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Ghetto concerns over social homes proposals

14 November 2008

Proposals being considered by the Government to end the entitlement of people in social housing to a tenancy for life could lead to the "ghettoisation of low-income groups", a housing chief has warned.

Critical times call for new housing model

7 November 2008

The collapse of easy credit and the buy-to-let market should lead to more balanced developments, says Pat Hayes.

Council eyes social homes conversion

7 November 2008

A council in Surrey could spend £300 million to turn stalled private-sector housing schemes into social homes, it emerged last week.

MPs call for revised homes target

7 November 2008

The Government must reassess its housebuilding target, a committee of MPs urged this week.

Exclusive - Only two councils made housing scheme sales

7 November 2008

Only two of the ten councils offering a shared ownership package to social housing tenants made sales in the scheme's first two-and-a-half years, Regeneration & Renewal can reveal.

Housing regulator vows renewal role

7 November 2008

The upcoming housing regulator will use its powers to ensure that social housing residents are engaged in the regeneration of their areas, the agency's boss said this week.

Boroughs face housing goals hike

7 November 2008

London's mayor has asked four boroughs to increase their rate of affordable housebuilding by more than 100 per cent over the next three years.

Growing concerns over private lets

By Karen Buck

7 November 2008

Hard data may be hard to come by, but there seems to have been a massive surge in the private rented housing sector.

Encouraging a third option for housing

By Tim Williams

7 November 2008

What the state should not do in the downturn (part 34): buy rubbish flats off bankrupt housebuilders.

Glasgow City Council extends development agreement

7 November 2008

Glasgow City Council has extended a development agreement on a stalled private housing development with Mansell Partnership Homes,.