Upcoming national day of action demands housing for ‘need not greed’
In March 2023, we reported on a new activist group called Housing Rebellion. Now, it will be making itself known ...
Tag: social housing
Residents of a Greater Manchester tower block are joining together to organise against ‘miserable’ conditions
Residents of a tower block in Salford have been campaigning for decent living conditions. After Grenfell, potentially dangerous cladding was ...
The root cause of the Tower Hamlets flat fire was institutional racism
A rogue landlord and a negligent local council are being blamed for the death of a man in a fire ...
Landlords felt the anger of residents as the fight for decent housing continues
Residents have taken the fight for safe, secure, and affordable housing to the door of landlords in a new protest. ...
Gove’s plan to have qualifications for social housing managers spits in the face of residents
Michael Gove has announced that social housing managers will have to study for qualifications. This comes after the death of ...
Haringey council flat fire has ‘echoes of Grenfell’ as residents take action over ‘traumatic ordeal’
A fire in a block of council flats near Tottenham has 'echoes of Grenfell' according to residents, who have expressed ...
Complaints about social housing are through the roof
Complaints to a government watchdog over the state of social housing properties have increased since 2020. New data shows some ...
The housing association that killed toddler Awaab Ishak can’t even admit its own racism
The housing association responsible for the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak has admitted its staff made "assumptions" about his family's ...
The death of a toddler shouldn’t be a ‘learning experience’
On 15 November, the inquest into the death of 2-year-old Awaab Ishak in 2020 concluded that the toddler died due ...
Martin Lewis’ anger spilled-over live on TV – and rightly so
Martin Lewis has effectively become one of the few in the public eye people seem to trust and rely on. ...
Homeless people are stuck because of a ‘crippling’ shortage of affordable homes
Councils are increasingly having to rely on expensive temporary accommodation or direct people towards the private rented sector, Crisis said.
Jersey has a housing crisis that politicians claim doesn’t exist
Jersey has a housing crisis. The Channel Island, known for its tax avoidance and wealth, is seeing its politicians presiding ...
We are in a housing crisis
While the cost of housing has exploded, wages simply haven’t kept up. Curtis Daly explains how we got into the ...
Armed Australian police just locked down 3,000 people in tower blocks
Authorities have locked down nine public housing tower blocks in an Australian city in a bid to stem a spike ...
DWP chaos as Universal Credit wreaks havoc in Corbyn’s constituency
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing chaos in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's own constituency. Council leaders have ...
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 ...
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