Most tenants want housing benefit paid direct to landlord

Direct action

Blue Monday

Government faces calls to review direct payment

The government will come under pressure to review its plans for direct payment of housing benefit in parliament today.

People power

In one sense, the headline finding from our exclusive poll with Ipsos Mori this week that three in five people oppose housing benefit cuts if the result is increased homelessness is good news.

Universal challenge

Six pilot schemes will test direct payment of housing benefit to tenants. Here, Nick Duxbury leaps into the future to reveal to welfare reform minister Lord David Freud what the results might be

The big freeze

Kicking off our chief executive salaries special, Inside Housing’s annual survey reveals the economic downturn has put most pay on ice. Lydia Stockdale reports

Ageing sustainably

By 2020 China will have more than 260 million people over the age of 65. Here, Jess McCabe gets a glimpse at how the country plans to house some of them in a giant, retirement eco-city

Some food for thought

Landlords should assess their level of risk as the Bribery Act comes into force, says Kirsty Thompson, solicitor at Devonshires

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

Stuck in the starting gate?

It’s the only game in town, but will it be a success? MP Alan Whitehead assesses the green deal’s chances.