social housing

Building social housing could have saved £1.8bn in rent

18.02.2019

Laura Edgar

New analysis suggests that £1.8 billion would have been cut from the housing benefit bill had the government built 100,000 social rent homes in each of the past 20 years.

Over 100 years to house council waiting list

28.01.2019

Laura Edgar

CPRE | England | Housing | Rural | social housing

It would take 130 years to house those people waiting on social housing waiting lists at the current rate of building, analysis suggests.

Former service personnel with PTSD to be prioritised for housing

09.01.2019

Laura Edgar

Housing and communities secretary James Brokenshire has published proposals that would see former service personnel suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other mental health illnesses being prioritised for social housing.

Commission calls for 20-year social housing programme

08.01.2019

Laura Edgar

A call has been issued today (8 January) for the government to build 3.1 million new homes over a 20-year period. The programme would extend the offer of social housing to more people.

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Appeal: Sutton Estate regeneration scheme fails ‘no net loss’ policy test

04.01.2019

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has rejected plans to replace part of a social housing estate in Chelsea with market homes, rejecting the appellant’s argument that vacated homes on the estate should not be counted as...

Ireland round-up: First ever Irish planning watchdog named; Reuse of existing buildings report published

21.12.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 15 December-21 December, 2018

20,000 social homes sold last year - stats

29.11.2018

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | mhclg | social housing

In 2017/18 there were 20,891 sales of social housing dwellings, statistics released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have suggested.