Council Houses

Giving Vertigo Sufferer 16th Floor Flat Was 'Perverse'

PA | Posted 21.03.2013 | UK

A local authority official made a "perverse" decision when concluding that a 16th-floor council flat was suitable for a woman who suffered severe vert...

'Vertigo' Woman Given 16th Floor Council Flat

PA | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK

A woman with "severe vertigo" won a legal fight after objecting to the offer of a 16th-floor council flat. The Court of Appeal said a local authori...

Change Your Mind: Should We Sell Off Expensive Council Houses?

Posted 21.08.2012 | UK

A right-wing think tank has suggested councils should sell off expensive houses to fund new building developments. Policy Exchange, an influential ...

Too Many Homes Going To Foreigners, Claims Senior Labour MP

PA | Posted 14.06.2012 | UK Politics

The Government should review who is given priority in housing queues after figures showed that nearly half of new tenants in some parts of the capital...

Sublet Your Council House And We'll Send You To Prison, Says Government

PA | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK Politics

Council tenants who rake in thousands of pounds a year by subletting their homes face up to two years in prison, it was revealed today. Courts woul...

Government Announces £430m Funding For Council Housing

PA | Posted 31.01.2012 | UK

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced more than £430 million of funding to help councils as part of a scheme which encourages the building of n...

Perspective on Housing Benefit Reforms

Grant Shapps | Posted 25.09.2011 | UK Politics
Grant Shapps

Our changes are part of the most radical reform of social housing for a generation, to give councils more flexibility to use their social housing stock to the maximum effect and drive down waiting lists.

Creating Ghettos of Failure

Peter Thornton | Posted 21.09.2011 | UK Politics
Peter Thornton

Why is this minister pursuing policies even more damaging that Margaret Thatcher ever dreamt of?