More housing developments will be exempt from rules requiring builders in England to improve wildlife habitats, the government said on Tuesday.Ministers have been reviewing rules known as Biodiversity Net ...

The rapid growth of "energy-hungry" data centres is delaying new homes in London, just as its housing crisis is "at its worst", a new report has warned.Data centres are ...

Danielle KayeBusiness reporterEPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockA picture taken with a drone shows single-family homes in Woodbridge, Virginia, USA, 02 January 2024.Aileen Barrameda is planning to buy a house in Los Angeles in ...

A former military base in Kent will continue to house asylum seekers despite previous concerns about poor living conditions.The Home Office was due to stop using Napier Barracks in ...

Asylum seekers are due to be removed from an Essex hotel after a council was granted a temporary High Court injunction blocking them from being housed there.The injunction was ...

Kate WhannelPolitical reporterPA MediaThe government shares the public's "huge frustration" at the pressure the asylum system puts on housing supply, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said.Speaking to the BBC, ...

Brian WheelerPolitical reporterPA MediaNewly-appointed shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has accused Sir Keir Starmer of fuelling public frustration over the housing of asylum seekers. Sir James told BBC ...

Danielle has moved four times in the last nine months with her three children.They became homeless after receiving a section 21 "no fault" eviction order from their landlord, and ...

The average price of an Australian home has surpassed A$1m ($652,000; £483,000) for the first time, as the nation grapples with a housing affordability crisis.Figures released by the Australian ...

Daniel Logan & Niall GlynnBBC News NIReutersFourteen families have also been provided with emergency accommodation during the disorder.Stormont's finance minister will bring a proposal to the executive for additional ...

Sir Tom Hunter tells BBC Scotland's The Sunday show that he believes Scotland's housing shortage could be solved "tomorrow".Hundreds of millions of pounds could be invested in housing in ...

BBCThis land in Enfield, north London, is among the green belt sites that could be built on under the new proposalsSir Sadiq Khan is to announce plans to "actively ...