Norfolk County Council plans to buy RAF Coltishall

In 2006 RAF Coltishall closed. The Ministry of Justice took it over and now use part of the site for… Read more »

Do these buildings really deserve awards?

Anthony Jelley has mixed reactions to the Housing Design Awards for public housing The photos of the winning projects of… Read more »

Dromey rebuffed by the Statistics Authority

Last month I reported that the Shadow Housing Minister Jack Dromey had written a long letter to the UK Statistics… Read more »

Dromey’s false claim that Labour reduced homelessness by 70%

During Commons questions to the Communities and Local Government Ministers yesterday the Shadow Housing Minister Jack Dromey said: Under Labour,… Read more »

Conservative councillor resigns over Housing Benefit proposals

Cllr Matthew James who represents St Marys and Summercombe Ward on Torbay Council has resigned from the Conservative Party to… Read more »

Taxpayer funded groups fighting Cameron’s welfare reform proposals

The Labour Party opposes the policy put forward by the Prime Minister that Housing Benefit should be scrapped for those… Read more »

Lambeth’s urban clearance

By Brixton Observer Labour-controlled Lambeth Council describes itself as the “co-operative council”. But it is in the process of destroying… Read more »

The subsidy for council rent can be over £1,000 a week

This table below, which covers the rent levels in my own borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, gives an indication of… Read more »

Council tenants should be charged market rent with Housing Benefit to help them pay when needed

John Moss (who is currently contesting a by-election in the Larkswood ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest) urges… Read more »

Shapps details “pay to stay” rent rises for rich council tenants

The Times reports (£) that details will be published today of rent rises for Council tenants earning over £60,000 a… Read more »

Why are Labour targeting Grant Shapps?

"Labour attacks 'Minister for Daybreak'," runs the headline in The Independent this morning. It reports that the Labour Party are… Read more »

Scottish Conservatives defend the right to buy

While in England the right to buy for council tenants is being revived, in Scotland it is being ever more… Read more »

Less red tape for housing associations selling vacant properties

I used to be on the management committee for the Shepherd's Bush Housing Association, a pretty dire landlord operating in… Read more »

Delivering quality housing for rent

More than 1.4 million properties in the UK are funded by a Buy-to-Let (BTL) mortgage. Yet as the property markets… Read more »

Grant Shapps, sounding like a Party Chairman, says David Cameron should be judged only after a full term of office

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter It's worth noting Grant Shapps' Daily Telegraph article this morning. There are a trio of… Read more »