The realities of gentrification and social cleansing in BAME Communities
Dressed up in carefully calculated marketing terms, you would be forgiven for thinking that ‘regeneration’ is a progressive concept and ...
Tag: housing
In one town the DWP’s most toxic benefit has thrown two-thirds of people into rent arrears
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can't even have a weekend off. Because on Saturday 22 February, a local ...
The ‘Grenfell housing minister’ just got a top job in social housing
Disclaimer: the author of this article is a resident of the housing association involved The so-called 'Grenfell housing minister' has ...
The DWP’s latest policy is a stitch-up
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has gone full 'smoke and mirrors' with its latest policy. Because while it's ...
More than 13,500 affordable homes ‘potentially lost through office conversions’
The Local Government Association said there are serious concerns about the number of homes being converted from offices without planning ...
Andrew Neil’s long list of paid ‘interests’ puts his interrogation of Corbyn in a whole new light
Andrew Neil has faced criticism for his interview with Jeremy Corbyn on 26 November. The BBC host has come under ...
Labour’s manifesto pledges would be ‘transformational’ for Britain’s housing emergency, says Shelter
A radical shake-up of the housing system, which treats homes “as financial assets rather than places to live”, has been proposed ...
Angela Rayner hammers home the utter failure of Tory rule with one appalling statistic
The National Audit Office (NAO) has confirmed the Conservative Party's utter failure to fulfil a key 2015 election pledge. And ...
Fear of homelessness is keeping women in abusive homes, and we need to act
This article discusses domestic abuse and contains content some readers may find distressing. It appears to constantly be the case ...
Block of flats destroyed by fire in south-west London
A four-storey residential block has been destroyed after a fire ripped through the building in the early hours of Monday. ...
Behind the Brexit chaos, Boris Johnson puts 200,000 UK people at risk of death
Behind the Brexit chaos, Boris Johnson's administration is putting almost 200,000 people at risk of death. Over two years since ...
One homeless person dies every 19 hours, campaigners warn
Calls have been made to tackle the rough sleeping crisis after campaigners claimed one homeless person is dying on average ...
Archbishop of Glasgow hits out at forced evictions of asylum seekers
Philip Tartaglia has urged newly appointed Home Secretary Priti Patel to treat people with dignity.
‘Failing’ energy efficiency policy must be improved to meet net zero goals say MPs
Government failure to back energy efficiency ‘does not bode well’ for costlier efforts that will be needed to cut greenhouse ...
Benefit freezes are leading to ‘skyrocketing’ rates of homelessness across the UK
New data analysis has revealed the scale of housing problems for people already on benefits. The Guardian said the local ...
Effects of austerity continue to bite as 10% of Irish households suffer ‘food poverty’
A new report has revealed that many Irish people struggle to afford healthy food. The report also noted that “one ...
Local authority housing in Ireland at risk of being ‘wiped out’ by Brexit
‘If Brexit hits as hard as we think it could, we go from a small government surplus to a large ...
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