Guidance fails to clarify responsibilities to house homeless teens

Residency rodeo

Most housing associations look set to adopt fixed-term tenancies but does this mean they are bucking their social purpose and will tenants want to let go of their homes once their time is up? Nick Duxbury investigates

Birmingham rethinks approach to housing policy

The UK’s largest stock holding local authority has named its new cabinet – without a housing portfolio.

Smoke and mirrors?

Taking charge

Grainia Long has taken over as chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing at a time of huge change for the sector. Rhiannon Bury finds out how she plans to help landlords improve their lot

Government wins 'bedroom tax' vote

The government has tonight comfortably won a vote on the controversial ‘bedroom tax.’

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.

Dressed for success

Birmingham’s Forgotten Vintage is much more than just a second-hand fashion store. Laura Jane Johnson reveals how it is helping the city’s homeless

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

Zero in on tax rules

Landlords can still use subsidiaries to receive VAT benefits but they must seek proper legal advice, say Richard Brooks and Victoria Jardine

Dangerous type

The demotion of a housing employee over comments he made on Facebook highlights the grey area between employees’ public and private lives. Here, Lydia Stockdale finds out how others can avoid getting themselves into trouble