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A third of millennials ‘face renting their entire life’

Friday, 8th June 2018

Up to a third of young people face living in private rented accommodation for all of their lives, a new report by the Resolution Foundation think tank has found. The Foundation’s ‘Home Improvements’ report says Generation Rent need much more... View Article

Most councils struggling to find housing for the homeless

Friday, 8th June 2018

The majority of local councils in England are struggling to find stable housing for homeless people in their area, leaving them forced to place more and more people in unstable temporary accommodation. A new report from the charities Crisis and... View Article

At least 78 homeless people died on the streets over winter

Friday, 8th June 2018

At least 78 homeless people have died on the streets and in temporary accommodation this winter – equivalent to more than two deaths a week and more than the number who died in the Grenfell Tower fire, which has dominated... View Article

Ombudsman slams council after homeless family lived in hotel room for three years

Friday, 8th June 2018

A Bristol family was forced to share a single hotel room for more than three years because of failures in the council’s homelessness system, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found. The family was evicted from their private tenancy... View Article

MPs demand greater legal protection for vulnerable tenants in private sector

Friday, 8th June 2018

An influential Select Committee has called for private sector tenants to be safeguarded from retaliatory evictions, rent increases and harassment from their landlords. It also wants councils to be given extra powers to takeover properties from rogue landlords. MPs on... View Article

Confusion and fears in private sector as residents of one tower block are spared £2m bill

Friday, 8th June 2018

Residents of a private high-rise block in Croydon clad in similar panels to Grenfell Tower have been told they will not have to pay £2million to make their homes safe. Barratt Homes who built the Citiscape block has said it... View Article

New housing secretary of state appointed

Friday, 8th June 2018

The new Housing Secretary is James Brokenshire MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup, situated between south east London and Kent. He replaces Sajid Javid who moved to the Home Office after almost two years in charge of the housing brief.... View Article

Fatal shortcomings at Grenfell Tower revealed in leaked report ahead of public inquiry resumption

Friday, 8th June 2018

A leaked report into the causes of the Grenfell Tower fire has revealed the shocking findings that all 72 deaths could have been prevented, as a catalogue of errors were made in the block’s refurbishment project. The report will inevitably... View Article

Government’s £400m repair fund is an opportunity to change our cladding culture, says Pura Facades

Friday, 8th June 2018

Prime minister May’s announcement last month (16 May 2018) to spend £400m on the refurbishment of 158 high rise buildings identified within England’s social housing estate has been widely welcomed by the construction industry and housing chiefs alike. However, the... View Article

Disabled man wins landmark discrimination case

Friday, 8th June 2018

A 64 year old London man with Multiple Sclerosis has won his claim of disability discrimination against a management company after it failed to make reasonable adjustments to enable him to use the leisure club at the block of flats... View Article

Grenfell was not all about cladding

Friday, 8th June 2018

This month’s report into the role the Building Regulations played in last June’s horrific Grenfell Tower fire has stirred up plenty of controversy – and too many people are missing the point. The national headlines were full of calls for... View Article

National Federation of Builders urges the Government to make Brexit work for SMEs

Friday, 8th June 2018

With fewer than 300 days until the UK officially leaves the EU and three weeks until the June European Council summit, the National Federation of Builders (NFB) is concerned that the Government has not set out in greater detail its... View Article

Tradespeople need to do more to keep up with smart home technology

Friday, 8th June 2018

84 per cent of tradespeople said they had never undertaken any training in smart home technology, according to a recent poll carried out by IronmongeryDirect. Conducted in the lead up to Smart Home Week (21- 27 May) the poll revealed... View Article

Pegasus Group Chairman hands over the reins as he announces retirement

Thursday, 7th June 2018

The Chairman of national consultancy Pegasus Group has announced his retirement after more than 40 years working as a planning consultant. Stephen Bawtree will hand over the chairmanship on August 31 to Jim Tarzey, one of the founding Directors of... View Article

Act now to prevent another Grenfell tragedy

Thursday, 7th June 2018

London Assembly Members today (7th June) agreed a unanimous motion calling for further urgent safeguards for London residents, almost one year on from the devastating Grenfell fire. Seventy-two people died in the fire at the 24-storey tower block in North Kensington on... View Article

Building with intelligence – Lancaster set to launch Architecture courses

Thursday, 7th June 2018

Lancaster University is seeking a new Chair of Architecture to lead the development of an innovative new set of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Based in the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA), the new Architecture courses will connect Lancaster’s... View Article

New £100m initiative will unlock small sites and create 1,000 affordable homes for London

Thursday, 7th June 2018

The L&Q Foundation has today kick-started a £100 million initiative with nine leading London-based black and minority ethnic housing associations and the Greater London Authority which will create hundreds of new affordable homes. The ground-breaking strategic partnership will unlock small... View Article

Derelict church hall resurrected as affordable housing

Thursday, 7th June 2018

Atotal of 12 new affordable rented homes have begun construction on the site of a derelict church hall in Tilehurst, Berkshire. Social housing provider Stonewater is developing the 12 new one- and two-bedroom affordable rent homes on 8,000 sq ft... View Article

Keepmoat Homes accelerates in North and East Midlands

Thursday, 7th June 2018

More than 1,000 new homes across the north of England have announced by Keepmoat Homes in partnership with Homes England, including projects driven by its Accelerated Construction Programme. Four new developments have had their contracts signed, two in the north... View Article

‘Deprived’ Surrey suburb to undergo transformation

Thursday, 7th June 2018

Plans to transform a post-war housing estate suffering from deprivation in Woking, Surrey into a new “sustainable community” have been revealed. The proposals intend to regenerate Sheerwater into a neighbourhood that meets the housing and future needs of local residents.... View Article