Government advisors condemn benefit cuts

Benefit caps to make 800,000 homes unaffordable

Caps to housing welfare payments that come into force this week will contribute to 800,000 private rented homes becoming unaffordable.

Landlords braced for impact of benefit reform

Social landlords are preparing to commit significant amounts of extra cash and resources to ready themselves for the impact of the Welfare Reform Bill, which was expected to receive royal assent yesterday.

Lord Freud resists benefit cap amendments

Welfare reform minister Lord Freud has faced more questions in parliament from peers worried about the proposed benefit cap for workless households.

Last Christmas with the kids

Changes to local housing allowance could block separated parents from having access to their children. Lydia Stockdale speaks to one father facing up to a lonely new year

Mark their words

Brazil needs a new approach

Brazil needs a shift in attitude if it is to successfully tackle its growing housing crisis, says Ruban Selvanayagam

Missing contractual targets

Housing benefit caps could put landlords providing rent collection services at financial risk says, David Isaacson, director at Cobbetts

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

Shout it from the rooftops

Further planning rules under the Localism Act could increase the need to consult residents, says Ben Halsey, senior associate at Lewis Silkin

Casting the net for a home

A website aimed solely at local housing allowance claimants is helping people find homes. Lydia Stockdale logs on