3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (662+ words) For over a year, thousands of homes in west Wales have been stalled by environmental planning advice. Hayley Eastment, policy and external affairs manager at Community Housing Cymru explains the context and what needs to happen next Hayley Eastment is…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (770+ words) The government’s Warm Homes Plan must provide funding in a way that avoids a “postcode lottery” and makes retrofit delivery more equitable, a report has found. The Warm Homes Plan was published in January, and allocated £15bn of public funding to…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (766+ words) There is considerable distance between getting someone indoors and ending their homelessness, writes Lígia Teixeira, chief executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact In August, exactly a month after pledging to end long-term rough sleeping as his first instruction as…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (570+ words) Sector bodies have criticised a proposal by the Conservatives to cut housing benefit in order to fund higher defence spending, warning of higher costs for councils and increased homelessness. Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservatives, has set out plans…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (286+ words) Scottish first minister John Swinney has vowed to end the use of “unsafe and harmful” temporary accommodation for children. The SNP leader made the promise in a speech on Monday setting out the new administration’s Programme for Government. It comes…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) Nottingham City Council has agreed to apologise to a tenant for failing to progress disability adaptation works within “appropriate timescales”. An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) found that the delay caused the tenant “avoidable injustice…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (119+ words) High Court ruling on council housing duty will ‘influence homelessness decision-making for years to come’ Inside Housing | My account | My library High Court ruling on council housing duty will ‘influence homelessness decision-making for years to come’ A London council has…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (510+ words) Data from Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities shows that the number of homeless people has risen by around 14,000 since the last quarter. The quarterly Housing Bulletin for April to June 2026 shows that there were 64,417 individuals with homelessness status in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (803+ words) Charities have urged the Scottish government to prioritise ending homelessness in its new Programme for Government. Shelter Scotland led calls for first minister John Swinney to listen to families trapped in temporary accommodation and put housing at the top of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (517+ words) Recent announcements from Reform and the Conservatives have focused heavily on housing eligibility and allocation criteria linked to nationality and immigration status. John Perry, policy advisor for the Chartered Institute of Housing, breaks down what these would mean for the…...