Housing
Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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Tory plan to criminalise rough sleepers will 'destroy homeless people's spirits', MPs warned
Stop service charge 'scam' costing people thousands, Tories told: 'It's dishonest'
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Stop service charge 'scam' costing people thousands, Tories told: 'It's dishonest'
Local authority funding crisis 'putting future of council housing under threat'
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Local authority funding crisis 'putting future of council housing under threat'
I was made homeless aged 16. Rough sleeping is completely different for women than it is men
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I was made homeless aged 16. Rough sleeping is completely different for women than it is men
I'm 67 and working as a cabby. Rent and cost of living means I'll never be able to afford to retire
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I'm 67 and working as a cabby. Rent and cost of living means I'll never be able to afford to retire
Spring Budget: Rent campaigners accuse Jeremy Hunt of 'landlord giveaway' capital gains tax cut
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Spring Budget: Rent campaigners accuse Jeremy Hunt of 'landlord giveaway' capital gains tax cut
Spring Budget: Jeremy Hunt abandons divisive 99% mortgage scheme
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Spring Budget: Jeremy Hunt abandons divisive 99% mortgage scheme
It's a 'surprise' more homeless children haven't died in temporary accommodation, charity says
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It's a 'surprise' more homeless children haven't died in temporary accommodation, charity says
BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: 'You don't have to be lonely'
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BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: 'You don't have to be lonely'
Council tax will soar for millions in April. Here's how we got into this mess
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