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...

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 package of measures for renters including...

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 effective bankruptcy. A survey of the mid-tier...

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,...