Legislation to tackle rogue landlords

Benefit cuts will require extra support for migrants

Changes to housing benefit mean government ministers, social housing providers and private landlords need to give more help to migrants, a new report has found.

Call made for Scottish Government to prioritise housing

Three major housing bodies have joined forces to call on the Scottish Government to make housing a national priority.

£200m pledged for almost 2,000 new homes

More than £200 million will be used to fund new affordable homes north of the border, the Scottish government has announced.

He who Adairs, wins

Lord Adair Turner caused a ruckus by criticising the government’s green deal. Here the Climate Change Committee chair tells Jess McCabe why he spoke out and what his legacy will be

Eye opener

Cold cottage rescue

Isolation from mains gas can spell financial hardship. Alex Turner investigates how Cornish landlords are exploring renewable energy solutions to rural fuel poverty

Casting the net for a home

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

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

Not a sticking plaster

Efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour can seem like fire fighting. It’s expensive to take a more comprehensive and long-term approach by working with a single family to get to the root of their problems. But, as Tony Powell, executive director of neighbourhoods at New Charter Housing Trust, explains, the effect can be transformative.

Strike while the iron’s hot

Landlords have until 12 December to deliver carbon emission and energy savings targets. Christopher Paul, partner at Trowers & Hamlins explains