Leader’s endorsement came in response to a religious inquiry about the cap on rent increases.

UK inflation has hit nearly 30-year high of 5.5%, new data shows, as cost of living squeeze tightens in the country.

Housing prices in the UK in January rose at their slowest monthly pace since June last year, according to the UK-based banking company Halifax.

The Iranian parliament rejects a motion to create a separate ministry for housing and urbanization.

Iran’s Rouhani rolls out over 51,000 new houses as part of his government’s affordable housing project.

British house prices increased last month at the fastest annual rate for five years, helped by finance minister Rishi Sunak's extension of tax cut for buyers, mortgage lender Halifax said on Monday.

The government’s main plan of action for providing affordable housing for the financially constrained, the National Action Plan for Production and Supply of Housing, involves the construction of 400,000 small and medium sized flats nationwide within a two year time frame.