Downing Street round-table concludes with promise by lender Metro Bank to stop preventing landlords from renting out properties to those on benefits.

Reacting to recent reports that councils aren’t taking enough enforcement action against ‘rogue’ landlords, an announcement has been made about further funding.

A quick guide to the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and his property experience to date.

Sajid Javid moves on to the Home Office, James Brokenshire picks up the brief of Housing and Communities Secretary.

One of David Cameron’s former housing ministers Mark Prisk is to make his first keynote speech about the industry since he left stepped down. Mark was in post for a characteristically short…

The cabinet shuffle continues at No 10 Downing Street, so we now know the identity of our new Housing Minister: Dominic Raab MP for Esher and Walton, in Surrey. He will work…

Housing has been put at the heart of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) after Sajid Javid was today given the title of Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and…

Housing minister Alok Sharma is to proceed with plans to significantly widen HMO licensing in the UK, and has also published the range of criminal offences that will soon trigger letting agents…

To keep our economy strong, drastic policy changes are needed from the Government to support our struggling housing market...

The new Minister for Housing and Planning is Alok Sharma, MP, Reading West. Mr Sharma retained his seat with a majority of 2876 in last week’s election. First elected in 2010 for…