David Cameron and George Osborne promise to 'take on' opponents to Tory's plans to reduce social housing.

Latest English Housing Survey from Communities Department reveals grim trend.

George Osborne's cap on housing benefit for social tenants may leave disabled and elderly without care support.

PM's plan to draw flak from coalition partner Nick Clegg whose party is against drastic welfare cuts.

National Housing Federation says affordable housing shortage and higher rents driving up housing benefit bill.

Benefit cap will be lowered to £23,000 in London and £20,000 outside of the city on 7 November.

Estate agents and property listing sites are set to benefit from the recovery of house prices after the EU referendum in June.

A mistake by the Department of Work and Pensions could mean 40,000 people are wrongly liable to pay.

DWP figures show increase in money lost via overpayment and fraud as government seeks to cut public spending.

Welfare cuts are part of Chancellor's strategy to balance budget.

Citizens Advice says clients in their 20s were most worried about housing benefit.

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that benefit cuts exacerbate situation.

Around 2,000 Amazon employees will benefit from the $2 billion Housing Equity Fund that the company is providing.

Government figures show there were more than 10,300 rental repossessions between April and June 2015.

Prime minister calls for a debate about structure of welfare state and targets 'culture of entitlement'.

Campaigners warn more households at risk of homelessness and poverty because of lower benefit cap.

Work and pensions secretary rolls out benefit cap of £500 a week across UK.

Shelter blames shortage of affordable homes for pushing up prices beyond reach of many ordinary people.

CBI expects the Budget on 20 March to be fiscally neutral and the economy to grow at a rate of 0.3 percent in first-quarter of 2013.

Acceptable housing must be located within an hour's commute of work and include basic services.