Housing

Woman who fell to her death from Hackney council flat ‘was trying to fix drainpipe’

A woman who accidentally fell to her death from the sixth floor balcony of a Hackney council block was trying to fix a blocked drainpipe that had been repaired...

New council housing in England may be removed from right to buy scheme

Ministers may stop new council houses in England from being sold under the right to buy scheme, Angela...

Low-income renters will struggle after UK housing benefit freeze, experts warn

Low-income renters will struggle to afford housing costs after Rachel Reeves’s decision to freeze the amount of housing...

Dracula’s Castle, a monument to 1980s excess, is about to be cruelly defanged | Rowan Moore

Minster Court, a pink granite-and-marble neo-gothic office block in the City of London, a work of 1980s excess...

‘Fits a cot perfectly’: tiny space for rent in Silicon Valley exposes dire rental market

A California “home” for rent is shining a light on the US housing crisis – and evoking Harry...

Ministers accused of ‘dawdling’ over leasehold changes in England and Wales

Campaigners have accused the government of dragging its heels over promised changes to the leasehold system in England and Wales, with homeowners still waiting...

I escaped homelessness and then Lambeth council raised my rent by £470

I have been homeless for two years, living in temporary accommodation supplied by Lambeth council. Finally last month my dreams came true; I successfully...

Sunday with Will Poulter: ‘I leave the cooking to my mum, but we’ll do the dishes’

Sunday grub? Sunday lunch with my family has been the most important moment in the weekly calendar for as long as I can remember....

Renting in England is like trying to buy Oasis tickets – Labour’s solutions only go so far | Tom Darling

Are you a forty- or fiftysomething who recently spent your whole Saturday in a queue for Oasis tickets, only to discover that, as you...

Landlords warn they may raise rents in response to Labour’s renters’ rights bill

Landlords are warning they may raise asking rents in high demand areas if long-awaited reforms unveiled in parliament on Wednesday turn parts of the...

UK government links with Barratt and Lloyds for £150m housebuilding project

Barratt and Lloyds Banking Group have launched a £150m joint-venture with the government body Homes England that will lead to the UK’s largest housebuilder...