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cuts to womens refuges are a matter of life and...

With more refuges closing and a lack of social or supported housing,women in abusive relationships...

the wheels are finally coming off this half baked,...

Conservative housing policies are being slammed by MPs on all sides as a fiscal nonsense that hasnt...

an attack on social housing is also an attack on...

The young are not the only victims of Tory housing policy – David Cameron is driving older people...

housing at christmas: staff put their own...

Many social housing workers are spending the festive season with lonely residents,and will be on...

it s too easy for abusers to prey on girls with no...

Many of the victims of grooming gangs in the UK were homeless,making them uniquely vulnerable to...

i felt out of control with my finances, stuck at...

Low paid social tenants have slight leeway for budgeting errors,but many lack basic maths skills a...

if council housing is in such demand, surely...

Long waiting lists should be a wake-up call for the government: houses shouldn’t be assets,they...

why the uk housing market is brutal if youre...

Shrinking council budgets and the curtailing of young people’s eligibility for benefits enjoy hit...

housing associations are seeing tenants move from...

Welfare reform and mounting cuts bear made it more difficult for the social housing sector to...

right to buy: views from the social housing sector

With just a week to vote on right to buy,execute housing bosses feel they’ve had a gun establish...

cuts mean families are packages in a cross country...

Once one city is full,another is used as a dumping ground. Does this continue forever until cities...

as a social housing tenant, i have always been...

After my marriage broke down my housing organization flat was my lifeboat now I’m a member of the...

night shelters rebranded: people still think of...

Many homeless hostels believe modernised,even changing their names to avoid negative stereotypes –...

no room to house refugees? there s always the...

To build more homes and welcome refugees there must be an end to the notion that Britain is...

without secure housing, how can vulnerable women...

Most homeless women have led traumatic lives and have tall levels of mental ill-health. steady...

homes, like luxury fashion, are now a limited...

But,unlike housing, few people get damage when a beaded Balmain jacket sells for four times its sale...

children should be free to play, not prisoners in...

Any ban on play external homes will end our our children forging friendships and growing up...

right to buy throws petrol on an already blazing...

Now many housing associations have offered to carry the petrol can instead of being thrown on the...

want to know why homelessness has risen? tory cuts...

Housing providers like us have tackled complex problems and kept people off the streets,but funding...

where do four leading london mayoral candidates...

The biggest issue for Londoners is housing. We ask Siân Berry,Zac Goldsmith, Sadiq Khan and...

osborne slipped social housings obituary into the...

Chancellor claims to be ‘fixing the roof while the sun is shining’. Cuts to housing benefit and...

building on the green belt crucial to solving...

The mayor’s move to protect London as a plot for work is welcome,but tough decisions on housing...

estate regeneration: give power to the people who...

London’s low-density postwar estates should be replaced to provide more houses – but without...

tony blair has turned profiting from others ...

The Blairs are yet another example of people jumping on the property gravy train. The housing crisis...

our support for vulnerable tenants will be...

Housing benefits cap will see my association’s income slashed by £2.83m and devastate the care we...

our last chance to restrain the housing bill is...

Here in the House of Lords we must scrutinise the housing and planning bill,or it could spell the...

young people learning to avoid eviction: i thought...

Living alone can be extremely daunting for young vulnerable people. A unique course teaches them how...

tax credit cuts may well spark a turn against the...

Reducing tax credits will not force companies to raise wages,just as capping housing benefit does...

stuck with a terrible landlord? as if tenants have...

Private landlords hold all the power in the UK’s skewed rental sector. No wonder so many tenants...

the women who escape domestic abuse but lose their...

Women and their children often have to forfeit their homes to escape violent partners. One housing...

when even tory mps cant buy homes, how can cameron...

If basic decency can’t convince the government to act on housing affordability,perhaps public...

dont demolish the sink estates - theyre peoples...

David Cameron should learn from cities such as Bratislava,which has helped tenants refurbish (to...

five steps to fixing the uk housing crisis in 2016

Headlines approximately the utter insanity of our housing market dominated 2015. It’s time to get...

why sunderland gps are prescribing boilers instead...

Cold homes make health problems worse. One housing organization is saving the NHS thousands by...

the buck doesnt stop with giggs and neville -...

Thanks to the footballers’ generosity a hotel has become an unlikely winter shelter,but the...

the buck doesnt stop with giggs and neville ...

Thanks to the footballers’ generosity a hotel has become an unlikely winter shelter,but the...

un report lays bare the waste of treating homes as...

