Housing

Rachel Reeves poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual Autumn budget to Parliament (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

UK families to get free cash as Household Support Fund is extended

Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to give a speech at the Treasury in July 2024 (Photo: Jonathan Brady - Pool/Getty Images)

What to expect from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Autumn Budget

'Lifestyle inflation' is to blame, according to 4,000 adults

Fewer than one in 10 millennials have hit their financial goals

Jess Phillips MP speaking at The Rally Against Violence Towards Women and Girls at Labour conference.

Minister says stopping VAWG should be everyone’s “core business”

A poll of 2,000 adults uncovered the top 50 things that irritate people when they’re trying to get on with their day

These are life's top 50 biggest inconveniences

Jackie Kennedy, is the only resident living in a 50-room care home after it closed down in 2023.

I live alone in abandoned care home - I feel like a "prisoner"

A poll of 500 adults who bought their first property have revealed their biggest regrets - including living in an area they do not love

First-time buyers reveal their biggest regrets

A house lies in ruins.

Footage shows house with front blown off after suspected gas explosion

Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted.

'I'm not moving!' - Man refuses to leave derelict 'Chernobyl' estate

Progress on new housing in Marsh Green

Tony Porter Ponders: New housing is needed but where should it be?

Your Housing Group & Hargreaves Construction start work on new foyer in Wigan

Your Housing Group starts work on new foyer building in Wigan

Hillary and Franco McManus Omaze Million Pound House London winners inside their new £5m home

'Best wedding present ever': Newlyweds win a £5m Omaze dream home

Property values have changed wildly across England over the last three decades

Calls for council tax reform – as Wigan residents no worse off than 30 years ago

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Half of renters endure cold, damp or mould - despite record high rents

Rent increases are impacting the saving powers of four in 10 private tenants and now a third of these can't afford to put any cash aside as a result.

62% of UK renters put aside £100 or less each month

The Seasons before regeneration

Housebuilder invests more than £20m for regeneration project

A UK housebuilder is investing more than £20m into the rebirth of a Wigan community.

Sian Jones

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show Wigan council decided on 806 planning applications in the year to March – down from 1,034 the year before, and the lowest figure of any year over the last decade.

Moves to get construction industry motoring again

Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show there were 78 Traveller caravans recorded in Wigan in January – up from 64 the year before

Rise in traveller caravans stopping locally

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I'm a mortgage expert - 9 pitfalls that first time buyers should avoid

People look at residential properties displayed for sale in the window of an estate agents' in London (Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty Images)

Expert tips for first-time homebuyers as mortgages jump 61% in 5 years

Karen Bishop, 51, with her 2-year-old French bull dog Drew outside the Travelodge in Norwich.

Watch: Disabled gran has lived in hotel for 2 years after flat blaze

Tony in Number 10 a dream come true or nightmare?

Porter Ponders: What he would do if he was the new Prime Minister

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UK city leaps into top 10 most expensive cities for expats

A housing charity cautioned a generation of young people have had their lives "blighted by homelessness", with campaigners calling for long-promised rental reforms to be strengthened.

More children ending up in temporary accommodation

Energy prices skyrocketed from the end of 2021

One in eight Wigan households in fuel poverty

One in seven houses do not meet decent standards

One in seven homes could pose a risk to residents health

Residents of Stratford-upon-Avon are blighted by antisocial behaviour along South Green Drive and Cottage Lane, just a stones throw from Anne Hathaway's Cottage.

Watch: Drug gangs create misery on posh Shakespeare heritage street

Residents of a suburban street with links to William Shakespeare say their homes have become over-run with misery and fear since county lines drug gangs moved on the street, in a video report.

Lucinda Herbert

Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show building commenced on around 680 homes in Wigan in 2023 – the lowest figure of any year from 2020 onwards, and a fall from 760 the year before.

Slump in local house-building

Destiny Mitchell, 26, is homeless and has turned a bus stop into a temporary home on the Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham.

Watch: Our home is a disused bus shelter...it's going to be demolished

Bryn Green Avenue, a new housing estate in Wigan that is still under construction

Big gap between earnings and house prices stays the same

The latest Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show 11 people were estimated to be sleeping rough in Wigan based on a snapshot of a single night in autumn last year – up from four the year before.

Rough sleepers in double figures

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show 9,767 pensioners in Wigan received council tax support in the three months to December 2023 – slightly down from 9,850 the same time the year before.

Thousands of pensioners given council tax support

The number of new social housing lets in Wigan has fallen

Number of new social housing lets fell by nearly a third over last decade

An artist's impression of part of the Mosley Common scheme

Michael Gove asked to step in over 1,000 homes plan on green belt

The number of empty properties in Wigan has fallen

Fewer empty homes in Wigan – despite numbers on the rise in England

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show 498 affordable homes were completed in Wigan in 2022-23 – up from 351 during the same period the year before.

More affordable homes built last year

Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show £3,508,000 was spent on temporarily housing the homeless in Wigan in the year to March.

Millions of pounds spent on temporary housing for homeless

Mould and damp in a Wigan home

Only a few of homes to receive treatment for damp and mould issues

The phasing out of ground rent is expected to form part of the King's speech

Ground rent to be outlawed for new houses

Coun David Molyneux

Next stage of plans for the future launches

Housing Secretary Michael Gove announced plans to repeal so-called “nutrient neutrality” rules on Tuesday.

Small amount of woodland, fields and water faced development

The latest Office for National Statistics data shows 43,957 of 258,572 applicable households (17 per cent) in Wigan were ranked in the highest band – where the household reference person was in a higher or intermediate occupation

Census 2021: one in six households in Wigan is in highest social class

Figures show 401 households in Wigan were estimated to be homeless and were owed a relief duty, which requires housing authorities to help them secure accommodation. This was up from 368 the year before.

Rise in the number of Wigan people without a place to call home

Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show there were 64 Traveller caravans recorded in Wigan in January: up from 62 the year before.

Dozens of Traveller caravans in Wigan

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6, 2023. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

King Charles & Queen Camilla criticised over gender pay gap to staff

Aspull and Red Rock had the least air pollution in the borough, with a score of 0.75

National Clean Air Month: the 12 areas in Wigan with the best air quality

Breathing in dirty air can increase the risk of respiratory infections, heart disease and lung cancer

National Clean Air Month: the 11 areas in Wigan with the worst air quality

"No-fault" evictions could be banned

Rise in 'Section 21' evictions in Wigan last year

There were 2,365 people from Wigan staying at holiday homes in 2021 – up from 1,791 in 2011.

There has been an increase in the number of Wiganers owning a holiday home

Making Space staff will receive a 10% increase.

Cash boost for Wigan social care employees as charity provides a pay rise

Wigan Council leader David Molyneux

Labour dominance continues in Wigan in local elections

Housing charity Shelter said the only way to solve the housing crisis is to "invest in a new generation of good quality and sustainable social homes".

New Wigan social housing lettings fell by almost a third in last decade

The Jigsaw Foundation will provide £450,000 gro groups and charities across Greater Manchester.

Community projects across Wigan to receive thousands in funding

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the median house in Wigan cost £167,000 in the year to September – up from £165,000 in the year to June

Wigan house prices continued to rise last summer

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

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