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. Help to Buy helps over 185,000 people buy a new home

    • News story

  2. August 2016 Price Paid Data

    • Press release

  3. Land Registry awards planning and delivery partner contract

    • News story

See all announcements

Consultations

  1. Homes and Communities Agency equality objectives 2016 to 2020

    • Open consultation

  2. Procurement of Delivery Partner Panel 3 (DPP3)

    • Open consultation

  3. Client Money Protection (CMP) review

    • Open consultation

See all consultations

Publications

  1. Regulatory judgement: Peabody Trust

    • Decision

  2. Regulatory judgement: Cross Keys Homes Limited

    • Decision

  3. Regulatory judgements and regulatory notices

    • Decision

See all publications

Statistics

  1. Help to Buy (equity loan scheme) and Help to Buy: NewBuy statistics: April 2013 to 30 June 2016

    • Official Statistics

  2. Statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief, England: April to June 2016

    • National Statistics

  3. Help to Buy - Wales: Shared Equity Loan Scheme: August 2016

    • 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. Register Extract Service

    Automatically populate your casework management system with property register details direct from Land Registry's data. Read more

  3. Public land for sale by the Homes and Communities Agency

    Public land the Homes and Communities Agency has for sale and how it is sold to house builders and others for development. Read more

  4. 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

  5. Rural proofing guidance

    Guidance for policy officials in government and local level policy makers to support the needs of rural people, communities and businesses. Read more