Discounted houses for local people and key workers will be made available as the new First Homes scheme launches to help local first-time buyers.

Care leavers and homeless people could receive extra housing support thanks to changes to housing benefits.

Sadiq Khan has declared a ‘retrofit revolution’ in London, with new measures that will make buildings more energy efficient and tackle the climate emergency.

Housing Minister Chris Pincher has announced a £1.1 million fund to test the use of digital tools and data standards across 10 local areas.

Councils have expressed concern for families on the ‘cliff-edge’ of becoming homeless as the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions ends.

The Regulator of Social Housing has published the results of its latest Quarterly survey of registered providers’ financial health.

Generation Rent has estimated that almost 700,000 thousand private renters have received a section 21 eviction in the last year.

Approximately a third of adults do not have safe or secure homes, according to housing charity Shelter.

New research has uncovered the extent of unsafe accommodation offered to vulnerable young people when they leave care.

London boroughs have warned of a fast-approaching summer wave of homelessness in the capital, with pressures likely to reach record levels.

Councils are set to receive enhanced support for their home-building efforts after Homes England cut the ribbon on its Local Government Capacity Centre.

Andy Burnham has announced the Greater Manchester Homelessness Prevention Strategy to tackle the root causes of homelessness in the region.

The LGA has warned that office blocks that are left empty following the coronavirus pandemic risk being turned into potential substandard housing.

More rough sleepers are set to be helped off the streets and into safe accommodation thanks to a further £203 million funding.

Robert Jenrick has launched the Commonhold Council, which will inform the government on the future of this type of homeownership.

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