The average 21-year-old will have to wait until they reach middle age before they can afford to get a foot on the property ladder according to a new report published by the National Housing Federation.
Cuts in housing benefit, announced last week in the Budget, will put more than 200,000 people across Britain at risk of homelessness, according to the National Housing Federation (NHF).
An extra £170 million to build social homes, announced in today’s public expenditure review by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was praised by the National Housing Federation (NHF), but it expressed uncertainty about the £780 million of savings the Communities & Local Government (CLG) department is expected to make.
The nation’s affordable housing crisis will plumb new depths after the election, unless the three major parties commit to protecting the housing budget, the country’s housing providers have warned.
Buying a home has become a distant dream for young Londoners according to a poll conducted for the National Housing Federation (NHF), with 54 per cent found to be expecting to wait at least 10 years.
Researcher for the National Housing Federation (NHF) Kate Chester visited the head office of UK housing provider Sanctuary Group to learn more about the organisation’s apprenticeship programme.
A scheme that gives refugee volunteers work experience with housing associations has been praised by David Orr, the chief executive of the National Housing Federation.
Tackling youth unemployment and helping more people to improve the energy efficiency of their homes proved to be strong themes in Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report yesterday.
Sinead Butters, chief executive of the Aspire Group, has been appointed as a board member of the National Housing Federation, the body which represents 1,200 not-for-profit housing associations in England.
Respect is not something that should be forced said the National Housing Federation (NHF), giving its welcome to an anti social behaviour drive announced by the Government – but warning that landlords must be free to frame local solutions to local problems.
