Harry Rodd

The Government is to consult on a new five-year social housing rent settlement aimed at giving the sector more long-term certainty on funding.

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has become the first local authority to receive a C1 grading – the highest possible – following an inspection

The Housing Ombudsman called on social landlords to provide three times as many remedies in 2023/24 (at 21,740) as in the previous 12 months.

An evaluation of the ‘Housing First' pilots has confirmed a substantial improvement in the housing retention rate among participants with multiple and complex needs, and suggested that the programme has delivered value for money

The Government has agreed to review the limit on grants to fund specialist adaptations to disabled people's homes, following a legal challenge brought by a family left unable to meet their six-year-old disabled child's needs.

The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has launched a short-inquiry into rough sleeping, “looking at the causes of rough

Some 95% of landlords have reported that following the Housing Ombudsman's Complaint Handling Code has helped to embed a positive complaint handling

Cheshire East Council has been fined £500,000 after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the death of a dog walker

Leicester City Council has refused to implement a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman's recommendation that it pay a domestic abuse victim £1,300