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Haunted houses are a classic horror trope – but are they scarier than damp, mould and landlords?
Horror homes

Haunted houses are a classic horror trope – but are they scarier than damp, mould and landlords?

Haunted houses have appeared in Gothic literature and horror films for centuries. We look into how the trope has changed in the modern day, from horrific Airbnbs to paranormal activity in a rental crisis

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’
Politics

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’

Big Issue spoke with deputy leadership hopeful Lucy Powell about her hopes for the future of the Labour party and the country

Here’s what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight
Landlords

Here’s what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight

The Green Party has voted to make abolishing landlords party policy. But what would happen if we actually got rid of landlords overnight?

My baby brother died after falling from a high-rise window. His life could have been saved
Housing

My baby brother died after falling from a high-rise window. His life could have been saved

Comedian Vittorio Angelone: ‘Landlords should have to look you in the eye when they take your rent’
Big Questions

Comedian Vittorio Angelone: ‘Landlords should have to look you in the eye when they take your rent’

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How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers
RENTING

How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers

Renters’ Rights Bill must become law ‘as soon as possible’, housing minister says
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill must become law ‘as soon as possible’, housing minister says

Zarah Sultana calls for MPs to be banned from being landlords
Housing

Zarah Sultana calls for MPs to be banned from being landlords

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill
RENTING

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill

Letters: The far right needs to accept asylum seekers aren’t just going to disappear
Letters

Letters: The far right needs to accept asylum seekers aren’t just going to disappear

Public service means putting people first. Government ministers shouldn’t be landlords
Kwajo Tweneboa

Public service means putting people first. Government ministers shouldn’t be landlords

Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: ‘Another new record’
Renting

Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: ‘Another new record’

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Housing

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis

Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’
RENTING

Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’

Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters

Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market

Are landlords really selling up? Number of new homes available for rent, revealed by Rightmove
RENTING

Are landlords really selling up? Number of new homes available for rent, revealed by Rightmove

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: ‘We’re getting a raw deal’
Renting

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: ‘We’re getting a raw deal’

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle
Renting

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

Letters: Adolescence didn’t feel like a drama – it’s too close to real life
Letters

Letters: Adolescence didn’t feel like a drama – it’s too close to real life

Letters: Not all landlords are money-grabbing criminals – and not all tenants are angels
Letters

Letters: Not all landlords are money-grabbing criminals – and not all tenants are angels

Would 1.5m landlords selling up and leaving the rental market really be a bad thing?
RENTING

Would 1.5m landlords selling up and leaving the rental market really be a bad thing?

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Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Housing benefit

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes

Landlords are threatening an ‘exodus’ by selling up. What will happen to renters’ homes if they do?
Renting

Landlords are threatening an ‘exodus’ by selling up. What will happen to renters’ homes if they do?

Labour’s devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords
Renting

Labour’s devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords

Labour’s rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that’s still too much
Renting

Labour’s rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that’s still too much