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. Housing Minister's speech at the Design Quality Conference 2018

    • Speech

  2. 69,000 households benefit from cut to stamp duty

    • News story

  3. Government champions innovation in bid to build well-designed homes

    • Press release

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Consultations

  1. Consultation on draft Local Land Charges Rules 2017

    • Consultation outcome

  2. Improving the home buying and selling process: call for evidence

    • Consultation outcome

  3. Funding for supported housing - two consultations

    • Consultation outcome

See all consultations

Publications

  1. Regulatory judgement: Sovereign Housing Association Limited

    • Decision

  2. Regulatory judgements and notices, and Gradings under review

    • Decision

  3. Regulatory judgement: Park Hill Housing Co-operative Limited

    • Decision

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Statistics

  1. Help to Buy: ISA scheme quarterly statistics: December 2015 to 30 December 2017

    • Official Statistics

  2. Quarterly Stamp Duty Statistics

    • National Statistics

  3. Help to Buy (equity loan scheme) and Help to Buy: NewBuy statistics: April 2013 to 31 December 2017

    • Official Statistics

See all statistics

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