AK Blakemore’s lastest historical novel Doom Painting brings medieval England to vivid life, from dusky-pink figs to severed heads and a tax on dogs

Ten “cursed” apartments have sat empty since 2012 • The Qatari state can’t find buyers • The local council has approved plans to turn them into short-term lets at up to £18,000 per week

Special report: James Riding visits Stockport to unpack the prime minister’s distinctive model of housing-led regeneration. Can it be replicated across the UK?

Special report: James Riding visits Stockport to unpack the prime minister’s distinctive model of housing-led regeneration. Can it be replicated across the UK?

Special report: James Riding visits Stockport to unpack the prime minister’s distinctive model of housing-led regeneration. Can it be replicated across the UK?

Legal & General (L&G) could be forced to repay rent to hundreds of tenants after it emerged that it had been renting out its build-to-rent homes in south London without a licence required by the local...

How did a 21-year-old man come to die on a driveway in the West of Ireland?

Staff at property technology companies Outra and Upstix were paid late last month, Inside Housing Living can reveal

Housing association Vivid is exploring partnership opportunities with a house builder, including buying a stake, Inside Housing can reveal.

A new proposal aims to shift public spending from benefits to building homes for key workers. How radical is it – and would it work? James Riding investigates

Exclusive: Guardian investigation of CT Group uncovers practice that appears to seek hidden influence over public opinion

The chair and a director of Heylo Group’s registered provider have quit, and administrators recruited CBRE to value a third of its homes ahead of a planned sale.

In threatening to deport 'foreign nationals' who live in social housing, Farage paints a distorted picture of who lives in council housing and how it works

Get Living has launched an internal investigation into how it used the new Renters’ Rights Act to propose a 30% rent hike to tenants in Stratford’s East Village.

Build-to-rent landlord Get Living has used a loophole in the new Renters’ Rights Act to demand a 10% rent hike, Inside Housing Living can reveal.

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In Claire Powell’s All In, a couple whose relationship is on the rocks are invited on a luxury family holiday. It’s on India Knight’s list of top summer reads

Tim Harford investigates migration and housing, Welsh literacy, and bond market drama.

Creditors of collapsed subsidiaries of Heylo Group face fresh uncertainty after administrators ordered an independent valuation of the companies’ homes.

Exclusive: 3,500 social homes could switch to private sector after companies run by Heylo Housing group go into administration

A ‘permanent presumption’ in favour of suitably located development has potentially far-reaching implications for housing delivery, write Joe Sarling and Anthony Aitken at Colliers

Four subsidiaries of the shared ownership specialist entered administration last month. James Riding explores why the defaults happened and what might be next.

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has been given notice to quit his private rented home because of the Renters’ Rights Act, he told a conference today.

I am very sorry to announce that Giles passed away over the weekend. If and when there is further information that I can share, I will do so. For now, please take a moment to read the short obituary p...

Reform UK's Simon Dudley suggested post-Grenfell safety rules have gone too far

In Lazar, the debut novelist Nelio Biedermann chronicles the vicissitudes of 20th-century Hungary through the fate of a single family

The lead author of the government’s new heat network regulations missed a chance to disclose its boss’ stake in smart monitor company Guru Systems.

Reforms to ‘golden brick’ tax relief for social housing developers will support for-profit registered providers, an MP campaigning for the changes has said.

Four subsidiaries of BlackRock-backed shared ownership specialist Heylo Housing Group have entered administration, Inside Housing Living can reveal.

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