Housing

From left: Kathy Beaton (Principal Housing Strategy Officer, Lancaster Council), Paul Mayo (Senior Construction Manager, Terra Nova Developments), Coun Sandra Thornberry, Coun Robert Redfern, new resident Jenny Keane, Helen Spencer (Executive Director of Growth, Great Places) Coun Caroline Jackson (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing & Homelessness, Lancaster City Council) and Coun Martin Gawith.

New £3m affordable homes site throws opens its doors

A devolution deal is being signed today in Lancashire

Historic devolution deal to be signed in Lancashire today by minister

Diane Neville (Principal Planning Officer) with Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs during filming at Lancaster Town Hall.

Council’s climate work highlighted in Channel 4 programme

Construction work is due to start to Eden Project Morecambe in 2024.

Top Government officials pay visit to Eden Project Morecambe site

Typical Taylor Wimpey housing.

Housing and care home plan set to get green light

How are County Hall's coffers coping?

Autumn date set for Lancashire County Council financial healthcheck

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

Animal Care in Lancaster is looking for homes for young giant African land snails which 'make great pets.' Picture from Animal Care Lancaster.

Forever homes wanted for giant snails that ‘make great pets’

An artist's impression of how part of the development might look.

Plans for 70 new homes on farmland 'would cause substantial harm' to landscape

The blossom-laden trees leading up to the former Skerton High School.

Council pushes ahead with housing plans at former school

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

Lancaster Music Co-op has been awarded £300,000 in government funding.

Lancaster Music Co-op gets £300k funding boost

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

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

An artist's impression of how part of the development might look.

Plans submitted for 70 new homes on farmland

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

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove (second left), with Morecambe MP David Morris, during a community visit to the Eden Project Morecambe site on Morecambe promenade today (January 19). Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak heckled over heating bill during Morecambe visit

More people are private renters in Lancaster than a decade ago.

Rise in number of rented homes

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

The rise in families being forced from their homes has been described as "deeply worrying".

Over 150 families with children faced homelessness last year

Lancaster Castle and Castle Hill, Lancaster. A Castle view in 1972. Photo used by kind permission of RIBA Digital Photographic Collection. www.ribapix.com.

Rewind to 1972 for festival

Charities have warned that many tenants are facing uncertain financial situations as living costs soar.

Almost a dozen tenant evictions in Lancaster

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

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

How the Eden Project North might look.

Eden bosses to submit Morecambe funding bid through Levelling Up scheme

Eden bosses are aiming for a 2024 opening date.

Eden Project bosses hold 'positive' talks over government funding for £125m More...

122 Lancaster households - including 17 families - became homeless during summer 2021.

122 Lancaster households - including 17 families - became homeless during summer...

Private parking fines to be capped at £50

Minister for Levelling Up Michael Gove leaves a media studio following an interview on February 2 in London. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images

Michael Gove promises to help deliver Eden Project in Morecambe

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

Here are the rules for moving house during the second lockdown

Lancaster City Council has paid out a total of £274,835 in staff honorariums since 2015, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

Significant rise in 'honorariums' paid to Lancaster City Council staff over last...

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...

New councillor: Karen Leytham

Backlash over right to buy scheme