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New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track
Housing

New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track

The government will set up a new company called Platform4 to build homes on surplus railway land and reinvest the profits back into Britain’s railways

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
Social housing

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

From today (10 July) youngsters aged under 25 who have left care and survivors of domestic abuse will not be subject to the local connection test when applying for social housing

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?
Social housing

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?

Housing secretary Angela Rayner said government would ‘unleash a social rent revolution’ by building 180,000 of the most affordable homes in bid to deal with housing crisis

Rough sleeping a ‘source of national shame’, government told
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping a ‘source of national shame’, government told

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Housing benefit

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes

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MPs and voters agree that there is a housing crisis – but they’re split on how to solve it
Housing crisis

MPs and voters agree that there is a housing crisis – but they’re split on how to solve it

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons
RENTING

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons

Renters’ Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told
RENTING

Renters’ Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told

Building 1.5 million homes will only ‘make a dent’ in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner
Housing crisis

Building 1.5 million homes will only ‘make a dent’ in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner

What would you buy Keir Starmer for Christmas? Here’s Matt Chorley’s gift guide for politicians
Politics

What would you buy Keir Starmer for Christmas? Here’s Matt Chorley’s gift guide for politicians

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: ‘It’s time to turn the tide’
Homelessness

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: ‘It’s time to turn the tide’

Labour vow to end cladding crisis by 2029 leaves campaigners fearing ‘living nightmare’ will continue
Cladding crisis

Labour vow to end cladding crisis by 2029 leaves campaigners fearing ‘living nightmare’ will continue

‘We must remove the shackles of stigma’: Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy
Right to Buy

‘We must remove the shackles of stigma’: Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will ‘put decency in the heart of the private rented sector’
RENTING

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will ‘put decency in the heart of the private rented sector’

Cost of building homes higher than house prices in one in five areas after ‘years of inflation’
Housing

Cost of building homes higher than house prices in one in five areas after ‘years of inflation’

The ‘right to switch off’ law will be a litmus test for Labour’s plans for workers’ rights
Jack Kellam

The ‘right to switch off’ law will be a litmus test for Labour’s plans for workers’ rights

Starmer promises planning passports will put ‘rocket boosters’ on Labour housebuilding efforts
HOUSING

Starmer promises planning passports will put ‘rocket boosters’ on Labour housebuilding efforts

Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building
HOUSING

Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building

Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis

Four things Labour’s new taskforce must do immediately to end homelessness
Rick Henderson

Four things Labour’s new taskforce must do immediately to end homelessness

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Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: ‘It’s exploitative’
Right to Buy

Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: ‘It’s exploitative’

Homelessness is a ‘political choice’, MPs told as they return to parliament
Homelessness

Homelessness is a ‘political choice’, MPs told as they return to parliament

Labour reveals plan to build 300,000 homes stuck in planning limbo: ‘We have a moral obligation’
Housing

Labour reveals plan to build 300,000 homes stuck in planning limbo: ‘We have a moral obligation’

Labour accused of ‘aligning with landlords’ and ‘heaping misery on families’ over social rent hike
Social housing

Labour accused of ‘aligning with landlords’ and ‘heaping misery on families’ over social rent hike