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 ...
Tag: social housing
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 ...
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’s new social housing green paper makes a mockery of its pledge to end rough sleeping
Within hours of publishing its green paper on social housing, the government has been criticised for not increasing the number of ...
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 ...
The story of a mother’s fight to stay in London lays bare the brutality of the housing crisis
Sara is a mother of two living in the east London borough of Newham. Her children were brought up in ...
The latest English Housing Survey lays bare the perils of private renting
On 12 July, the government released the English Housing Survey for 2016-17. It lays bare the insecure and expensive reality ...
A new study shows how greed is killing off social housing
A survey by Inside Housing lists the 50 housing associations (HAs) that built the most homes in Britain in 2017/18. The findings ...
The government’s latest social housing investment boost is laughably short of the mark
On 26 June, communities secretary James Brokenshire confirmed what the government describes as "a multi-billion pound boost to social housing". ...
A Conservative minister backs a cruel scheme to evict families from council homes
Families of gang members should be punished by the government, according to Home Office minister Victoria Atkins. In an interview with ...
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