HMO restrictions hurting young people seeking homes

Pushed out

Changes to the shared accommodation rate will force thousands of vulnerable people out of their one-bedroom flats and into houseshares. Emily Rogers investigates the impact

Manchester to set up 7,000 home fund

Greater Manchester will set up an investment fund for up to 7,000 homes under government plans to hand more powers to England’s biggest cities.

Thousands of young people face losing their home with benefit cuts

Thousands of residents face losing their homes as a result of a cut in housing benefit, a homeless charity has claimed.

To the lighthouse

Whose mess is it anyway?

Lack of homeowner pride isn’t the only reason behind unkempt social homes, says Inside Housing’s anonymous columnist

Colour charts

As voters across England, Scotland and Wales prepare to go to the polls, we assess the key battlegrounds for housing

Going spare

The government’s contentious ‘bedroom tax’ on under-occupying tenants is set to become law this month. Alex Turner looks at the disproportionate effect it’s likely to have in the north

Calling in the movers

The ‘bedroom tax’ is meant to encourage tenants to downsize if they are under-occupying their homes. But, especially in the north of England, social landlords say there are simply not enough smaller houses and flats to move tenants into.

On top of the world

Tower blocks are not typically home to extra care schemes. But Helen Clifton finds out how one arm’s-length management organisation is giving older residents a room with a view

Pause for thought

Consider the drawbacks before becoming a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, warns Anne Swarbrick, head of charities at Anderson Strathern Solicitors