Housing

Family trapped in damp and mouldy horror home for 10 years: ‘This family is owed respect’
Londoner Syed Alam shows the hole in his living room
Housing

Family trapped in damp and mouldy horror home for 10 years: ‘This family is owed respect’

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Renters’ Rights Act: Labour’s landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law
affordable housing
Renters’ Rights Act

Renters’ Rights Act: Labour’s landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back
Keir Starmer and a block of flats
Yo-yo Homes

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back

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‘I’d rather a haunted house than a dodgy landlord’: What’s it really like to live with ghosts?

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Awaab’s Law

Dad of boy who died due to mould in flat says he’s ‘proud’ of his son for saving lives

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Why homelessness is rising in Finland – and what Britain can learn

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Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I’m 20 years sober and in love with giving back

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Digital ID scheme will be a ‘passport’ out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer

Renting

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Renters’ Rights Act: Labour’s landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law
affordable housing
Renters’ Rights Act

Renters’ Rights Act: Labour’s landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law

Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes
Renters Reform Bill campaigners call for the end of no-fault evictions
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Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes

If Prince Andrew didn’t pay rent on the Royal Lodge for 20 years, why wasn’t he evicted?
Disgraced royal Prince Andrew looking at a statue
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If Prince Andrew didn’t pay rent on the Royal Lodge for 20 years, why wasn’t he evicted?

Renters’ Rights Bill set to become law – more than 2,300 days since Tories promised evictions reform
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Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill set to become law – more than 2,300 days since Tories promised evictions reform

Rough sleeping

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Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
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Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together
a dog with their owner
James Hickman

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together

Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
a homeless man sleeping rough
Homelessness

Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter

Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
Homeless deaths tribute
Homelessness

Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’

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How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?
A plumber is reaching up into the bottom of a boiler in a white room
Renting

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?

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uk heatwave
Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
Harleen Nottay presenter of UNTOLD, SCAMMED: BRITAIN’S RENTAL RIP OFF
RENTING

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

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Family trapped in damp and mouldy horror home for 10 years: ‘This family is owed respect’
Londoner Syed Alam shows the hole in his living room
Housing

Family trapped in damp and mouldy horror home for 10 years: ‘This family is owed respect’

Renters’ Rights Act: Labour’s landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law
affordable housing
Renters’ Rights Act

Renters’ Rights Act: Labour’s landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back
Keir Starmer and a block of flats
Yo-yo Homes

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back

‘I’d rather a haunted house than a dodgy landlord’: What’s it really like to live with ghosts?
Inside the living room of 30 East Drive, where a poltergeist is believed to live. Image: 30 East Drive
Halloween

‘I’d rather a haunted house than a dodgy landlord’: What’s it really like to live with ghosts?

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