Alternative route

Forward thinking

This year’s UK Housing Review by the Chartered Institute of Housing takes a look at how coalition government policies are affecting housing trends. Here, Hal Pawson, Steve Wilcox and John Perry give the lowdown on the report

Councils fear RTB won’t deliver homes

Fears are growing among local authorities that government plans to increase right to buy discounts will fail to deliver replacement homes.

BOGOF to BOBOF

Out for a discount

The raised right to buy discount cap will be a challenge in areas with lower property values

RTB might not deliver one-for-one replacement

The government will not be able to deliver on its promise to provide a replacement affordable rent home for every sale under the right to buy without additional subsidy, it has been claimed.

The legal aid lifeline

Cuts to legal aid and new spending restrictions mean tens of thousands of tenants will no longer be eligible for free housing advice. Jess McCabe visits a law centre to investigate the likely impact of the changes

Get your Act together

With a host of legal acts coming into effect this year and next, Caroline Thorpe helps you to learn your lines so you can take to the housing stage with confidence

Brazil needs a new approach

Brazil needs a shift in attitude if it is to successfully tackle its growing housing crisis, says Ruban Selvanayagam

A force for good

Council housing self financing has begun, but what will the new era bring? Steve Partridge examines the possibilities

From riches to rags and back

A Welsh landlord took on an ambitious project to refurbish a derelict Grade II listed mansion. Katie Puckett finds out how they managed to bring it back into use