Immigrants 'do not get unfair access to social housing'

Fairness tops ‘birthright’ in housing allocation poll

Community links are more important than where you were born when allocating social housing, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by housing provider Metropolitan.

Migration of truth?

MigrationWatch is at it again, with a claim that meeting the social housing needs of new immigrants will cost the taxpayer £1 billion a year for the next 25 years.

Brit taxpayers should jump housing queue says MP

The government’s so-called ‘poverty Czar’ has said that a review of the housing allocation system is required to give priority to British taxpayers.

Woman jailed for fraudulent housing claim

A woman who used a false passport to fraudulently obtain a social home has been jailed for eight months.

'When the inner city finally came to call'

Foreign intervention

The threat of climate change may not be a big enough priority in most countries, but going green can help to tackle other, more pressing, socio-economic problems, as demonstrated by a retrofit project in South Africa, says Jane Henley

Cheated out of their savings

Abusive financial practices targeting the elderly are on the rise, but so are measures to protect vulnerable housing association residents. Alex Turner reports

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

Protecting your reputation

How should employers address the threats posed by social networking sites? Lawyer Siobhan Fitzgerald explains

A charitable case for relief

Exemptions from CIL are available but it’s advisable to check the details, says Mark Burrows, associate at Penningtons Solicitors