Home Office suspends work of ASB squad

Report shows health problems of young homeless

A call has gone out for politicians to help improve the outcomes for homeless young people after it was revealed almost half experience depression and one quarter have been diagnosed with mental health problems.

Sound off: slow progress

Will the delay to the renewable heat incentive be a major setback for social landlords’ plans for renewable heat? Two experts give their views

City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust

The Centre is in the form of two L-shaped buildings in a ‘69’ layout with a central courtyard. One building is two stories high with glass curtain walling. The other is four stories with solid, Thin-Jointed aircrete walls using Celcon Plus blocks 200mm thick. The two buildings take up the whole of the site; there is no landscaping. Half the ground floor is inhabited; the other half is car parking.

Building answers

We all know the scale of England’s housing problems. Now is the time to implement solutions

Speaking in tongues

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

Clearing your debts

The Court of Appeal has given some clarification on claiming possession against an assured tenant subject to a bankruptcy order or debt relief order. Jason Hobday explains

Digital age

In the last of this week’s Focus pieces on digital inclusion we take a look at work helping older people get online

Cutting tenancies short

The judgement in a starter tenancy possession case is good news for landlords, says Josephine Sharrock, solicitor, Brabners Chaffe Street

Make plans crystal clear

Landlords face needless court action if they fail to consult tenants properly, says Robert Wassall, head of social housing at Blake Lapthorn