An empty-homes tax meant to penalize real-­property owners who leave their Oahu residences vacant for extended periods of time was formally deferred Wednesday evening by the Honolulu City Council.

City Council approved COPA, along with a package of housing bills that housing groups and the administration warn could hurt the next mayor’s housing plan ...

A council has launched a campaign to buy private homes and then use them as social housing. East Renfrewshire Council want sellers to consider the local authority, before putting their property on the ...

Families living in an area of Surrey where 35 council-owned houses have been left empty due to subsidence say they do not feel safe in their own homes. The houses in the Park Barn area of Guildford ...

Second home owners and property investors could face a shock when council tax bills start to arrive this month as local authorities can now charge thousands more for additional properties. Laws which ...

Which councils built the most homes in 2024-25? And how many did they complete? Jess McCabe reports #UKhousing The number of homes built by UK councils has risen 10.7% in one year, Inside Housing can ...

A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”. Reform responded to the move by ...

The Davis City Council is divided over how to guarantee affordable housing in a proposed development, with some ...

A Newham Council housing officer allegedly manipulated allocation systems to give 35 homes to ineligible people; the fraud was exposed by a whistleblower, and the officer resigned immediately when ...

Star Road, in Isleworth, is the sort of semi-suburban street found all over the southern outskirts of London. It twists and turns, a mix of semi-detached houses, terraces and new build flats. There’s ...

City of Edinburgh Council wants to demolish Westfiled Court in Gorgie, but residents have accused the authority of allowing ...