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Social housing waiting lists to soar to two million people in 10 years, report finds
Social housing

Social housing waiting lists to soar to two million people in 10 years, report finds

It would take 21 years to clear England’s current social housing backlog unless Labour ramp up affordable housebuilding, analysts warn

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too
Tom Bennett

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too

The director of Studio Bark architects has a different vision of what affordable housing can look like

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
Housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

Resolution Foundation analysis found more than 400,000 affordable homes are needed to return stock to 2010 levels, costing an estimated £50bn

Empty buildings are a housing resource waiting to be tapped – so why don’t we?
Henrietta Blackmore

Empty buildings are a housing resource waiting to be tapped – so why don’t we?

‘This is the dream’: These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices
Housing

‘This is the dream’: These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices

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Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: ‘People will become homeless’
Housing crisis

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: ‘People will become homeless’

How Labour’s housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
Housebuilding

How Labour’s housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies

Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’
Housing

Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’

When will house prices go down?
House Prices

When will house prices go down?

Tories have failed – only Labour has vision and will to tackle homelessness, says shadow minister
Mike Amesbury MP

Tories have failed – only Labour has vision and will to tackle homelessness, says shadow minister

Affordable housing straight from the factory floor: Could modular homes help end homelessness?
Housing

Affordable housing straight from the factory floor: Could modular homes help end homelessness?

How we can end the housing crisis and fix the UK, explained
Rachael Williamson and John Perry

How we can end the housing crisis and fix the UK, explained

Why The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to End Housing Insecurity Now
Opinion

Why The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to End Housing Insecurity Now

There’s a letting agency actually trying to fix the housing crisis. Here’s how
Housing

There’s a letting agency actually trying to fix the housing crisis. Here’s how

Affordable housing is in short supply – here’s what other countries are doing about it
Housing

Affordable housing is in short supply – here’s what other countries are doing about it

Why we need to create decent and affordable homes for all
Big Futures

Why we need to create decent and affordable homes for all

The UK’s first 3D printed houses will go to homeless veterans
Remembrance

The UK’s first 3D printed houses will go to homeless veterans

Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants
Renting

Landlords set to pass on mortgage rate hikes to tenants

Will a stamp duty cut fix the housing crisis?
Stamp Duty

Will a stamp duty cut fix the housing crisis?

6 things we learned from the government’s new rough sleeping strategy
Rough sleeping

6 things we learned from the government’s new rough sleeping strategy

Calls for social housing rent strike after government rejects freeze
Social housing

Calls for social housing rent strike after government rejects freeze

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90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit
RENTING

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit

Sadiq Khan’s Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes
Right to Buy

Sadiq Khan’s Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes

First-time buyers have seen house prices surge three times faster than before Covid
Housing

First-time buyers have seen house prices surge three times faster than before Covid

These innovative affordable housing projects are up for a prestigious architecture award
Affordable Housing

These innovative affordable housing projects are up for a prestigious architecture award