Housing
Renters being forced to move house costs £550m per year: 'I'm always in fight or flight'
Renters being forced to move house costs £550m per year: 'I'm always in fight or flight'
An estimated 830,000 renters were forced to move home against their will in the last 12 months, a YouGov poll has found. Shelter chief executive Polly Neate says that’s why rent reforms should defend renters’ rights to a stable home
Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
'It's an epidemic': 1.4 million workers trapped in insecure jobs are stuck in precarious rented homes
'It's an epidemic': 1.4 million workers trapped in insecure jobs are stuck in precarious rented homes
It's five years and four PMs since Tory vow to ban no-fault evictions. Why are we still waiting?
It's five years and four PMs since Tory vow to ban no-fault evictions. Why are we still waiting?
No-fault evictions put households at risk of homelessness over 80,000 times since Tory ban pledge
No-fault evictions put households at risk of homelessness over 80,000 times since Tory ban pledge
Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: 'Expect consequences'
Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: 'Expect consequences'
'It's unforgivable': Michael Gove served 'eviction notice' by protesters over rising homelessness
'It's unforgivable': Michael Gove served 'eviction notice' by protesters over rising homelessness
Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will 'punish people with nowhere to go'
Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will 'punish people with nowhere to go'
We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?
We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?
Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: 'Nowhere to hide from housing crisis'
Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: 'Nowhere to hide from housing crisis'
Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: 'I'll be a renters' champion'
Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: 'I'll be a renters' champion'
Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after 'absolutely disgusting' no-fault eviction
Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after 'absolutely disgusting' no-fault eviction
'A national scandal': Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
'A national scandal': Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
'People should not be arrested if they smell': Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness
'People should not be arrested if they smell': Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness
Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be 'watered down' to 'appease landlords'
Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be 'watered down' to 'appease landlords'
Housing crisis: Shared ownership an 'unbearable reality' which has 'failed to deliver', MPs warn
Housing crisis: Shared ownership an 'unbearable reality' which has 'failed to deliver', MPs warn
Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry
ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry
UK housing is worst value for money of any advanced economy: 'We are a joke'
UK housing is worst value for money of any advanced economy: 'We are a joke'
Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says
Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says
Prince William pays tribute to 'brave' rough sleepers at visit to Sheffield homelessness project
Prince William pays tribute to 'brave' rough sleepers at visit to Sheffield homelessness project
Sadiq Khan pledge to build 40,000 new council homes in London hailed as 'big step forward'
Sadiq Khan pledge to build 40,000 new council homes in London hailed as 'big step forward'
Most rough sleepers say they're treated unfairly by police, damning study reveals
Most rough sleepers say they're treated unfairly by police, damning study reveals
Tory plan to criminalise rough sleepers will 'destroy homeless people's spirits', MPs warned