Study to assess need for family-sized homes

Asset management

Most people who’ve looked online today (Friday) at the land owned by public bodies will be shocked. The sheer scale of properties and plots is vast.

Council holds summit to tackle underoccupation

A council has launched an operation to try to reduce the number of residents on its waiting list by tackling the issue of underoccupied homes.

London mayor: 1

Capital gains

As voters decide who to elect as the next London mayor, charity chiefs Leslie Morphy and Charles Fraser examine the issues the winner must address

Architects attack new build homes

Families living in new build homes are being short-changed after it was revealed the properties are significantly smaller than older ones, it has been claimed.

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

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

Tenants on the move

A group of London housing associations has launched a scheme to help unemployed tenants relocate to get back into work. Alex Turner reports

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

Casting the net for a home

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