social housing

The nation goes to the polls this week (12 December), with the issues of Brexit, the NHS, crime and policing, and the environment taking centre stage. But what does the built environment sector want from the next government?

More than nine in 10 private renters who need to move into social housing are stranded on council waiting lists, many for years on end, according research by housing charity Shelter.

The developers behind a controversial nine-storey complex of 471 apartments in north Dublin have offered to lease the entire complex to the state for social housing.

The Welsh Government has created a division that aims to boost the number of homes built across the country in a move that ministers stressed would target new social housing.