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 ...
Tag: social housing
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 ...
May has said she will fix the housing crisis – but ‘dismal’ new figures show nothing of the sort
Last year, Theresa May made a personal promise to fix the country’s housing crisis. The UK has a serious shortage of ...
Grenfell survivors are among a million households waiting for homes that don’t exist
More than a million households are waiting on social housing lists. Over a quarter have been waiting for at least ...
£7.2m worth of social housing is about to be sold off in a ‘swanky hotel’
£7.2m worth of former social housing will be sold off at an auction in London on 26 March. Almost 1 ...
A study has revealed some ‘worrying’ trends about how society treats LGBTQ+ people
A new report has revealed how LGBTQ+ people feel about living in social housing. And the study's author says the ...
The Sun is attacking a Labour MP for buying a house
Conservative MP Andrew Percy has accused Labour MP Laura Pidcock of being a “hypocrite” for buying a house. And The ...
Talk of a supposed coup by Momentum is actually covering up something far more worrying
Recent developments in a Labour-run council have sparked a bitter feud within the Labour Party. And campaign group Momentum has ...
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