Social housing

Could these £50,000, eco-friendly tiny homes be the answer to the UK’s housing crisis?
Tiny homes

Could these £50,000, eco-friendly tiny homes be the answer to the UK’s housing crisis?

Tiny homes may be the next fix for the UK’s housing crisis, according to a new social enterprise set up to tackle the problem

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix ‘houses of horror’
Homelessness

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix ‘houses of horror’

More than 100 activists from Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth spent all morning on Halloween occupying Lewisham Council housing offices in protest at the housing crisis

What Labour’s autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness
Autumn budget

What Labour’s autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness

Labour is under pressure to tackle a housing crisis that is driving surging homelessness. Reeves announced new cash to build more homes, changes to the Right to Buy scheme and long-term certainty for social housing providers

How to apply for a council house
Housing

How to apply for a council house

What is bedroom tax and how does it affect your benefits?
social housing

What is bedroom tax and how does it affect your benefits?

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‘The market is broken’: Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners
Housing crisis

‘The market is broken’: Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners

Elizabeth Line named Britain’s best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: ‘Flawless and beautiful’
Architecture

Elizabeth Line named Britain’s best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: ‘Flawless and beautiful’

Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level since records began
Housing crisis

Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level since records began

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’

This genius idea could help solve the housing crisis and prevent homelessness all at once
Housing crisis

This genius idea could help solve the housing crisis and prevent homelessness all at once

Revealed: Housing gentrification ‘costing low-income Londoners £80 a week’
Housing

Revealed: Housing gentrification ‘costing low-income Londoners £80 a week’

Celebrity Race Across the World’s Kola Bokinni on life-changing importance of good social housing
TV

Celebrity Race Across the World’s Kola Bokinni on life-changing importance of good social housing

London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
Housing crisis

London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall

Grenfell inquiry can be a watershed moment for social housing – if we want it to be
Alex Diner

Grenfell inquiry can be a watershed moment for social housing – if we want it to be

Domestic abuse survivor had ‘no chance’ of reuniting with kids as council flat was too small
Care system

Domestic abuse survivor had ‘no chance’ of reuniting with kids as council flat was too small

Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: ‘It’s exploitative’
Right to Buy

Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: ‘It’s exploitative’

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: ‘Throwing good money away’
Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: ‘Throwing good money away’

Labour accused of ‘aligning with landlords’ and ‘heaping misery on families’ over social rent hike
Social housing

Labour accused of ‘aligning with landlords’ and ‘heaping misery on families’ over social rent hike

Renters ‘must earn more than £75,000’ to afford to live in London
RENTING

Renters ‘must earn more than £75,000’ to afford to live in London

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: ‘A genuine humanitarian crisis’
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: ‘A genuine humanitarian crisis’

Labour must act quickly on ‘monumental challenge’ of tackling homelessness crisis
Paula Barker

Labour must act quickly on ‘monumental challenge’ of tackling homelessness crisis

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Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a ‘council house revolution’
Housing

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a ‘council house revolution’

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds
Homelessness

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’
Housing

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’