Council housing

Change has come fast for Salford’s Ordsall estate and for many regeneration has brought hope. But for others gentrification has been unsettling – disrupting communities and demolishing old haunts. Matt Frei hears from some of those here in Ordsall who long for times gone by.

We’re at Ordsall estate, Salford, as we continue our ‘Housing Britain’ series. Tonight, we look at regeneration and gentrification as property prices here soar. We ask where gentrification leaves the communities it transforms – Is it a panacea for modern Britain?

The council at the heart of the Grenfell Tower disaster is meeting tonight. On the agenda: formally approving a new leader and chief executive. But they’ll also debate a petition signed by more than 1,500 people calling for the entire council leadership to resign, claiming there’s no confidence in their ability to manage public buildings.

David Cameron promises a “national crusade” to boost house building, with the aim of helping more people buy their own homes. Why has housing become a crisis?

Government plans to build more affordable homes are being frustrated by the poor performance of housing associations, official figures show.

On the day the Conservatives launch their manifesto, the Tory chief whip tells Channel 4 News that money from council house sales will be used to build more homes and transform brownfield land.

Max Veritas, 99, fought Oswald Mosley’s fascists in Cable Street nearly eighty years ago. Now he is fighting again – a demand for £25,000 from his local council.

The Chancellor announces a £50 government bonus for every £200 saved in a new ISA for first-time buyers, but housing charities say the money would have been better spent building homes.

Our report from the County Durham village which residents say is “like Beirut” has raised many questions. Channel 4 News North of England Correspondent Ciaran Jenkins has some of the answers.

This is Horden, County Durham. Once a thriving mining community. Now emptied of jobs, and increasingly of the people who gave it life and soul.

The charity Crisis opens its doors to an expected 4,000 Christmas guests amid claims that benefit cuts are driving up homelessness.

East London estate is sold by multibillion pound US investors to charitable foundation after protest campaign featuring Russell Brand

Working families are being forced to turn to food banks to make ends meet, the Archbishop of Canterbury says ahead of the publication of a government report. But where is your nearest bank?

Priority will be given to local people in buying new houses under a Labour government, Ed Miliband says as he highlights young people’s “fading” aspirations to one day buy their own homes.

Priority will be given to local people in buying new houses under a Labour government, Ed Miliband says as he highlights young people’s “fading” aspirations to one day buy their own homes.