Emergency action has been taken by Edinburgh City Council to suspend its current lettings policy in a bid to tackle the mounting crisis of people experiencing homelessness in the area. The decision ...

More than three-quarters of housing association homes have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of Band C or better, researchers have found. More than three-quarters of housing association ...

Before she became an MP in 1997, Dame Siobhain McDonagh built her career in social housing. She is still fighting for housing, now as chair of the APPG for Households in Temporary Accommodation. She ...

A housing association has warned that its retrofit programme will be harder to deliver after it missed out on a more flexible government funding route. Together Housing has warned that its retrofit ...

A national trade body has called for government action after a survey found that 35% of homes fitted with spray foam insulation had one or more defects. The findings come from research by the Property ...

All local authorities in Scotland but one are set to receive less cash for social housing this year than they did at the start of this parliament. A Shelter Scotland analysis of government data finds ...

Willmott Dixon has returned to a pre-tax profit of £28.6m after the firm recovered millions of pounds from third parties for legacy cladding remediation work. After making a loss in the last financial ...

Large housing association Sanctuary Group has reported a £30m pre-tax deficit for 2024-25, mainly due to a revaluation of its student properties. Large housing association Sanctuary will report a £30m ...

The government is seeking views from the sector on its proposals for reforming planning committees in England. The changes will look at the delegation of planning functions, the size and composition ...

To retrofit in accordance with the updated standard, housing associations will need to take into account a wider project environment, writes Irina Leigh, senior architect at McBains As Warm Homes: ...

Bricklayers and carpenters have been identified as priority areas for training as part of a plan for 120,000 new opportunities aimed at young people. Announced yesterday by the Department for ...

Local government pension schemes alone do not have enough money to save the housing sector, the director of a social impact investor has said #UKhousing Gemma Bourne, managing director at Better ...