Tag: Housing

Taxpayers have forked out £7 million for student flats meant for asylum seekers, only for them to sit empty for over a year – leaving taxpayers stuck with millions in wasted rent.

Landlords are facing bigger bills and tougher inspections thanks to Ed Miliband's Net Zero push, with many worried that stricter energy rules could soon make their properties impossible to rent out.

Nearly half of all social housing in London, 48%, is occupied by foreign-born heads of household, costing the taxpayer around £3.6 billion a year in discounted rent, it's been revealed.

Ed Miliband's Net Zero policies promise renters £240 in savings while landing landlords with five-figure bills – a green stack of lies that will only push rents higher, says Ben Pile.

Ed Miliband's plan to force all rental homes to have EPC C or above by 2030 is a recipe for higher rents and fewer rentals, says Ben Pile. Even at today's high energy prices, payback periods can extend into centuries.

Gas boilers in new homes will be banned as soon as next year and they will be required to have heat pumps and solar panels under plans being spearheaded by Ed Miliband and Angela Rayner.

Britain is a two-tier country all the way down, says Laurie Wastell. It's not just in justice and policing: in housing, too, racism by minorities advertising exclusively to co-ethnics is very common and never prosecuted.

MPs will be spared from a new council tax premium on second homes that they voted to permit, leaving taxpayers picking up five-figure bills.

'Insurance', 'leasehold' – two of the dullest words in the English language. But that's a problem, says Margaret Rothwell, as Labour is about to legalise highway robbery for landlords via the iniquitous leasehold system.

Defective heat pumps will be fitted in new homes under Net Zero plans, the Government has been warned, after it emerged that installations in new builds are unregulated and can be installed by any cowboy.