Social housing
Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge
Campaigners welcome social housing bill but warn there’s no quick fix for Britain’s horror homes![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Campaigners welcome social housing bill but warn there’s no quick fix for Britain’s horror homes
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis donates land for social housing![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis donates land for social housing
Almost 20,000 affordable homes have been lost by converting office blocks into housing![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Almost 20,000 affordable homes have been lost by converting office blocks into housing
These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap
End of controversial privatisation deal sees 4,000 social homes brought back under council control![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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End of controversial privatisation deal sees 4,000 social homes brought back under council control
‘The land is worth more than the people’: East London residents unite to fight ‘slum landlord’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘The land is worth more than the people’: East London residents unite to fight ‘slum landlord’
Government will ‘name and shame’ landlords on social media for leaving tenants in dodgy social housing![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Government will ‘name and shame’ landlords on social media for leaving tenants in dodgy social housing
Quarter of social housing tenants can’t afford upcoming rent rise, survey finds![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Quarter of social housing tenants can’t afford upcoming rent rise, survey finds
Little Simz deservedly won a Brit award – where she lives is irrelevant![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Little Simz deservedly won a Brit award – where she lives is irrelevant
Social housing: How one social enterprise is giving shelter to thousands![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Social housing: How one social enterprise is giving shelter to thousands
Sadiq Khan demands improvements to London’s social homes with 1 in 7 not meeting basic standards![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Sadiq Khan demands improvements to London’s social homes with 1 in 7 not meeting basic standards
Rents are rising at the fastest rate for five years![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Rents are rising at the fastest rate for five years
Dragons’ Den star donates £10,000 to ‘incredible’ social housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Dragons’ Den star donates £10,000 to ‘incredible’ social housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa
Social housing sales drop 30% as campaigners call for ‘serious investment’ in home building![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Social housing sales drop 30% as campaigners call for ‘serious investment’ in home building
Under-fire Clarion Housing Association boss is ‘ashamed’ at state of social homes![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Under-fire Clarion Housing Association boss is ‘ashamed’ at state of social homes
Social housing tenants block roads in protest outside £345-a-head UK Housing Awards![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Social housing tenants block roads in protest outside £345-a-head UK Housing Awards
Smoke alarms will finally be required in social housing – almost five years after Grenfell![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Smoke alarms will finally be required in social housing – almost five years after Grenfell
‘It’s beyond belief’: Only one social home built for every 192 households on waiting lists![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘It’s beyond belief’: Only one social home built for every 192 households on waiting lists
All housing doesn’t mean good housing. We can’t let people live in squalor![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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