Twenty five housing associations have introduced payment for their board members - eleven of these are within the "top 100" associations. This is just one of the findings released today by the Housing Corporation in its report 'Board payment - the first year' which looks at how the new arrangements are working.

Average house prices in rural areas of Yorkshire and Humber are 6.6 times greater than the average household income compared to five times greater in urban areas. These are some of the findings of the report Rural Housing in the Yorkshire and Humber Region, funded jointly by the Housing Corporation and the Countryside Agency.

The Housing Corporation has today announced three new directors who will play a key role in its new organisational structure.

\"Anti-social behaviour wrecks communities. Renewing our housing stock and improving services will not be enough if people feel threatened in their homes and are frightened to walk the streets\" - the words of Jon Rouse, Chief Executive of the Housing Corporation, as he addressed a conference yesterday.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) recently consulted on its review of the Government's policy on rent restructuring for social housing, which was introduced in 2002.

The National Housing Federation is consulting on a review of the current SORP Update 2002.

The Housing Corporation has announced that its Board has decided to direct Solon Wandsworth Housing Association to transfer its land to Wandle Housing Association.

The 2004 Performance Indicator (PI) data is now available

Details and programme for the Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit, G-MEX, Manchester

The Housing Corporation has today announced important changes to its Homebuy scheme, which helps people including key workers get onto the property ladder.