Housing

Housing

Housing

The housing crisis is one of the biggest problems facing youngsters today. Rents are rocketing, while it is harder than ever to get on to the housing ladder.

Sadiq Khan has promised to solve this, but there is a shortage of housing in London.

UK house prices set to soar '25 per cent’ over the next five years

UK house prices set to soar by '25 per cent’ over the next five years

15 days ago

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Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said that right to buy discounts had been 'overly generous'

Housing minister says Right to Buy has been 'overly generous' as he slashes sale discounts to fund council homes

26 days ago

Jess and her family

Vulnerable family faces seven-year wait in temporary accommodation, as number of households stuck in limbo soars

1 month ago

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The new Labour government is being told it urgently needs to come up with an affordable home strategy to solve the UK’s housing crisis.

EXCLUSIVE: Housing campaigners issue warning over rise in holiday homes and call for 5% tax on short term lets

2 months ago

Matthew Pennycook told LBC that “good landlords have nothing to fear from these reforms”.

'Good landlords have nothing to fear' in renter reform bill, says minister as he vows to 'drive out' rogue landlords

2 months ago

Housing secretary Angela Rayner is moving to ban no-fault evictions

Renters to get more security as government moves to ban 'no-fault' evictions amid range of other housing reforms

2 months ago

Angela Rayner said she was "appalled" by Grenfell and said fellow Labour MP and landlord needed to fix his properties

'Homes are homes not assets': Rayner 'appalled' by Grenfell and says Labour MP Athwal 'needs to fix his properties'

2 months ago

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Matthew Pennycook addressed the Grenfell tragedy

Housing minister admits progress on fixing cladding is 'glacial', seven years after Grenfell tragedy

2 months ago

Residents left homeless by Dagenham apartment fire slam authorities' 'utter failure' amid building's 'known safety issues'

Residents left homeless by Dagenham tower block fire slam 'utter failure' amid building's 'known safety issues'

2 months ago

Angela Rayner said building new homes was a 'moral obligation' for the government

Ministers push to build 300,000 new homes on 200 'blocked sites', as Rayner calls housebuilding 'moral obligation'

2 months ago

Keir Starmer will reform the planning system

Local residents to lose power to block new housing as Starmer vows to 'get rid of brakes on planning system'

4 months ago

At least three housing announcements are expected in the first two weeks of a Labour government

Labour Party eyeing up green belt sites in housebuilding blitz

4 months ago

Michael Gove said the Conservatives would make it easier to buy housing

Michael Gove defends missed housing targets as he claims getting onto property ladder will be easier under Tories

5 months ago

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Grant Shapps failed to say the correct figure for his party's stamp duty policy.

'It's £425,000, not £425 million': Grant Shapps fumbles the numbers on stamp duty in his interview with Nick Ferrari

5 months ago

Keir Starmer has vowed to get more people onto the housing ladder

Labour 'to help 80,000 people buy property' with permanent mortgage guarantee, and vows to build 1.5 million homes

5 months ago

Rachel Reeves has said that rent caps could be allowed to be set

Labour 'could allow rent caps', Rachel Reeves says - but shadow chancellor warned that 'landlords would leave in droves'

6 months ago

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