Policy Area

Housing

The government is helping local councils and developers work with local communities to plan and build better places to live for everyone. This includes building affordable housing, improving the quality of rented housing, helping more people to buy a home, and providing housing support for vulnerable people.

Announcements

1. August 2017 Transaction Data

   • 21 September 2017
   • Press release

2. Sajid Javid's speech to the National Housing Federation conference 2017

   • 19 September 2017
   • Speech

3. RESI Conference 2017

   • 14 September 2017
   • Speech

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Consultations

1. Planning for the right homes in the right places: consultation proposals

   • 14 September 2017
   • Open consultation

2. Planning and affordable housing for Build to Rent

   • 3 August 2017
   • Consultation outcome

3. Recognising residents’ associations, and their power to request information about tenants

   • 25 July 2017
   • Closed consultation

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Publications

1. Current registered providers of social housing

   • 21 September 2017
   • Transparency data

2. Letter to residents following the Grenfell Tower fire: 19 September 2017

   • 21 September 2017
   • Correspondence

3. HM Land Registry workforce management information: August 2017

   • 18 September 2017
   • Transparency data

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Statistics

1. Estimating the number of leasehold dwellings in England, 2015 to 2016

   • 21 September 2017
   • Official Statistics

2. Monthly property transactions completed in the UK with value of £40,000 or above

   • 21 September 2017
   • National Statistics

3. New house building: April to June 2017

   • 14 September 2017
   • National Statistics

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Detailed guides

1. Housing finance and household expenditure: notes and definitions

   Information on how statistics on housing finance and household expenditure are compiled. Read more

2. Paying tax on rent to landlords abroad

   How tenants and letting agents in the UK pay tax on behalf of landlords abroad under the Non-resident Landlord (NRL) Scheme. Read more

3. How to challenge our decision to list or not list a building

   You have 28 days to challenge a listing after the notification has been published. Read more

4. Send money due to the Crown under a bona vacantia mortgage (BVC5)

   How to repay a charge that was due to a dissolved company and is now due to the Crown. Read more

5. Apply to buy a freehold reversion (BVC4)

   How to refer or buy the freehold reversion of your flat that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown. Read more