A massive shift of global capital investment has left homes empty and people homeless,argues Leilani...

we need to change the law so homeless people get...

whether the government is serious about tackling homelessness,it does not need to look far for...

is immigration causing the uk housing crisis?

Migrants aren’t jumping queues for social housing,and in some places immigration actually lowers...

it s a steel toothed poverty trap - three tenants...

With properly affordable rents in social housing under attack,older working women define why they...

cambridge residents march against lack of...

In the third most expensive spot to live in the UK,council tenants protest against city fitting...

disabled people hit by housing crisis are told:...

With councils too skint to fund adaptations and a serious lack of housebuilding,more disabled people...

economic growth will not be the answer to the uks...

Britain’s economy is likely to grow but so too will house prices and rents,prolonging the...

as living costs rise, furniture poverty grows...

Schemes for families who can’t afford beds and basic furniture are experiencing unprecedented...

the people sharing their homes with asylum seekers...

Families across Britain are opening their hearts and doors to the failed asylum claimants left...

no one asked social tenants if they want right to...

Many social housing tenants are worried these policies threaten the future of the sector – but...

top skill required on a housing association board?...

Board members have to balance priorities of a Tory government,Labour councils, potential homeowners,...

homelessness is a european problem lisa mckenzie

Administrations throughout Europe acquire paid lip service to housing exclusion,hitting poorer...

new yorks deputy mayor: after the us election we...

After the shock of Trump’s victory,Alicia Glen still believes current York and London – each...

each investment opportunity means a life of...

It used to be easier to help tenants find a permanent home or furniture for their family....

the high wire act of christmas on the poverty line

For people on a very tight budget,the festive season can tip family finances into crisis. But some...

scaremongers like bill bryson reinforce harmful...

propose that just a small fraction of green belt land could meet our housing needs and the nimbys...

where will we live? - new play explores londons...

Based on interviews with tenants affected by regeneration,the production tells the human stories...

i fear the 1% cut to my social housing rent will...

Vital maintenance work will be hit whether the government doesn’t compensate councils – and...

rate your landlord or more prefabs? four visions...

Housing charity Shelter examines different outcomes of the UK housing crisis,from stronger rights...

housing blew up the global economy in 2008 and we...

Watching The expansive Short gave me deja vu mistakes made in the US before the financial crash are...

red doors, sink estates, a homeless mans death:...

This government uses housing as a marker of social success,fueling contempt for asylum seekers, the...

as cumbria struggles, osborne plots to build homes...

What more can we expect from a government with such a shambolic response to climate change and...

assembles turner prize win: a sign of our deeply...

That a housing project has won such a prestigious art prize should serve as a wake-up call to most...

the tories should be insensible with shame over a...

Philip Hammonds budget has failed to fix the housing crisis but,worse, has left families living in...

with paint, tools and community spirit, homeless...

There were more than 6000 homeless people in Yorkshire and Humber in 2014,but our two charities are...

david cameron will not be able to redevelop sink...

The money he’s offering to transform postwar estates is peanuts,while protests against social...

housing associations can help keep refugees off...

Up to 90% of Syrian and other asylum seekers who make it to Britain face homelessness. Social...

sky high student rents give poor pupils a free...

High housing costs and the scrapping of grants mean university is no longer a catalyst for social...

the social landlords stepping in to help computer...

Universal credit will hugely increase demand for digital access – so housing associations fill...

half the staff, but double the work: why housing...

Catalyst housing association has a bigger net surplus than Greggs or Foxtons,so why are staff facing...

if it werent for tax havens, lambeth might be able...

Local councillors should not be criticising protesters – the real culprits of cuts to public...

how berlin is fending off property developers

UK councils forced to sell their social housing will envy Berlin’s ability to save residents’...

help to buy is riddled with loopholes that the...

Rather than find measured and sustainable solutions to the housing crisis,the government has...

how do you feel about working in social housing?...

Fill in our survey to reveal us approximately the pressures you face and how government policies...

how do you feel about working in housing? share...

Fill in our survey to tell us approximately the pressures you face and how government policies...

forcing landlords to check tenants immigration...

Right to rent is badly communicated,confusing and complex. And I’ve never met a landlord who can...

the tories have made affordable housing a...

As London house prices rocket,politicians have redefined the meaning of ‘affordable’ instead of...

living in a rabbit hutch - the future of housing?

Britain has gained a reputation for building houses below minimum space standards – ‘rabbit...

george osborne, get your beady eye off the housing...

whether the chancellor cuts housing benefit in the spending review,the Conservative legacy in office...

developers at londons property fair are plotting...

