Delivering the decent homes standards social landlords options and progress

Documents to download

Delivering the Decent Homes Standard:social landlords' options and progress. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/65.

Housing Market: Key Economic Indicators

Housing market: Data on house prices, mortgage approvals and house-building.
- Economic situation
- Housing and planning
Coronavirus: A ban on evictions and help for rough sleepers

This briefing paper explains measures taken by the Government during the coronavirus outbreak to assist households to retain their homes and enable local authorities to tackle the specific challenges faced by rough sleepers. The paper covers the decision to further extend the stay on eviction hearings in England and Wales to 20 September and new notice provisions introduced on 29 August. The paper is being updated regularly to take account of new developments.
Stamp duty land tax on residential property

This Commons Library paper discusses the reforms to taxation of sales of residential property that have been made in recent years, before looking at earlier debates about the way house sales have been taxed.