Housing

How are County Hall's coffers coping?

Autumn date set for Lancashire County Council financial healthcheck

Nelson Town Hall.

Landlord fined £20K for failing to carry out badly needed repairs

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

A view of Burnley.

New Burnley social housing lettings fell by almost a quarter in past decade

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

The Real life roomset at IKEA in Bristol (photo: Tim Gander/PinPep)

‘Cramped and dangerous’ rooms coming to some Ikea stores - here’s why

Cost of living is £630 more expensive per month for single Brits

Cost of living leaves single Brits paying up to £630 more per month

UK sees biggest fall in housing prices since 2009 financial crisis according to Halifax report.

UK sees biggest fall in house prices since financial crisis

Burnley's £3.5 million from the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Burnley to receive £3.5m investment boost

Ukrainians stage a protest outside of the United Nations Office during special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the war in Ukraine, in Geneva on May 12, 2022. - Ukraine slams what it calls the "sheer horror" and "pure evil" being inflicted on their country by Russian forces as the United Nations Human Rights Council holds an extraordinary session on Ukraine. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Lancastrians told homes are "too remote" to house Ukrainian refugees

Selective licensing schemes will be extended in the Burnley Wood and the Leyland Road areas of town

Two Burnley areas will see selective licensing schemes extended

Earlier this year, the Government pledged to repeal the Vagrancy Act - in place since 1824 - which includes fines of up to £1,000 and a criminal record for rough sleeping or begging

Homeless charity criticises Government over proposed fines for beggars

The unsold terraced housing in Ribchester

Neighbour floats idea for housing refugees - use this unsold terrace next door ...

Burnley Council leader Afrasiab Anwar

Burnley people want investment in education, transport, housing and youth servic...

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show that 570 households in Burnley sought council support after becoming homeless between April 2020 and the end of September 2021.

Hundreds of Burnley households pushed into homelessness during pandemic

Private parking fines to be capped at £50

Colne Market Hall

Colne Market Hall and bus station earmarked for 'levelling up' makeover

Women are more likely to be affected by homelessness than men, a charity has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Women more likely to be affected by homelessness than men, says charity

Rose Rouse, Pendle Council’s chief executive, Coun. Nadeem Ahmed, leader of Pendle Council, and Judith Stockton, regeneration manager for Pendle Council.

Nelson receives £200k to develop site for affordable housing

The matter will now be referred back to the Planning Inspectorate for reconsideration.

Ribble Valley Council wins high court battle over decision to refuse housing

The site in Padiham, known as Craggs Farm, after it was cleared last year.

Burnley Council leader slams 'faceless, unelected bureaucrats of Whitehall' for ...

Here are the rules for moving house during the second lockdown

Burnley MP Antony HIgginbotham

Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham column: We need to shop local more than ever now

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick, helped deliver free food boxes to the most clinically vulnerable in Tonbridge, Kent, yesterday, as the scheme is rolled out across England (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

Military planners and 'gold commanders' called in to help battle the coronavirus...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered members of the public to avoid travelling to work unless it was absolutely necessary (Getty Images)

Here's the latest guidance on whether you should go into work after the UK was p...

Landlords required to give longer-term tenancies?

The quality of a town can be judged on its people

LETTER: Can the Conservatives find a local candidate?

MN sufferer Michael Moulding with his supporters who are protesting over the inaction by Housing Pendle.

Nelson motor neurone disease sufferer ‘prisoner in his own home’

LETTER: MP has got it wrong over improvement cash

SABDEN NEWS: More houses planned for Sabden?