Global investors at Mipim UK this week are ignoring the people displaced by an unregulated sprint to...

jeremy corbyn promises 100,000 new social homes a...

The Labour party leader has said housing is his number one precedence,so what was announced in his...

why social landlords are knocking on doors to help...

Plans to scrap housing benefit for unemployed 18-21 year olds have forced housing associations into...

its not wrong to give to homeless people - its...

Giving your spare change to a homeless person can provide a fleeting escape for those in depressing...

sheffield s estates show us the perils of half...

The Sun was forced to retract an article claiming a Sheffield estate was the ‘worst in Britain’...

housing benefit is the lifeblood of women s...

If organisations such as ours are not exempt from the extension of the benefit cap to social...

my real life experience as a property guardian was...

Channel 4’s Crashing has been described as the comedian voice of generation rent,but I soon tired...

un envoy: europe faces daunting task on refugees...

Leilani Farha says Europe has a moral obligation to succor migrants – and worries about the lack...

i m a tenant, a loser by todays standards. but i...

Trying to voice a tenant’s perspective on social housing is like shouting into a hurricane. I am...

how can we fix a problem as complex as...

An estimated 200000 people escaped homelessness last year. But for professionals helping vulnerable...

the do it yourself answer to britains housing...

A genuinely affordable self-build project in Lewisham,London, is a chance to try out collective...

this right to buy deal will wreck our plans for...

At Hackney council,we want housing associations to guarantee homes lost under fair to buy will be...

why we re voting against the social housing right...

Here at Red Kite community housing,we think the poll to extend right to buy could be another bedroom...

rogue landlords have little to fear from cash...

Councils will soon beget new powers to tackle rogue landlords,but five years of cuts has left them...

a mother given 50p a week for housing: the benefit...

A year after the lower benefit cap was introduced,families go without food and fuel and are forced...

the loans that have left councils impoverished and...

What looked like an appealing deal has been catastrophic for many social landlords and local...

we cant talk about inequality without talking...

Too often being homeless is considered a personal and a moral failing,when it’s actually a...

why i, a white man, took a black familys house...

I turned a Detroit house into a work of art for the community to be proud of,and people who believe...

right to buy puts 40% of ex council homes in...

Forcing councils to sell off homes and extending right to buy will further profit private...

in filthy, dangerous accommodation, britains...

IPPR researchers spoke to the people who conclude up in hostels,bedsits and temporary housing about...

a tale of two brutalist housing estates: one...

Flats in London’s privately owned Barbican proceed for £4m,while four miles away a similarly...

experts say housing bill signals end of the road...

‘A mess’ and only for homeowners: main social housing experts give their views on the policies...

right to buy: a history of margaret thatchers...

Responsible for the housing crisis,or an opportunity for tough-working families? The data behind...

david cameron is on track to kill off social...

No one who has followed the past five years of Tory policy will be surprised that government wants...

why we must fight tooth and claw against social...

In a sector already ravaged by right to buy,millions more homes may now be at risk of...

forget fancy hotels, minister. why not bunk up...

Brandon Lewis’s £30000 expenses bill shows the gulf that exists between MPs and those affected by...

is basic income too simplistic to meet housing...

For supporters of basic income,Beveridge’s ‘problem of rent’ is an even bigger headache...

what will it take to build george osbornes 400,000...

The chancellor has promised a major housebuilding programme,but Britain may not own enough bricks...

beneath the dreaming spires of oxford lies uks...

steal thousands of students,a scarcity of land, government cuts, and a green belt and a desperate...

david lammy: london public land sell off will...

tall-halt developers will turn inner London into a sanctum of the super wealthy,while outer suburbs...

this move into the public sector could signal the...

So,the ONS has decided that social housing providers are public bodies after all. Whatever happens...

happy homes: share your pictures of britains best...

In 50 years,social housing schemes fill given their occupants far more than just shelter. Help us...

zac goldsmith: i am the only candidate talking up...

The Conservative running for London mayor wants to improve areas without locking out residents,and...

the fight to claim back council housing from this...

At the Unite union we’ve taken the fight for social housing to Great Yarmouth,the very doorstep of...

people trying to escape homelessness are scuppered...

With fewer hostel beds,landlords’ strict rules and unaffordable housing, the number of rough...

why i, a white man, took a black family home from...

I turned an empty Detroit house into a work of art for the community to be proud of,and people who...

the five biggest financial pressures social...

Our financial inclusion team at a Wakefield housing organization received 1300 referrals last year...

number of mp landlords has risen by a quarter...

