Housing

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 finally approached your purchase, 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...

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...

Labour moves to end no-fault evictions within months

Landlords will soon be banned from removing tenants without cause as the government prepares to launch a long-delayed...

Councils in England draining reserves to stay afloat, leaders say

Local authority leaders say they are having to drain their financial reserves to keep services afloat and avoid...

John Lewis submits £80m plan to turn Reading depot into rental flats

The owner of John Lewis has submitted plans for the £80m development of 215 rental flats on the site of its unused Reading distribution...

‘Less money for health and education’: Albanese slams Coalition threat to cut GST unless states build housing

The Greens and the Coalition are opening up new fronts in the battle over housing policy, as the government continues to struggle to get...

Can new towns give Keir Starmer the answer to Britain’s housing crisis?

The best way to view Ebbsfleet is from a low hill above the muddy banks of the Thames estuary. Here, between the chalk cliffs,...