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Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Jeremy Hunt announced local housing allowance rise
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Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?

Renters on low incomes will see their local housing allowance increase on 1 April after a four-year freeze
Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be ‘watered down’ to ‘appease landlords’
Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

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
Housing

Housing crisis: Shared ownership an ‘unbearable reality’ which has ‘failed to deliver’, MPs warn

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Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
Renting

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
homelessness

ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry

Homelessness

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Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Jeremy Hunt announced local housing allowance rise
Benefits

Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with ‘nothing’ to fall back on
social care/ abbie bowler
Social care

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with ‘nothing’ to fall back on

ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry
homeless deaths
homelessness

ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry

Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says
second homes
Housing crisis

Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says

Renting

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Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Jeremy Hunt announced local housing allowance rise
Benefits

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’
Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be ‘watered down’ to ‘appease landlords’

Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
Renters and the Renters Reform Bill
Renting

Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill

Too many elderly renters in England are scared and living in poverty. Here’s how we can help them
Joanna Elson

Too many elderly renters in England are scared and living in poverty. Here’s how we can help them

Rough sleeping

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ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry
homeless deaths
homelessness

ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry

Most rough sleepers say they’re treated unfairly by police, damning study reveals
rough sleeper appearing to be stamped on by police in BBC video
Homelessness

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
rough sleepers risk being criminalised by the Vagrancy Act
Homelessness

Tory plan to criminalise rough sleepers will ‘destroy homeless people’s spirits’, MPs warned

I was made homeless aged 16. Rough sleeping is completely different for women than it is men
Lainey International Women's Day
Homelessness

I was made homeless aged 16. Rough sleeping is completely different for women than it is men

Housing advice

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How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
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Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

When will mortgage rates go down?
when will mortgages go down uk
housing crisis

When will mortgage rates go down?

Rent increases: Everything a tenant needs to know
Rent increases
RENTING

Rent increases: Everything a tenant needs to know

What to do if you have damp and mould in your home
Housing advice

What to do if you have damp and mould in your home

Understanding the issues

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Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Jeremy Hunt announced local housing allowance rise
Benefits

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’
Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

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
Housing

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
Renters and the Renters Reform Bill
Renting

Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill