Housing

Rachel Reeves is set to announce £500 million to build 5,000 new affordable homes - many of them for social rent - in Wendesday's Budget. The 'top up' for the Affordable Homes programme is aimed at delivering a mix of homes to buy, and to…

“People receiving a social allowance reserved for people with disabilities are directly targeted by a variable in the algorithm,” says Bastien Le Querrec, legal expert at La Quadrature du Net. “The risk score for people receiving AAH and…

The 2023 Atomico's State of European Tech Report reveals Netherlands to be a standout success, cementing its position as a star player in the startup ecosystem. In terms of capital invested in its private tech companies, for instance, it’s…

Having spent many years as second fiddle to Barcelona, Madrid surpassed its Catalan cousin in 2023 with startups securing €605 million ($672 million) investment above Barcelona’s €457 million ($507 million). “Lots of Latin American talent…

Keir Starmer has vowed to put “rocket boosters” under housebuilding, tearing up planning rules and allowing more homes to be built in urban areas where they’re most needed."Planning passports” will mean developments on brownfield land will…

Labour’s plans to build 1.5million homes and plough much-needed cash into infrastructure could see it overtake better-performing countries, economists say.The UK has fallen behind other G7 nations, and needs to be bold to turn the tide,…

It’s been one year since New York enacted a law that barred most whole-apartment rentals for short-term stays on platforms like Airbnb. Since then, the number of stays under 30 days has plummeted in the city, but Airbnb is raising questions…

Angela Rayner has called on landowners, local authorities and housebuilders to flag up blocked sites where more homes could be built.The Deputy PM and Housing Secretary has vowed to tackle the housing crisis as official analysis suggests…

Angela Rayner has pledged to "get shovels in the ground" and unblock up to 300,000 new homes stuck in a planning limbo.The Deputy PM's new plan to tackle the housing crisis comes as official analysis suggests more than 200 large sites…

If you’ve rented an apartment in the US in the past several years, you may have had the sense that the game was rigged: Prices creep up not only at your building but at others throughout the city, seemingly in lockstep. A new civil lawsuit…