarter to 10,511 new homes, according to figures released by the National Housing Federation. Nearly half the new homes (4,476 properties) were being delivered via Section 106... View Article

Dozens of families living in the private rented sector in Kent are facing the risk of losing their homes after receiving eviction notices from one of Britain’s most controversial landlords. It is being widely reported that Fergus Wilson has given... View Article

England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families, following 20 years of its housing stock not keeping pace with demographic changes, according to new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. In 1991 when records began there were 845 homes... View Article