Fed concerned by section 106 payments

Critics rap Boris over affordable homes deals

Housing associations will accuse the mayor of London of failing to stop councils dropping affordable homes from schemes in return for cash.

Council accepts £22m in lieu of affordable homes

A council has agreed to accept a £22 million payment from a private developer instead of affordable homes after concluding these would devalue the development.

No cash left for low-cost homes

Councils are dropping affordable housing targets to prioritise more lucrative types of development, the National Housing Federation has warned.

Refuges at risk

Welfare reform casts a shadow over the future of safe havens for victims of domestic abuse. Jess McCabe reports on service providers’ struggle for survival and, ultimately, that of their clients.

Bring back the slums

Support on a shoestring

Budgets are being slashed and demand is up but, as Inside Housing and Capita’s exclusive Supporting People survey reveals, many care and support providers are maintaining services for vulnerable people. Lydia Stockdale finds out how they are doing it and if it can last.

Ageing sustainably

By 2020 China will have more than 260 million people over the age of 65. Here, Jess McCabe gets a glimpse at how the country plans to house some of them in a giant, retirement eco-city

The sale of the century

The government wants to make right to buy popular again, but details on the proposal are sketchy, says Sarah Lines, social housing lawyer with Cobbetts LLP.

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

Green guru

The delivery of sustainable homes is a global problem and providers in the UK can learn a lot from their counterparts around the world, says Neil Jefferson