Campaigners celebrate the end of ‘no-fault evictions’ but the government’s got a loophole ready to go
The government will ban section 21 notices, which give landlords the right to ‘no-fault evictions’. Housing campaigners have called it ...
Tag: housing
Brexit ate my news
As Brexit chaos continues to dominate the headlines, many of us have had enough. It's easy to become jaded and ...
People aren’t letting developers get away with the ‘sickening practice’ of netting bird nesting sites
‘Netting’ has infuriated people across the country because of its threat to wildlife. So people are fighting back with grassroots ...
‘Desperate’ and ‘pathetic’. Tory James Cleverly goes after Corbyn’s son.
The Conservative Party lacks policies and its government is imploding. But now, out of desperation, its new strategy iseems to ...
Hundreds of buildings still at risk of another Grenfell scale tragedy
A Freedom of Information (FOI) response to Inside Housing has revealed that government funding to remove Grenfell Tower style cladding is not ...
The latest Grenfell revelations may have exposed a national scandal
An investigation by HuffPost has revealed a huge problem with fire regulations in the UK. But the media outlet only ...
The DWP won’t budge an inch on a notorious policy
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said that it's refusing to change its position on a controversial policy. ...
The DWP’s latest Universal Credit balls-up is staggering
The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) latest Universal Credit calamity takes the biscuit. Because it shows the lack of ...
Local councils have warned that turning offices into flats is actually making the housing crisis worse
The Local Government Association (LGA) said on 27 November that government rules on housing are “exacerbating” the shortage of affordable ...
One image just annihilated the DWP’s most controversial benefit
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has seen one of its most controversial policies torn to bits in just ...
Campaign to end unfair eviction asks tenants to ‘vent your rent’
Mouldy walls, leaking pipes, unsafe appliances, huge rent increases, and threats of eviction if you dare to complain. Everyone has ...
Landlords make hundreds of families homeless each week and it’s completely legal
Landlords are evicting hundreds of families every week without giving a reason. And it's completely legal. New figures from campaign ...
The government could end rough sleeping overnight with one radical solution
On 12 August, the government announced its rough sleeping plan. And it's a truly pitiful response to England's rough sleeping ...
The government is facing pressure from all sides over the disappearance of its social housing green paper
In June 2018, the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government - James Brokenshire - made a promise. He ...
A leaked email helps explain why Kensington and Chelsea Council has housed so few Grenfell survivors
A leaked email, seen by Inside Housing, encapsulates Kensington and Chelsea Council's continued disdain for the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire. ...
A mother threatened with homelessness by a Labour council just won a court battle in her fight to stay in London
On 26 July, Sara Abdalla - a single mother from the east London borough of Newham - won a court ...
Campaigners and local residents are furious with a Labour council for ‘allowing social and ethnic cleansing’
On 24 July, Tower Hamlets Council in east London approved a controversial redevelopment plan, to the fury of campaigners and ...
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