Tax loophole on second homes closed
Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to pay, under tough new measures announced by the Government
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Lords report calls for action on housing crisis
The Lords Built Environment Committee has called on the Government to address barriers to building much-needed new homes.
Funding for expert advice on housing
Thirty projects are to receive up to £25,000 each to help 90 councils overcome housing challenges in their local areas.
Capturing the housing retrofit dividend
The UK has the oldest and coldest housing stock in the world.
A celebration of council housing
While out canvassing for a local by-election in my patch, I stumbled across the first council housing that was built in Gloucestershire, in the village of Mickleton.
Residents ‘want a say on new homes’
New polling by the LGA has found that eight in 10 residents want to be able to have a say on all new homes built in their local community.
Planning proposals under fire
Opposition leaders have criticised the Government’s proposed planning reforms, calling them a “developers’ charter” and “wrong-headed”.
1.1m planned homes ‘still to be built’
New analysis by the LGA has revealed that more than 1.1 million homes granted planning permission in the last decade are yet to be built.
Empty offices ‘could lead to poor housing conversions’
The LGA has warned that office blocks left empty following the pandemic are at risk of being turned into potentially substandard housing under permitted development rights, which allow developers to convert buildings into homes without planning permission.