London News
New measures to help rough sleepers in London
New measures to cut the number of rough sleepers on London
Vienna News
Number of homeless in Vienna rising
The number of people living rough on the streets of Vienna is rising dramatically, reports the Austrian Times. Head of homeless charity Caritas Vienna, Michael Landau, said that he expected record num...
Copenhagen News
Unemployment in public housing areas goes up in Denmark
The number of ghettos in Denmark has nearly doubled in the last year according to the ministry of social affairs.
A ghetto is defined as public housing areas with 1,000 inhabitants and over 40 per...
Amsterdam News
Amsterdam housing costing less
The price of renting a property in Amsterdam has dropped by 7.1 per cent in the last six months according to property website Pararius, reports Dutch News online. Despite this, Amsterdam remains the m...
Barcelona News
Barcelona scheme to lease housing
Barcelona council is to begin selling homes to eligible residents on a leasehold basis. An initial 40 apartments will be allocated in a draw early in 2010. Under the new scheme the council will transf...
Oxford News
Campaign to improve private rentals
Oxford city council has launched a voluntary landlord accreditation scheme to help raise the standard of the city
Oxford News
Oxford council tenants get more choice
Council tenants in Oxford are now being offered a county-wide choice of accommodation rather than being restricted within their own local authority.
The new Oxfordshire Homechoice scheme means tha...
Jersey News
So far Jersey has weathered the storm of plummeting house prices worldwide.
Figures recently released show that house prices, on average, in fact have gone up by two per cent in the last 12 months....
