East Riding nets new build cash

First steps

‘Ghost streets’ handed £35.5m regeneration fund

Thirteen of the most run down areas of England have been chosen to receive £35.5 million of regeneration funding.

Cashing in

The Homes and Communities Agency is reluctant to divulge details of who got what in last week’s grant giveaway. But that hasn’t stopped Carl Brown finding out

Community groups to bid for empty homes cash

Community groups will be allowed to bid for money to refurbish empty homes on government and public land, the communities minister said today.

Broken faith

Halfway through their mission to revive the housing market in depressed areas, pathfinders have had their funding axed. In the first of a two-part series on the demise of the landmark programme, Inside Housing reports from the communities where hope of a new start is fading fast

Fairytale ending?

As the third sector’s Cinderella services struggle in the face of cuts social landlords have the opportunity to ride in like the proverbial prince and rescue them.

Stuck in the mud

Despite the Localism Act being passed, the role LEPs can play in housing remains uncertain, says Liz Jenkins, partner, and Laura Coates, trainee, at Clyde & Co

The shortlist

Emily Rogers visits the council that is replacing allocation forms with face-to-face meetings to vet prospective tenants

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

Sentenced to life without a home

Imprisonment and homelessness are among the more traumatic experiences that can befall an individual. All too often, the two are inextricably linked.