U.K. Housing Minister Offers More Housing Choice for Tenants

More tenants across England will have a greater say over where they want to live and what housing options are available to them after Housing Minister John Healey announced over half a million pounds extra funding to create more choice based lettings...

National Crackdown Launched on U.K. Tenancy Cheats

U.K. Housing Minister John Healey has launched the first-ever national crackdown on tenancy cheats to recover up to 10,000 council and housing association homes fraudulently sublet, and release them to those in real need. Tenancy cheats live elsewhere...

London Given the Green Light for Pioneering New Housing Pilot

London boroughs could be given more influence over affordable housing investment, in return for commitments on the delivery of affordable housing, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced. A new pilot scheme – approved by the Homes and...

Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa Sets Aside $500m to Support Agriculture in Nigeria

The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has set aside $500 million to support agriculture financing in Nigeria through the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC). The implementation of the AGRA program began on Friday in Abuja with...

Financial CHUTZPAH

I always appreciate the chutzpah of speaking truth to power, and I see that the last time I did this the Chutzpah of the Week award involved military power. It thus seems appropriate that this week’s award acknowledge a similar act of speaking...