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Housing
Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing 'will literally save lives'
Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing 'will literally save lives'
Labour has announced that young people leaving care and domestic abuse survivors will have better access to social housing due to the removal of the local connection test. Care leavers told Big Issue the move is a ‘vital step forward’
Social services threatened to take refugee's newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
Social services threatened to take refugee's newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as 'target practice'
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as 'target practice'
Labour could build 500,000 social homes 'at a stretch' with £39bn affordable housing pledge
Labour could build 500,000 social homes 'at a stretch' with £39bn affordable housing pledge
Labour told to set out how many social homes it will build with £39bn spending review pledge
Labour told to set out how many social homes it will build with £39bn spending review pledge
Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples' lives
Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples' lives
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla
Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla
Rachel Reeves announces 'biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years'
Rachel Reeves announces 'biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years'
Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: 'People don't know their rights'
Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: 'People don't know their rights'
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of 'cruel' 200-year law
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of 'cruel' 200-year law
I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around
I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around
This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis
Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis
How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
'Explain to me why I'm homeless': Rough sleeper's rage tells us a lot about what's keeping people homeless
'Explain to me why I'm homeless': Rough sleeper's rage tells us a lot about what's keeping people homeless
Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: 'People have no other option'
Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: 'People have no other option'
Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: 'On a knife edge'
Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: 'On a knife edge'
'This place is a vital force for good': An off-grid community's desperate fight to save their home
'This place is a vital force for good': An off-grid community's desperate fight to save their home
Energy price cap fall is a 'massive relief' – but bills still remain punishingly high
Energy price cap fall is a 'massive relief' – but bills still remain punishingly high
Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart
Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart
Croydon family spends staggering 9,500 days in so-called temporary accommodation
Croydon family spends staggering 9,500 days in so-called temporary accommodation
Wales' long-awaited and 'radical' homelessness bill promises shift to prevention
