The biggest empire the world has ever seen was run by a small elite who partied all night, drank liters of port, and stayed in bed until the afternoon.

Giant asset manager Brookfield has entered the UK affordable housing sector by acquiring a for-profit social landlord, Inside Housing Living can reveal.

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

A third of London boroughs will return to a target of 35% affordable housing on new developments from 2028.

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.

These two new systems could be genuinely revolutionary

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

A violent, villainous father, a missing sister and a disappointed woman who works in a dry cleaners — No Such Thing as Monday by Siân Hughes is a tale that mixes humour with unhappiness