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Landlords pocket £1.6bn in housing benefit for providing renters with horror homes
Renting

Landlords pocket £1.6bn in housing benefit for providing renters with horror homes

Shadwell fire survivors set to become homeless on Monday as council help ends
Housing crisis

Shadwell fire survivors set to become homeless on Monday as council help ends

London’s Ulez plans could hit disabled people, charities and small businesses the hardest
air pollution

London’s Ulez plans could hit disabled people, charities and small businesses the hardest

‘No doctor wants this’: Junior doctors explain why they’re on strike
NHS crisis

‘No doctor wants this’: Junior doctors explain why they’re on strike

This seaside town has seen the highest rise in house prices over the last decade
House prices

This seaside town has seen the highest rise in house prices over the last decade

These south London homes are designed by the community and will always be affordable
Housing

These south London homes are designed by the community and will always be affordable

Mums on hunger strike since Mother’s Day in solidarity with parents who can’t feed their kids
Food poverty

Mums on hunger strike since Mother’s Day in solidarity with parents who can’t feed their kids

Repair Week: We should all learn how to fix things – here’s why
Repair Week

Repair Week: We should all learn how to fix things – here’s why

Migration ‘hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons’. What if a museum could fix that?
Activism

Migration ‘hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons’. What if a museum could fix that?

Popular Big Issue vendor seriously injured after being run over near his pitch
Our vendors

Popular Big Issue vendor seriously injured after being run over near his pitch

I paid £100 a week for a bunk bed in overcrowded east London flat, says victim of Shadwell fire
Housing

I paid £100 a week for a bunk bed in overcrowded east London flat, says victim of Shadwell fire

The number of women sleeping rough could be seven times higher than estimated
Homelessness

The number of women sleeping rough could be seven times higher than estimated

Man dies following fire in tiny London flat housing nearly 20, despite residents’ complaints of overcrowding
Overcrowding

Man dies following fire in tiny London flat housing nearly 20, despite residents’ complaints of overcrowding

‘Tourism is all-consuming’: How Airbnb’s ethical rival is letting communities decide how much tourism they can take
Holiday lets

‘Tourism is all-consuming’: How Airbnb’s ethical rival is letting communities decide how much tourism they can take

Overcrowded London: 16 people discovered living in tiny flat after fire breaks out
Housing crisis

Overcrowded London: 16 people discovered living in tiny flat after fire breaks out

Jessica Barden: ‘Being a young person in London is really stressful’
interview

Jessica Barden: ‘Being a young person in London is really stressful’

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Could a rent freeze be on the way?
RENTING

Could a rent freeze be on the way?

Meet the woman who’s making your Tube journey safer from air pollution
Air Pollution

Meet the woman who’s making your Tube journey safer from air pollution

A new photo exhibition is telling the stories of the people who lived at iconic Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens
Social housing

A new photo exhibition is telling the stories of the people who lived at iconic Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens

‘Nothing fills that void’: 10 years since Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died from air pollution
Air Pollution

‘Nothing fills that void’: 10 years since Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died from air pollution