Housing
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?

Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Emergent Energy’s Reg Platt changed the law to allow people living in flats to install solar panels on the roof of their homes. He tells Big Issue that anyone looking to drive the clean energy revolution must look beyond the government
Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla

Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla
Average rents for new lets rose by 2.8% in the year up to April, according to property portal Zoopla, marking the first time rent rises have dipped below inflation since the cost of living crisis
Labour has committed to a warm homes breakthrough – but we’re not out of the cold yet

Labour has committed to a warm homes breakthrough – but we’re not out of the cold yet
The government will honour the £13.2bn manifesto commitment to upgrade millions of cold and damp homes. They must ignore Reform UK’s calls to water down net-zero commitments and crack on with reducing energy bills, writes End Fuel Poverty Coalition’s Simon Francis
Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels ‘good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities’
Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels ‘good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities’
What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?
What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?
Rachel Reeves announces ‘biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years’

Rachel Reeves announces ‘biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years’
Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: ‘People don’t know their rights’

Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: ‘People don’t know their rights’
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of ‘cruel’ 200-year law

Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of ‘cruel’ 200-year law
I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around

I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around
What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?

What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?
This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the ‘inhumane’ way mothers are cut off from their children

New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the ‘inhumane’ way mothers are cut off from their children
Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK

Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK
How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market

Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless

‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit

Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit
Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: ‘People have no other option’

Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: ‘People have no other option’
Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: ‘On a knife edge’

Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: ‘On a knife edge’
‘This place is a vital force for good’: An off-grid community’s desperate fight to save their home

‘This place is a vital force for good’: An off-grid community’s desperate fight to save their home
Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart
Croydon family spends staggering 9,500 days in so-called temporary accommodation

Croydon family spends staggering 9,500 days in so-called temporary accommodation
Wales’ long-awaited and ‘radical’ homelessness bill promises shift to prevention

Wales’ long-awaited and ‘radical’ homelessness bill promises shift to prevention
How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change
