Gypsy sites lag despite funding

Travellers' tales

Future Dale Farms 'lurking', group warns

A support group for Gypsies and Travellers has said a recent government progress report does not properly address the problem of a lack of authorised Traveller sites in the UK, meaning incidents like Dale Farm are ‘lurking in the future’.

Europe raps UK for failing to provide Traveller sites

Gypsy and Traveller families’ right to housing is not effectively guaranteed in the UK which means the government is breaching its housing obligations under a European charter, a new report claims.

Travellers to be banned from green belt

Gypsies will be banned from camping on green belt land after the government revealed its streamlined planning policy for Traveller sites.

Travellers on socially-rented sites decreasing

The total number of gypsy and Traveller caravans in England increased by 400 in a year, government data shows.

The other side of the story

Dale Farm has dominated the headlines in recent months. But as Alex Turner finds, there are plenty of examples of landlords and Travellers working together successfully

What’s in a name?

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

Empty homes requests

A new ruling and proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Act could open the floodgates to squatters, says Emma Duke, associate solicitor atAnthony Collins Solicitors

Battling fraud

New proposals to tackle sub-letting should include grounds for possession to bring stock back into use, says Colin Hammond, head of housing litigation at Penningtons Solicitors

Acting with conviction

Squatting could soon be criminalised but awareness of current laws is crucial, says Sarah Lines, social housing lawyer at Cobbetts