Overall conditions of housing in the UK have improved over the last 11 years, according to research published today.
The English House Condition Headline Report found the number of homes deemed non-decent dropped from 9.1 million to 6 million. The figures represent a fall from 45 per cent of houses in the UK failing to meet [...]

Communities and Local Government and the Housing Corporation have announced the formation of a new action team to tackle homelessness in London.
Working alongside local authorities and housing associations in the capital, the team will be based at the London Field Office of the Housing Corporation and formed of hand-picked senior level secondees from local organisations.
Key [...]

Cornwall’s Carrick Housing has been adjudged by the Audit Commission to provide “excellent” housing services, with “promising prospects for improvement”.
The company responsible for a proportion of Carrick District Council’s tenants was awarded three stars out of a possible three by Britain’s independent public services watchdog.
Services provided by Carrick Housing were found to be innovative, involving [...]

Northwards Housing will have access to £47 million to repair and improve its homes in Manchester, after receiving a glowing assessment from an independent watchdog.
An arms-length management organisation for the north-west of England, Northwards was found by the Audit Commission to provide ‘good’ housing services, with ‘excellent’ scope for future improvement.
The commission noted that the [...]

Resident groups on council estates across England are to be given new power to prevent anti-social behaviour, according to a report published by the government today.
As well as introducing new regulations giving resident organisations the power to apply for Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs), the government has also pledged to invest £485 million to regenerate run-down [...]

Housing support for the vulnerable residents of Warrington offers “promising” prospects for the future, but is currently only “fair”, according to the Audit Commission.
An independent report by the organisation, in cooperation with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and Commission for Social Care Inspection, adjudged that recent steps taken by Warrington Council were worthy of a [...]

The average home in Britain was worth £199,467 at the end of November last year, according to official statistics.
In the 12 months preceding November, home values in the UK had accelerated in value by 8.9 per cent, up from 8.6 per cent in October, the latest figures from the Department of Communities and Local Government [...]

English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation will merge to form a new agency set with the task of delivering affordable new homes in sustainable communities, the government has announced.
Communities England will also encompass some of the roles currently undertaken by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), including housing standards regulation, housing market renewal, [...]

Animal charity Dogs Trust has highlighted the plight of homeless dog owners unable to receive emergency accommodation because of their devotion to their canine friends.
Three in four day centres, outreach projects and hostels in the UK turn away those with dogs, the welfare group has found, leaving destitute dog owners with little choice but to [...]

The Conservative Party is planning to create a network of community land trusts in a bid to supply more affordable housing.
Under the system, land would be acquired from either private landowners or local authorities - with their permission - for use by designated trusts for the benefit of the whole community.
And measures could be introduced [...]