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The government must do more to protect private tenants, including by rolling out Awaab’s Law to the private rented sector this year, a group of MPs has recommended.

Ofsted has revealed new plans to crack down on unregistered children’s housing providers, through criminal investigations and prosecution, in an attempt to stop unsafe and unlawful placements.

Welsh housing association Ateb Group’s financial viability grading has been downgraded from green to yellow, while it retained its top governance grade.

A thinktank is urging the government to scrap second staircase requirements in buildings below 30 metres as it is claimed this could unlock 10,000 homes per year.

Wastewater capacity problems are holding back an estimated 55,000 homes in Northern Ireland, a report has revealed.

A raft of new reports look at the private rented sector, writes Peter Williams, researcher at the University of Cambridge and Thinkhouse Editorial Panel member.

A six-week consultation on establishing a new development corporation in Liverpool’s North Docks, which could help deliver 17,000 homes, has launched today.

Gordon Lyons, the communities minister in Northern Ireland, has pledged to introduce stronger powers to clamp down on tenancy ...

East Lothian Housing Association has secured £8.5m in funding from the Royal Bank of Scotland to support new affordable homes and tenant services.

Annual starts and completions in Scotland have fallen, but the SFHA nevertheless believes that the social housing sector is showing “green shoots of recovery”.