Social housing

The housing crisis is going nowhere. 2026 must offer a better vision for the future
Mark Washer

The housing crisis is going nowhere. 2026 must offer a better vision for the future

Why we’re creating new housing union in 2026 to help renters, residents and leaseholders take on power
Suzanne Muna

Why we’re creating new housing union in 2026 to help renters, residents and leaseholders take on power

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
homelessness

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’
Housing

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’

Mayors to get greater powers to build social homes in their regions: ‘Go big, go bold, go build’
Social housing

Mayors to get greater powers to build social homes in their regions: ‘Go big, go bold, go build’

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back
Yo-yo Homes

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back

Awaab’s Law is about more than damp and mould – it’s about what kind of country we want to be
Christian Weaver

Awaab’s Law is about more than damp and mould – it’s about what kind of country we want to be

Dad of boy who died due to mould in flat says he’s ‘proud’ of his son for saving lives
Awaab's Law

Dad of boy who died due to mould in flat says he’s ‘proud’ of his son for saving lives

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Right to Buy

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé

Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage
Peter Apps

Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage

The ‘Yo-yo Homes’, revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils
Housing

The ‘Yo-yo Homes’, revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils

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

Racism is hardwired into our housing system – trust me, I know
Kim Johnson MP

Racism is hardwired into our housing system – trust me, I know

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him
Our Vendors

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him

Black and minority households ‘forced to cut their hair and hide their accents’ to get social housing
Racism

Black and minority households ‘forced to cut their hair and hide their accents’ to get social housing

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Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps
Right to buy

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?
Social housing

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
Social housing

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’

Labour could build 500,000 social homes ‘at a stretch’ with £39bn affordable housing pledge
Social housing

Labour could build 500,000 social homes ‘at a stretch’ with £39bn affordable housing pledge