A GP’s emotional plea shows how Tory austerity is killing homeless people
A doctor has claimed that government austerity is killing homeless people. The homeless death toll has soared in 2018, with ...
Tag: housing
The story of a mother’s fight to stay in London lays bare the brutality of the housing crisis
Sara is a mother of two living in the east London borough of Newham. Her children were brought up in ...
The latest English Housing Survey lays bare the perils of private renting
On 12 July, the government released the English Housing Survey for 2016-17. It lays bare the insecure and expensive reality ...
Despite Corbyn’s pledge, Labour councils are screwing over working-class Londoners
Jeremy Corbyn has declared that the Labour Party is once again the "political voice of the working class". Yet Labour-controlled ...
‘Meaningless’ and ‘purely cosmetic’. Campaigners aren’t buying the government’s latest housing reform.
On 1 July, the government announced a new housing proposal to reform England's hostile private-rented sector. Yet campaigners are dismissing ...
A new study shows how greed is killing off social housing
A survey by Inside Housing lists the 50 housing associations (HAs) that built the most homes in Britain in 2017/18. The findings ...
Conservative policy has led to a ‘staggering’ rise in old people becoming homeless
New government figures show that the number of older people becoming homeless is the highest in the past decade. These ...
123,000 children now live in temporary housing. The latest homelessness figures shame this government.
On 27 June, the Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government released the statutory homelessness statistics for January to March ...
A footballing legend is furious about what’s happening at the Grenfell Tower inquiry
Former Everton and Wales goalkeeper Neville Southall is furious about the Grenfell Tower inquiry interrogating a firefighter to the point ...
A new report shows young people are at risk of ‘destitution’ because of the DWP’s cruel system
A new report has warned that some young people are at risk of "destitution" because benefit levels are so low. ...
Generation rent is feeling the squeeze in more ways than one
In its final report published on 8th May, the intergenerational commission revealed some sobering facts about generational inequality in the UK. ...
The homelessness minister is ignorant of what’s driving homelessness. So we’ve set her straight.
Homelessness is increasing. Under this government's rule, the number of people rough sleeping has grown by 169% while the number ...
There’s a worrying trend in housing that could make the crisis worse
Theresa May recently laid out her "personal mission" to sort out the housing crisis. But according to The Telegraph, so far builders ...
Another rough sleeper has died. Society must turn a blind eye no longer.
Rob O'Connor, a rough sleeper from Essex, was found dead in a shop doorway on 23 February. He is not ...
A Conservative councillor sparks controversy for saying residents on a deprived estate aren’t ‘grateful’
A Conservative councillor in Oxfordshire has sparked controversy after comments about investment in an Oxford estate called Blackbird Leys. Gold-plated ...
Residents are taking on landlords to stop ‘social cleansing’ in the shadow of Grenfell Tower
Two housing associations in the UK may merge and it could affect properties in the shadow of Grenfell Tower. Residents ...
The Sun is attacking a Labour MP for buying a house
Conservative MP Andrew Percy has accused Labour MP Laura Pidcock of being a “hypocrite” for buying a house. And The ...
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