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No change to Greater Manchester masterplan examination - despite indication government could scrap housing targets

Green belt campaigners were heartened by housing secretary Michael Gove’s recent statement signalling he intended to make further changes to the planning system.

Manchester Evening News · Dec 15, 2022

'They should be treated like human beings,' says British activist campaigning for tenants

Our Observer, Kwajo Tweneboa, lived in appalling conditions in a London council house for years, along with his dying father and two sisters. But he has turned this difficult experience into a powerful drive for change. Today, he travels up and down the UK visiting substandard homes and documenting the…

France 24 · Dec 15, 2022

Timelapse shows historic Custom House's stunning £80 million four-year transformation

The historic building is at the heart of a brand-new hotel quarter which has brought together a 303-bed four-star Clayton Hotel together with a 164-bed Adagio Aparthotel.

Glasgow Live · Dec 15, 2022

Larger homes and home offices are now low priority for Texas residents

As monthly mortgage payments have soared over the past year due to higher interest rates, buyers are on the hunt for less expensive homes if they haven’t called off their search entirely. That could mean making some compromises.

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

A year after opening 600 rooms to LA's unhoused, the Cecil Hotel is still mostly empty. Here's why

It's not much — a bed with a mattress, a small nightstand, a dresser, a closet and some assorted appliances in a 160-square-foot room.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 15, 2022

As home prices decline, Southern Californians who bought at the peak are nervous

Surging mortgage interest rates threatened to squash Michael and Christine Hawkins' dream of home ownership. But this fall when the couple saw a Canoga Park condo languish on the market, they devised a plan.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 15, 2022

Councillor 'snoozes' as vote taken on affordable homes at key council housing project

Councillors met to discuss removing a planning condition requiring the council's housing company to build affordable homes

Liverpool Echo · Dec 15, 2022

U.S. rents drop at the fastest rate in 7 years, per Zillow

It's another sign that inflation is easing.

Axios · Dec 15, 2022

‘Widespread failings’ at housing association linked to Awaab Ishak’s death

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has identified hundreds of flats on the estate with signs of damp and mould, the Regulator of Social Housing said.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Landlords told to ‘get a grip’ as almost a quarter of private rented homes do not meet standards

Figures emerge as damning report finds ‘significant’ failings by landlord of two-year-old who died in mouldy flat

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022