Policy

Social housing residents will be better protected as part of a review to ensure they are listened to, the minister for Rough Sleeping & Housing has said.

The Welsh government has said it wants to make the “biggest change” to housing law in the country for decades.

The nominations for the 2022 Northern Housing Awards are now officially open – and this year, they’re bigger than ever.

Government has unveiled the 11 councils selected for two pilot schemes aimed at encouraging more people in urban and deprived areas to engage in planning.

The government has put forward “radical” new proposals that could make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to buy the freehold of their building.

Further, the Built Environment Committee is also calling on the government to reform Right to Buy to enable the replenishment of social housing stock.

A new policy could be introduced in Glasgow that will require a percentage of homes in new developments allocated to affordable housing.

Michael Gove has pledged to ease the “unfair burden” borne by leaseholders in the aftermath of the Grenfell fire.

The Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group is calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prioritise energy savings through home improvements.

Reinventing Homes will look at how the challenges of COVID-19 and the climate crisis are affecting the housing sector.