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Elderly tenants left without heating for a week

Teachers Housing Association apologises to residents of the sheltered housing scheme.

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Government confirms £91m for new homes access road

The government will fund more than 80% of the cost for a road that will unlock land for housing.

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Appeal will decide future of 'ugly' shopping centre

Plans to turn a shopping centre into retirement homes are to be decided by a planning inspector.

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Homeless man 'overwhelmed' by worldwide job offers

Mark in Somerset received more than 500 job offers after his plea for work was shared online.

A bald man in a black suit stands next to a woman with shoulder length blonde hair wearing a mayoress chain. Two other men are to her right - one with short grey hair wearing a blue shirt, patterned tie and grey trousers, and one with short brown hair and a beard wearing a yellow hi-vis and grey trousers - and all are standing in front of a new-build property.

First set of homes completed on former pub land

The council said homes are ready to move into on land previously blighted by anti-social behaviour.

Snagger Chris Greenwood is wearing a checked shirt with a black fleece gilet over the top. The background is a wooden door and pale coloured painted wall.

New-home snagger: 'I've found mouldy sandwiches and bottles of wee'

Finding snags in new-build homes is inevitable according to the National Federation of Builders.

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AI could help decide where to build 5,400 homes

A district council is running a trial with an AI company to try to speed up difficult decisions.

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Islanders with rooms urged to help on housing

Homeowners who rent out rooms can receive up to £10,000 per room in rent without paying income tax.

A series of high-rise apartment blocks in Cardiff against a backdrop of blue skies. There are red cranes behind the apartment blocks, some of which are in the process of being built.

High-rise boom could bring rents down, claims investor

Around 1,000 build-to-rent flats have been built in Cardiff and nearly 3,000 more are on the way.