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Almost all Welsh councils are bracing themselves for a surge in homelessness this winter
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Housing

Almost all Welsh councils are bracing themselves for a surge in homelessness this winter

Smoke alarms will finally be required in social housing - almost five years after Grenfell
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Fire Safety

Smoke alarms will finally be required in social housing - almost five years after Grenfell

Revealed: Thousands of homes being built on floodplains ignore climate change risk
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Housing

Revealed: Thousands of homes being built on floodplains ignore climate change risk

Homelessness could cost the government £2.6bn a year without action
Stop Mass Homelessness
Stop Mass Homelessness

Homelessness could cost the government £2.6bn a year without action

Robert Jenrick's 'unlawful' approval of Tory donor's £1bn development is reversed
Housing

Robert Jenrick's 'unlawful' approval of Tory donor's £1bn development is reversed

Jeff Bezos has donated $100m to homelessness causes – here's how much that is in the real world
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Homelessness

Jeff Bezos has donated $100m to homelessness causes – here's how much that is in the real world

‘It’s beyond belief’: Only one social home built for every 192 households on waiting lists
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Social Housing

‘It’s beyond belief’: Only one social home built for every 192 households on waiting lists

New Holloway Prison site will have homes for women leaving the justice system
Housing

New Holloway Prison site will have homes for women leaving the justice system

Rent increases hit 13-year high as people flock back to cities
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Renting

Rent increases hit 13-year high as people flock back to cities

Demand homeless veterans are housed this Remembrance Day – and everyone else too
Housing

Demand homeless veterans are housed this Remembrance Day – and everyone else too

Evictions tripled in the three months after ban ended
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Housing

Evictions tripled in the three months after ban ended

Gove: Leaseholders shouldn't pay to remove flammable cladding from homes
Housing

Gove: Leaseholders shouldn't pay to remove flammable cladding from homes

EU citizens in Britain are three times more likely to sleep rough than everyone else
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Housing

EU citizens in Britain are three times more likely to sleep rough than everyone else

These zero-carbon homes for homeless people offer a future for green housing
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Housing

These zero-carbon homes for homeless people offer a future for green housing

'At least' 116 people who died while homeless in London this year remembered in touching service
Homeless deaths tribute London
Housing

'At least' 116 people who died while homeless in London this year remembered in touching service

COP26: Climate campaigners take over council building to offer beds to activists
Climate activists take over council building
Housing

COP26: Climate campaigners take over council building to offer beds to activists

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
25,000 Section 21 eviction notices have been handed out since Theresa May vowed to scrap them
Theresa May eviction promise
Housing

25,000 Section 21 eviction notices have been handed out since Theresa May vowed to scrap them

Artist community pays tribute to late Big Issue seller with memorial on his old patch
The mural of Kevin Headley, created by street artist Tizer and curated by Teddy Baden. Image: Tizer
Housing

Artist community pays tribute to late Big Issue seller with memorial on his old patch

Climate change means ending homelessness is even more important. Here’s why
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Housing

Climate change means ending homelessness is even more important. Here’s why

Number of people living on the street in London is highest since 2019
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Housing

Number of people living on the street in London is highest since 2019

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