The Housing Corporation has published its response to the Cave review of regulation. It says it wants more freedom for housing providers to innovate and more rights for tenants and communities to hold them to account.
The Audit Commission is planning snap, unannounced inspections of housing associations as part of a new, risk-based approach, reports Inside Housing.
Tenants who buy a 10% stake in their home could end up paying more in repair bills than they did to buy in the first place, reports Inside Housing.
The magazine also has a long article by John Hills [downloads PDF] on his review.
John Hills is right about the rich and poor living in mixed communities, says Joan Bakewell in the Independent.
New rules and regulations will force buy-to-let landlords to act more like businesses, according to The Times.
The crash in the US housing market will lead to a second great depression, predicts the doom-mongering Market Oracle blog.