All news on the topic: Housing Crisis

Some people who’ve been stuck for years on housing waiting lists are paying cash to council workers in a frantic bid to speed up their long wait for a home.

Migrants have pushed a British city to breaking point as soaring demand piles pressure on its housing system.

Reform UK are set to unveil fresh plans to overhaul the social housing system in the UK, by prioritising British-born youth over foreign nationals and asylum seekers.

Owners of second properties in Edinburgh are set to be hit with a 300 per cent council tax surcharge from January 2027, potentially pushing annual bills for the most expensive homes to nearly £16,000.

The Tories claim around 230,000 homes would become available as a result of their plan to limit social housing entitlements.

In March, the European Parliament adopted its first report on the housing crisis in the EU and possible ways to address it. Polls show that housing has become one of Europeans’ most pressing concerns, rivaling national security in importance.

A Scottish company that makes panels from recycled glass has secured more than £5 million to help tackle the UK’s housing crisis.

Green party-controlled councils have joined a high court legal challenge led by the Aspire party to stop London mayor Sadiq Khan slashing affordable housing in the city.

A gangster candidate polling ahead of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael has turned an otherwise routine Dublin by-election into an uncomfortable moment for Ireland’s political establishment.