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The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a new report on social‑housing supply across England. The document follows a series of hearings in which local authorities provided evidence on the pace of delivery and the operation of the planning system.
The Affordable Housing Act, as reported by Socialists and Democrats, provides mayors with new powers to confront the short‑term rental crisis. By extending authority to local leaders, the legislation aims to give municipalities a tool to manage the growing number of properties being used for holiday lets.
Two of the leading professional bodies in England's social housing sector have joined forces to publish updated guidance on dealing with damp and mould. The Chartered Institute of Housing and the Chartered Institute of Building have produced the guide jointly, refreshing advice the CIH first issued in 2022 and bringing it into line with recent legal changes.
The Co-operative Bank and housing association Fairhive have agreed a £50m long-term funding partnership designed to accelerate the delivery of affordable homes across Buckinghamshire and the surrounding counties. On paper it is a financing announcement, but in a region where demand for homes outstrips supply, its significance is likely to be felt well beyond the balance sheet.
The buzz around Greater Manchester’s latest housing pledge is hard to ignore – a bold promise to deliver 50,000 new homes, with a particular focus on social and affordable units. For anyone watching the rental market or considering a first‑time purchase, the headline alone raises a question that goes straight to the heart of the region’s housing crisis: will this massive build‑out finally plug the funding gap that has left many projects stalled?
For most renters trying to save, the maths simply doesn't work. You pay your rent on time every month, you cover the bills, and by the time the month is done there's precious little left to put towards a deposit.
Anyone waiting patiently for mortgage rates to fall has been dealt an unwelcome surprise. Nearly all of the UK's major lenders have announced increases in the cost of home loans in recent days, and analysts are unsure whether the run of rises is over.
If the rent on a place of your own has started to feel out of reach, you've probably noticed an old-fashioned option doing the rounds again: renting a room in a home where the owner still lives. On paper it looks like the bargain of the rental world, and it genuinely is one of the cheaper routes to a roof over your head.
Getting proper legal help when something goes wrong in a rented home has long been one of the trickiest parts of being a tenant. The problems themselves are common enough, but the advice needed to tackle them has often felt out of reach, either because it costs money many renters do not have or because they simply do not know where to start.
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