Berlin voted to tackle soaring rents. It’s time the UK did the same.
Voters in Berlin have elected to take apartments from big landlords in a bid to make housing more affordable. On ...
Tag: housing
Union in danger of being destroyed by legal threat unless it gets our help
A grassroots renting organisation is facing a legal threat that could have a huge impact on its ability to operate. ...
Ahead of the Universal Credit vote more damning facts about the cut emerge
Labour has forced a vote on the Tories' cut to Universal Credit. It's taking place on Wednesday 15 September. Ahead ...
We need radical action to address the spiralling housing crisis in Wales
On 25 August, the Welsh government launched a consultation process on the highly controversial subject of how second homes and ...
Calls for ‘cruel’ and ‘antiquated’ Vagrancy Act to be scrapped
It comes six months after Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the act should be ‘consigned to history’.
Housing crisis sees English councils ‘spending five times more on B&Bs’
A rising number of homeless people are being placed into bed and breakfast accommodation, the LGA said.
Grenfell smoke vents show ‘incompetence and indifference’ of management
The June 2017 fire at the west London tower block claimed 72 lives.
Bailiffs evict Bristol squatters who were isolating after testing positive for coronavirus
Correction: this article was updated 30/06/21 to show that 2 people were arrested, not the previously reported single person. The ...
Anti-nuclear campaigners want a Welsh county council to choose sustainable energy
Campaigners in the north of Wales are calling on Gwynedd County Council to drop plans for nuclear energy. Instead, they ...
Ceredigion Council calls on Welsh government to tackle the housing crisis
On 17 June, Welsh housing campaigners got some political support for their growing movement. Because a Ceredigion County Council meeting ...
Health and safety boss claims to have been ‘unaware of report condemning Grenfell smoke vents’
Janice Wray told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry she was was not told that the system had effectively been condemned several ...
Constitutional right to housing is ‘morally and socially’ correct, Irish politicians hear
A debate on a private member’s bill to amend the Constitution to ensure every citizen has the right to housing ...
Business as usual in Cornwall as hotels evict homeless families
Hotels in Cornwall are evicting homeless families. The council has told The Canary that it's "not a result" of the ...
London’s luxurious ‘Sky Pool’ is peak gentrification
On 1 June, the BBC shared a video of swimmers enjoying London's new 'Sky Pool', which is "believed to be ...
Neoliberal housing policy is destroying Welsh communities
In 2020, the Welsh government estimated there would be 24,423 taxable second homes in Wales for the 2020-2021 financial year. ...
Campaigners are forming a ‘human dam’ to protect Welsh communities from the housing crisis
As the housing crisis worsens in Wales, campaigners claim it's killing communities. So on 10 July, they're holding a protest ...
‘Enough is enough’: blaze engulfs ‘Grenfell-style’ London tower block
More than 100 firefighters tackled a blaze that ripped through a 19-storey London tower block. It's believed to be covered ...
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