Nottingham City Council looks set to invest £230 million in a five-year investment programme in its housing stock, with energy efficiency at their centre.

Councillors in Leeds have approved plans to invest £7.2 million extending the city’s flagship district heating network by 2,500 metres.

A new RSPB report has warned that England’s planning system is destroying nature and is in dire need of reform.

The government has unveiled tough new measures that will force industry to pay to remove cladding and protect leaseholders from exorbitant costs.

Rough sleepers across the country will be supported off the streets and into long-term homes with £174 million funding boost.

New government figures show that 397 households became homeless every day between July and September 2021.

Councils and environmental groups have said that homes are not becoming green quickly enough due to flaws and gaps in government support.

Proposals to invest a record £1.8 billion in council homes have been unveiled by Bristol City Council, that could see over 2,000 new council homes built.

Eddie Hughes has confirmed that social housing residents will be better protected as part of a review to ensure they are listened to.

The Local Government Association has announced the 30 successful projects, supporting 90 councils, for its Housing Advisers Programme 2021/22.

New measures will see owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets forced to pay.

CPRE research has shown a 1,000 per cent increase in short-term lets nationally over the last six years, with most in rural staycation hotspots.

Leaseholders could find it easier and cheaper to buy the freehold of their building under new proposals to create a fairer housing system.

Rebecca Pow has launched a consultation that sets out plans to ensure wildlife can be better protected and enhanced in developments.

The Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group has urged the government to enhance energy efficiency investment as a permanent solution to high energy bills.

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