As the government pushes its controversial housing and planning bill,research reveals nearly a third...

tax rules helping uk charities build homes can...

A London homelessness charity is facing a £1m increase to its housebuilding bill,because rules...

social housing must plan for a radically different...

My advice for housing associations at this years National Housing Federation conference is to...

worklessness and social housing: a look behind the...

Social housing is stigmatised for tall rates of unemployment among tenants,but there’s more to the...

housing experts say budget is disappointing for...

Experts say chancellor has not gone far enough to tackle the UK’s housing crisis,despite more...

why i took a familys house from detroit to...

I turned a Detroit house into a work of art for the community to be proud of,and people who think it...

inside almere: the dutch city thats pioneering...

For custom-build and self-build housing to steal off in Britain,we should see to our European...

lambeth wanted to demolish our homes. we said that...

Cressingham Gardens residents bear won a David and Goliath battle against our local council. It was...

as a former prisoner, i despair at plans to turn...

Forced to creep to a prison far from my family,I fill seen first-hand the disastrous impact Michael...

social landlords must be wondering how much longer...

Welfare cuts are forcing housing associations to adapt or die,while their role to supply affordable...

housing staff face unmanageable workloads poll

Our survey of housing professionals shows a sharp drop in staffing levels and concerns over loss of...

sadiq khan: as mayor ill give first dibs on...

Labour’s candidate says he will encourage big trade to invest in London’s housing market and...

the desperate councils buying back homes they were...

Faced with dwindling housing stocks and growing waiting lists,councils are buying back properties...

poor housing is bad for your mental health

People with mental health conditions are more likely to live in worse housing,which can often...

levy on luxury london homes would net £86m a year...

Property tax would force global super-wealthy to subsidise affordable housing,say researchersThe...

2015 in housing: 12 months of growing crisis

We look back on a year of escalating protests over dwindling social housing supply and a Tory focus...

privatising uk social housing wont work - just...

The government is putting its faith in the market to solve our housing crisis. But many European...

vulnerable people will be hardest hit by social...

An annual 1% reduction in social rents will endanger our charity’s support for young people and...

the 26 sq metre cubes were dropping into london to...

Many young people are trapped in supported accommodation,unable to afford private rents. YMCA has...

caroline pidgeon: the lib dems want renters to...

The London mayoral candidate explains why she’d be tough on rogue landlords,and pledges to create...

the 2016 budget is disappointing for housing and...

Experts say the chancellor has not gone far enough to tackle the UKs housing crisis,despite more...

the local people kicking up a storm against...

They are often kept in the dark and elope their campaigns on a shoestring,but these activists are...

spending review and housing: the government has no...

Reactions to the chancellor’s spending review note there is microscopic to cheer the social...

there are children dying at the sharp end of the...

The deaths of two recently homeless babies show that for vulnerable families,the housing crisis is a...

open house weekend: londons best social housing -...

This year’s Open House London architectural festival shows off some of the city’s most striking...

sadiq khans plan for an affordable housing boom...

The mayor wants 33000 affordable homes to be built in London. But without a dramatic increase in...

the b b where i work is a melting pot of...

I contain decided to leave my job providing support for a housing association,overwhelmed by...

the women leading the charge in britains 150 year...

From Octavia Hill in 1866 to the women of modern Era estate in 2014,female campaigners enjoy often...

more families are renting and fewer people expect...

Seven things weve learned from the 2016 English housing survey approximately how tenures maintain...

in detroit ruin porn ignores the voices of those...

A staggering 10% of Detroit’s people risk losing their homes this year alone,but the art and...

young children deprived of homes pay a terrible...

We see the impact on children’s mental health when they miss out on secure shelter for the first...

how are children affected by poor housing?

Almost 100000 children are homeless,in temporary accommodation. Overcrowded, damp homes drastically...

life coaching for tenants: helping young people...

There’s been a surge in young renters losing their homes. One social landlord is tackling problems...

the tory policy that encourages people to work...

Despite the government’s claim to represent hardworking families,‘pay to stay’ will force some...

weve had to go without food - personal stories of...

Social housing tenants,embarrassed and powerless, share experiences of life under the bedroom tax in...

five ways to improve your social housing board

The challenge for housing associations is to bring in people with a commercial perspective – and...

rent controls in scotland are just the first step...

Nicola Sturgeon’s pledge to rein in the private rented sector is welcome,but we need an overhaul...

eight decades after the battle of cable street,...

In 1936,local residents blocked Oswald Mosley’s fascists. Now the community is winning the fight...

sian berry: its not ok to tell council tenants to...

