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Social housing at 'breaking point', housing ombudsman warns
Aerial shot of social housing
Social housing

Social housing at 'breaking point', housing ombudsman warns

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases
renters are living with damp and mould and other issues
Renting

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases

Millions of Brits will be cut off from energy this winter because they can't afford bills
energy bills
Cost of living crisis

Millions of Brits will be cut off from energy this winter because they can't afford bills

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and 'third-world poverty conditions', government told
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Housing

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and 'third-world poverty conditions', government told

'A national scandal': Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter
cold and damp
Housing

'A national scandal': Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate
Aylesbury estate
Housing

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate

Met Police apologises after 'inhumane' destruction of homeless people's tents near Camden hospital
rough sleepers tents being destroyed Camden
Homelessness

Met Police apologises after 'inhumane' destruction of homeless people's tents near Camden hospital

'Lonely and expensive': London is becoming less 'liveable' than other European cities, study finds
Cities

'Lonely and expensive': London is becoming less 'liveable' than other European cities, study finds

Homelessness set to soar by a third in Scotland in two years – but it 'doesn't need to be this way'
man experiencing homelessness
Homelessness

Homelessness set to soar by a third in Scotland in two years – but it 'doesn't need to be this way'

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home
Protestors storm Lambeth Council offices over damp and mould hospitalising baby
Housing

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: 'Now is not the time'
homeless deaths
homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: 'Now is not the time'

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham: 'If you don't give people good homes they can't have good lives'
Housing

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham: 'If you don't give people good homes they can't have good lives'

Two-thirds of government's £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them
Housing crisis

Two-thirds of government's £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities
Architecture

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024
fighting the housing crisis and evictions in Jakarta
World Habitat Awards

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024

5 ways to fix a broken UK – from universal credit to an urgent general election
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak
Hope for 2024

5 ways to fix a broken UK – from universal credit to an urgent general election

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'A national scandal': Half of teachers in England work with homeless children, damning poll finds
children facing homelessness
homelessness

'A national scandal': Half of teachers in England work with homeless children, damning poll finds

Black people more likely to be arrested for being homeless, research finds: 'This shames our country'
the Vagrancy Act has criminalised people who are rough sleeping or begging for 200 years
Rough sleeping

Black people more likely to be arrested for being homeless, research finds: 'This shames our country'

More than 5,000 renters face being made homeless over Christmas, Labour says: 'People are dying'
Angela Rayner on renters facing homelessness
Renting

More than 5,000 renters face being made homeless over Christmas, Labour says: 'People are dying'

Labour must urgently tackle land banking to have any hope of solving UK's housing crisis
Housing

Labour must urgently tackle land banking to have any hope of solving UK's housing crisis

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