Community tensions undermine big society plans

Landlords not showing leadership, claims report

Housing providers are not showing enough leadership in tackling fears of migration and are failing to embrace their roles as social landlords, a new report says.

Globe trotters

Migrants from all over the world are settling in the UK and social landlords should be concerned about their fate

Benefit cuts will require extra support for migrants

Changes to housing benefit mean government ministers, social housing providers and private landlords need to give more help to migrants, a new report has found.

Going Dutch

No way back

Rough sleeping in England has risen 23 per cent with more than half of those on London’s streets non-UK nationals who come here looking for work but instead find destitution. Rhiannon Bury reports on the work being done to help them return home.

Branch out via Europe

Social landlords creating companies to run extra services must still note EU procurement rules, says Rebecca Rees, partner at Trowers & Hamlins

Colour charts

As voters across England, Scotland and Wales prepare to go to the polls, we assess the key battlegrounds for housing

What’s in a name?

The housing strategy for England has finally arrived, but what does it mean for the sector?

Power to the people

Working in housing can be a legal minefield but do you know your rights? Here our legal experts explain how to fight your corner in two common scenarios - whether you are an employer or an employee

Not a sticking plaster

Efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour can seem like fire fighting. It’s expensive to take a more comprehensive and long-term approach by working with a single family to get to the root of their problems. But, as Tony Powell, executive director of neighbourhoods at New Charter Housing Trust, explains, the effect can be transformative.