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Housing

How people are turning to converted vehicles and DIY homes to beat UK's housing crisis
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Housing

How people are turning to converted vehicles and DIY homes to beat UK's housing crisis

Sharing is caring: How co-housing could be another piece of the puzzle in solving UK housing crisis
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Housing

Sharing is caring: How co-housing could be another piece of the puzzle in solving UK housing crisis

Are social rent homes really the 'silver bullet' to fix UK's housing crisis?
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Social rent

Are social rent homes really the 'silver bullet' to fix UK's housing crisis?

Mum feared her family would end up 'living in a tent' after no-fault eviction notice
The End Housing Insecurity Now campaign is intended to prevent renters like Monika from facing eviction
End Housing Insecurity Now

Mum feared her family would end up 'living in a tent' after no-fault eviction notice

Seasalt: Meet the student housing co-operatives rejecting rip-off landlords
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Housing

Seasalt: Meet the student housing co-operatives rejecting rip-off landlords

Fury as Tories yet again delay much-needed Renters Reform Bill: 'Will we ever see it again?'
Renters Reform Bill campaigners call for the end of no-fault evictions
End Housing Insecurity Now

Fury as Tories yet again delay much-needed Renters Reform Bill: 'Will we ever see it again?'

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like
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Housing

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic
DWP figures show benefits don't cover rent
Housing

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes
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Homelessness

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes

Affordable housing straight from the factory floor: Could modular homes help end homelessness?
Modular housing blocks
Housing

Affordable housing straight from the factory floor: Could modular homes help end homelessness?

Are empty offices the answer to UK's housing crisis?
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Housing crisis

Are empty offices the answer to UK's housing crisis?

How George Clooney 'transformed' Scottish charity Social Bite's fight against homelessness
Josh Littlejohn smiling as he greets George Clooney at Social Bite’s cafe on Rose Street
Homelessness

How George Clooney 'transformed' Scottish charity Social Bite's fight against homelessness

Building social housing is one thing. Building communities takes a different vision
Illustration of colourful houses
Social housing

Building social housing is one thing. Building communities takes a different vision

‘I received a no-fault eviction notice on Christmas Eve – and I’ve been homeless ever since’
Renters have been campaigning against no-fault evictions to protect tenants from Section 21
End Housing Insecurity Now

‘I received a no-fault eviction notice on Christmas Eve – and I’ve been homeless ever since’

A better blueprint: tackling the housing crisis holistically
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A better blueprint: tackling the housing crisis holistically

Big Issue calls for government to End Housing Insecurity Now with vital new campaign
End Housing Insecurity Now
End Housing Insecurity Now

Big Issue calls for government to End Housing Insecurity Now with vital new campaign

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'The leadership we need': Humza Yousaf confirms plans for rent controls in Scotland
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Rent controls

'The leadership we need': Humza Yousaf confirms plans for rent controls in Scotland

Government funding to tackle rough sleeping is 'bare minimum' of what's needed, campaigners say
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Rough sleeping

Government funding to tackle rough sleeping is 'bare minimum' of what's needed, campaigners say

Campaigners want blue plaque for pioneer who changed how homelessness was tackled in UK
Anton Wallich-Clifford founded the homelessness charity Simon Community
Homelessness

Campaigners want blue plaque for pioneer who changed how homelessness was tackled in UK

Squalid flats smaller than parking spaces lead to massive £285,000 fine for landlord
london rent, hackney flat
Housing

Squalid flats smaller than parking spaces lead to massive £285,000 fine for landlord

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