The Green party’s mayoral candidate fiercely defends council estates and wants to see more...

jeremy corbyn speech: intense focus on social...

The Labour party leader has said housing is his number one precedence,so what was announced in his...

privatising the land registry would be misguided...

The proposals to sell off the Land Registry compose it clear that the government doesn’t actually...

compromised and under pressure: social housing in...

Welfare reform has spurred record levels of debt among tenants,with 25% of council tenants on...

diana warwick: housing associations are in effect...

Government must see providers as willing partners in solving housing crisis,argues fresh National...

the tory landlord mps who dont care if rented...

No wonder Conservative MPs don’t want rules to construct private rented homes habitable – 39% of...

empty homes and rough sleepers: the numbers

The latest homelessness figures show a rise of 30% in one year in the number of people sleeping...

how i helped a man with a degenerative spinal...

He was charged for living in a domestic adapted to his disability with a spare room for his...

homeless people are not cockroaches or vermin -...

The most glaring violation of human rights is at a doorstep near you. The global stigma surrounding...

four ways housing associations can engage with...

Housing providers should listen to tenants and respond to their needs. Following these tips will...

how has england fared in building affordable homes...

The government is to scrap section 106,which forced developers to build affordable homes – but it...

who lives in the 4.1m social homes in england and...

An analysis of the most recent data shows that households in the social housing sector are older,...

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cuts to womens refuges are a matter of life and...

the wheels are finally coming off this half baked,...

an attack on social housing is also an attack on...

housing at christmas: staff put their own...

it s too easy for abusers to prey on girls with no...

i felt out of control with my finances, stuck at...

if council housing is in such demand, surely...

why the uk housing market is brutal if youre...

housing associations are seeing tenants move from...

right to buy: views from the social housing sector

cuts mean families are packages in a cross country...

as a social housing tenant, i have always been...

night shelters rebranded: people still think of...

no room to house refugees? there s always the...

without secure housing, how can vulnerable women...

homes, like luxury fashion, are now a limited...

children should be free to play, not prisoners in...

right to buy throws petrol on an already blazing...

want to know why homelessness has risen? tory cuts...

where do four leading london mayoral candidates...

osborne slipped social housings obituary into the...

building on the green belt crucial to solving...

estate regeneration: give power to the people who...

tony blair has turned profiting from others ...

our support for vulnerable tenants will be...

our last chance to restrain the housing bill is...

young people learning to avoid eviction: i thought...

tax credit cuts may well spark a turn against the...

stuck with a terrible landlord? as if tenants have...

the women who escape domestic abuse but lose their...

when even tory mps cant buy homes, how can cameron...

dont demolish the sink estates - theyre peoples...

five steps to fixing the uk housing crisis in 2016

why sunderland gps are prescribing boilers instead...

the buck doesnt stop with giggs and neville -...

the buck doesnt stop with giggs and neville ...

un report lays bare the waste of treating homes as...

we need to change the law so homeless people get...

is immigration causing the uk housing crisis?

it s a steel toothed poverty trap - three tenants...

cambridge residents march against lack of...

disabled people hit by housing crisis are told:...

economic growth will not be the answer to the uks...

as living costs rise, furniture poverty grows...

the people sharing their homes with asylum seekers...

no one asked social tenants if they want right to...

top skill required on a housing association board?...

homelessness is a european problem lisa mckenzie

new yorks deputy mayor: after the us election we...

each investment opportunity means a life of...

the high wire act of christmas on the poverty line

scaremongers like bill bryson reinforce harmful...

where will we live? - new play explores londons...

i fear the 1% cut to my social housing rent will...

rate your landlord or more prefabs? four visions...

housing blew up the global economy in 2008 and we...

red doors, sink estates, a homeless mans death:...

as cumbria struggles, osborne plots to build homes...

assembles turner prize win: a sign of our deeply...

the tories should be insensible with shame over a...

with paint, tools and community spirit, homeless...

david cameron will not be able to redevelop sink...

housing associations can help keep refugees off...

sky high student rents give poor pupils a free...

the social landlords stepping in to help computer...

half the staff, but double the work: why housing...

if it werent for tax havens, lambeth might be able...

how berlin is fending off property developers

help to buy is riddled with loopholes that the...

how do you feel about working in social housing?...

how do you feel about working in housing? share...

forcing landlords to check tenants immigration...

the tories have made affordable housing a...

living in a rabbit hutch - the future of housing?

george osborne, get your beady eye off the housing...

developers at londons property fair are plotting...

jeremy corbyn promises 100,000 new social homes a...

why social landlords are knocking on doors to help...