Shapps announces plan to restrict social housing for high-earners

Security breach (part 1)

Landlords to quiz tenants about salary

Social landlords will increasingly quiz tenants about the size of their pay packets, the head of a major housing association has admitted.

Labour: workers to get social housing priority

The Labour Party is drawing up a national housing policy that will give people with jobs priority for a social home.

Shapps: High-earners paying market rent could raise £56m

Grant Shapps plans to raise £56 million for new affordable homes by forcing social housing tenants on six-figure salaries to pay market rent.

Taking away incentive

If the government kicks people out of their social homes when they find work people will lose their aspirations

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

What’s in a name?

The housing strategy for England has finally arrived, but what does it mean for the sector?

Battling fraud

New proposals to tackle sub-letting should include grounds for possession to bring stock back into use, says Colin Hammond, head of housing litigation at Penningtons Solicitors

Caught out

Social landlords should consider instructing investigators when they suspect fraud, say Samantha Darlington and Neil Lawlor

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