Alasdair Ross

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Council to spend £17m on improving Ipswich council homes

Ipswich Borough Council has announced plans to invest £17m in planned maintenance of its council homes in 2026/27, with work covering safety, decency and energy efficiency improvements across its 7,934 properties.

25 February, 2026

Nicola Sebastian

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Council rents to rise by 4.8% from April

Ipswich Borough Council has approved a 4.8% increase to council housing rents from 1 April 2026, adding an average of £5.07 per week to social housing rents.

16 January, 2026

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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João Santos

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Two deaths, no headlines: Inside Ipswich's hidden homelessness crisis

Last year, two people died while sleeping rough in Ipswich. Their deaths went unpublicised, part of a crisis affecting around a thousand people on any given night – most of them invisible in official counts.

3 November, 2025

Elouise Lavington

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More than 300 new homes to be built in Ipswich by 2026

Ipswich Borough Council has announced plans for 302 new homes across four development sites, set to house over 1,000 people by March 2026.

8 January, 2025

Oliver Rouane-Williams

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