Housing
Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents

Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents
Love Island winner Toni Laites: ‘My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings’

Love Island winner Toni Laites: ‘My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings’
Half a million empty homes are ‘hiding in plain sight’. Here’s how to unlock them

Half a million empty homes are ‘hiding in plain sight’. Here’s how to unlock them
Reform UK housing spokesperson sacked over ‘deeply dehumanising’ Grenfell comments

Reform UK housing spokesperson sacked over ‘deeply dehumanising’ Grenfell comments
Homeless young people ‘left to sleep rough’ after councils failed to assess their needs

Homeless young people ‘left to sleep rough’ after councils failed to assess their needs
Coroners are increasingly pointing to the housing crisis in their reports – but can it save lives?

Coroners are increasingly pointing to the housing crisis in their reports – but can it save lives?
How a loophole in the housing market is locking out childminders

How a loophole in the housing market is locking out childminders
London’s first homeless detox centre set to close: ‘We’re pushing problems back onto the streets now’

London’s first homeless detox centre set to close: ‘We’re pushing problems back onto the streets now’
Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
Retrofit or regret: Why the fastest way to reach net zero is to fix what we already have

Retrofit or regret: Why the fastest way to reach net zero is to fix what we already have
Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools
Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning
Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?

Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?
Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here’s what happened next

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here’s what happened next
Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires
Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears

Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather
‘Shocking’ number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections

‘Shocking’ number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections
Council tax hikes won’t improve services or pay workers better. But I have an idea
