Social housing landlord Sovereign has been criticised by the Housing Ombudsman for its failure to provide safe and secure housing to two households who suffered from a rat infestation, and another with damp and mould.
The Ombudsman made four findings o…
The London Mayor has launched a new initiative to convert private housing into council homes.
Sadiq Khan aims to build an additional 10,000 council homes in the capital in the next decade.
London is experiencing a housing crisis with more than 170,000…
Rental properties should be seized from landlords who consistently break the rules and take advantage of tenants, says a Labour MP.
Clive Betts, the chair of the levelling up, housing and communities select committee, told the Guardian, that confiscat…
More than 12,000 social homes in Greater Manchester are to be treated for mould and damp problems following the release of government funding.
Earlier this year, Housing Secretary Michael Gove announced £15 million in funding to tackle damp and mould h…
Angela Rayner has accused landlords of using Section 21 “as an easy get-out to turf people out of their home.”
In an interview with ITV News, Ms Rayner slammed the government for delaying no-fault evictions which was first promised in 2019.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that homelessness has reached record levels, with 104,000 households living in temporary accommodation at the end of March 2023.
This is an 89% increase over the past decade and the highest figure sinc…
More than 180 tenants of a social housing trust have been overcharged by nearly £500,000, the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) says.
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) has admitted its failure to set rents correctly and vowed to reimburse the affect…
The Housing Ombudsman has published a challenging picture of social housing complaints with a 323% increase in severe maladministration findings against social housing landlords.
The Annual Complaints Review also reveals a 28% increase in complaints re…
Councils have spent £1.7 billion on temporary accommodation in just one year, according to new government figures.
The latest figures reveal a 9% increase in spending in just one year. It has increased by 62% in the last five years.
And so, to the Labour Party conference where the sparkling wit and wisdom of Angela Rayner on the opening day managed to chill landlords everywhere.
There was nothing much to be surprised about, the normal platitudes about poor tenants having to put up…
In a feisty exchange on LBC, the Shadow Housing Secretary Angela Rayner refused to comment on Labour’s plan for landlords.
Ms Rayner found herself in a heated exchange with LBC presenter Andrew Castle, who repeatedly pressed her about the growing numbe…
Social housing tenants are being urged to put pressure on landlords to improve their living conditions in a new campaign.
The government has launched the next phase of the ‘Make Things Right’ campaign, which aims to empower residents to report issues …
Housing associations are being urged to check building specifications for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
The call comes after some schools in England have been forced to close because they contain the dangerous concrete.
One social housi…
Every social housing tenant is to receive ‘Watchdog’ style training on how to hold their landlords to account as part of a new scheme.
From free advice on addressing damp and mould to webinars on how to complain about anti-social behaviour
A social housing provider has been heavily criticised by the Ombudsman over damp and mould.
The Housing Ombudsman identified patterns of ‘exclusion’ and ‘marginalisation’ in Rochdale Boroughwide Housing.
The social housing provider supplied accommodati…
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