Housing
What is a landlord reference letter and how do I get one?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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What is a landlord reference letter and how do I get one?
This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration
‘A little bit of paradise’: Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘A little bit of paradise’: Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire
Labour accused of ‘aligning with landlords’ and ‘heaping misery on families’ over social rent hike![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Labour accused of ‘aligning with landlords’ and ‘heaping misery on families’ over social rent hike
Renters ‘must earn more than £75,000’ to afford to live in London![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Renters ‘must earn more than £75,000’ to afford to live in London
Who is Rushanara Ali? Meet the new Labour minister tasked with tackling the homelessness crisis![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Who is Rushanara Ali? Meet the new Labour minister tasked with tackling the homelessness crisis
NatWest and British Gas join forces to turbocharge efforts to insulate draughty social homes![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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NatWest and British Gas join forces to turbocharge efforts to insulate draughty social homes
Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that’s deeply personal for me – it’s heartbreaking![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that’s deeply personal for me – it’s heartbreaking
Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: ‘A genuine humanitarian crisis’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: ‘A genuine humanitarian crisis’
I had no idea that overcrowding was a form of homelessness – I had no idea I was homeless![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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I had no idea that overcrowding was a form of homelessness – I had no idea I was homeless
Building homes in right places will be ‘more important than landlords’ to fixing UK’s rental crisis![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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