Housing and Community
Charting the housing shortage and the challenges of the private rented sector.
Benefits don’t cover cost of rent for 500,000 renters in England
Findings come after number of private renters claiming benefits rose 36% between February and August this year.
Liverpool looks for new ways to tackle rogue landlords
In January Liverpool’s city-wide selective licensing scheme was not renewed by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government and the team was disbanded
8 things we learned from the 12th Annual CIEH Housing and Health Conference
Learning points and snippets from the two-day online event.
Shelter urges government to keep promise to renters
‘Pipeline’ of tens of thousands of tenants facing eviction due to pandemic.
Landlords and charities demand financial help for tenants in arrears
Coalition says eviction ban alone not enough to help those in difficulty because of COVID-19.
Fast track for ‘beautiful buildings’ under government’s planning reform proposals
White paper includes automatic planning permission in designated ‘growth’ areas.
‘HMOs are central to the operation of traffickers’
Interview with an investigator working with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.
Tales from the front line: ‘We expect to see more blocks made safer’
Meet the EHP helping councils get combustible cladding removed from tall buildings.
‘Tackle fuel poverty to prevent winter COVID-19 deaths,’ PM is urged
Evidence shows fuel poverty puts households more at risk from worst effects of virus.
Alarm over proposals to strip councils of planning control
EHN Extra spoke to NLGN think tank director Adam Lent about Whitehall’s centralised mindset.
