Labour could keep affordable rent

Costs and benefits

Shadow ministers seek to delay planning reforms

Shadow ministers have called on the government to extend its consultation on planning reforms.

Shapps announces plan to restrict social housing for high-earners

The government is looking into the possibility of preventing people earning £100,000 or more from living in social housing.

Seabeck calls for development of council land

The shadow housing minister has called on the government to do more to make surplus local authority land available for house building.

Asking the questions

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 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

Brazil needs a new approach

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

Q&A: The Ecological Sequestration Trust

Eco-cities guru Peter Head has just left contractor Arup, where he headed an 800-strong global urban planning team, to set up a charity with the ambition to transform planning. Here he explains the thinking behind his latest project

The shortlist

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