housing Archives

Theresa May now holds a record that no prime minister ever wants to hold. During her first year as Prime ...

David Lammy steps in after public outcry as a council plans to evict thousands of people

Haringey Council has ignored pleas from local MPs David Lammy and Catherine West to halt an unprecedented privatisation deal; one ...

It’s not just Grenfell. These tenants have been warning about fire safety for years [EXCLUSIVE]

Residents of a block in London owned by Genesis Housing Association came forward straight after the revelations from the Grenfell ...

Watch the moment Grenfell Tower’s MP reveals the truth about poverty in one of London’s richest boroughs [VIDEO]

The MP for Kensington, the constituency where the Grenfell Tower fire took place, gave her maiden speech at the House of Commons ...

Watch Jeremy Corbyn’s perfect response to critics over the treatment of Grenfell Tower residents [VIDEO]

by Ed Sykes

After the Grenfell Tower tragedy on 14 June, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: Properties must be found – requisitioned if necessary ...

In less than 24 hours, the government’s promises to the Grenfell Tower victims are exposed as lies

It has taken less than 24 hours for the promises the Conservative Party made to the Grenfell Tower victims to ...

Here’s the evidence that Theresa May’s claims to care about terrorism are complete and utter nonsense

Theresa May’s new Chief of Staff has urgent questions to answer about the Grenfell fire

Theresa May's new Chief of Staff Gavin Barwell has serious questions to answer over his government's failure to review fire safety ...

The Tories have quietly backtracked on a policy that could see many people fighting for their homes

A Tory minister has backtracked on a major party policy that promised to "support local authorities and housing associations to ...

Idris Elba takes down the government’s record on homelessness. And he doesn’t pull any punches. [VIDEO]

Idris Elba has attacked the government over its record on homelessness, and for cutting housing benefits from 18-to-21-year-olds. And he didn't pull ...

A housing association says it can’t afford to keep vital services open. But it wasn’t expecting someone to go through its books

17 August 2017

A housing association claimed it has hit hard times and can no longer afford to run important communal services. But ...

A buy-to-let tycoon refuses to rent to ‘coloured people because of the curry smell’

by John Ranson

17 August 2017

Britain’s largest owner of buy-to-let properties has put his foot in it again. Fergus Wilson instructed his letting agent not ...

There’s loads of dodgy money in the UK. And now it’s pricing people out of their homes

6 March 2017

A new report has found an overwhelming link between overseas corruption and the rise in house prices. The organisation is calling for tough measures by the ...

Gentrification is turning this woman’s life into a nightmare, and taxpayers are footing the bill

16 April 2018

A woman's life has been turned upside down since her housing association demolished her home and put up her rent ...

The Tories caused the housing crisis, now they want us to believe they can fix it [OPINION]

by Tom Wall

7 February 2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has been telling everyone who will listen that the housing market is broken. But it was ...

New home buyer told she owes thousands to a wealthy tycoon’s investment firm, and she’s not alone

by Jessica Gay

21 March 2017

Imagine buying a new home, signing all the papers, moving in, and then learning you owe thousands of pounds to an ...

G4S lobbied the BBC to drop a damning documentary and it worked, says film-maker [VIDEO]

by Tilly Grove

1 February 2017