Housing crisis

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and Luke Charters, Labour’s candidate for York Outer, speak to apprentices at Persimmon Homes Germany Beck in York.
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

Keir Starmer’s party have promised to build 1.5 million homes and prioritise social rent homes. But homebuilders are warning there are several barriers to ending the housing crisis
Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds
A woman who is experiencing homelessness holding her daughter
Homelessness

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds

Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb
Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves
Housing

Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
RENTING

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
General election 2024

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’

Young people to the next government: Make homes truly affordable
build social housing to end the housing crisis
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Young people to the next government: Make homes truly affordable

'You can't criminalise your way out of homelessness': UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers
A person experiencing homelessness on the streets of London
Housing

'You can't criminalise your way out of homelessness': UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
General election 2024

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain

Over 1,500 London renters forced to sleep on streets after being evicted by their landlord
Homelessness
Rough sleeping

Over 1,500 London renters forced to sleep on streets after being evicted by their landlord

'All my stuff is ruined now': Renter speaks out after home flooded with faeces and sewage
Privste renter Decoda Smith
RENTING

'All my stuff is ruined now': Renter speaks out after home flooded with faeces and sewage

'We're in a planetary code red – we need hope': How Labour's manifesto has gone down with young voters
Keir Starmer in front of Labour's campaign bus with the 'change' slogan written on the side
General election 2024

'We're in a planetary code red – we need hope': How Labour's manifesto has gone down with young voters

We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?
Housing crisis

We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?

'It's crisis point': Social housing waiting list will cost next government £205bn to clear
building social housing
Social housing

'It's crisis point': Social housing waiting list will cost next government £205bn to clear

Should we end Thatcher's Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK's housing crisis
Andy Burnham has differing views to Margaret Thatcher on Right to Buy
Right to Buy

Should we end Thatcher's Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK's housing crisis

Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto
Rishi Sunak ahead of the Conservative Manifesto launch
General election 2024

Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto

How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK's housing crisis
Alma-nac's vision for Robin Hood Airport
Housing crisis

How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK's housing crisis

We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense
social housing for young people
Tom Kerridge

We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense

Labour unveils 'ambitious' plan to help people buy their first home. But is it enough?
Keir Starmer announces Freedom to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme
General election 2024

Labour unveils 'ambitious' plan to help people buy their first home. But is it enough?

Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here's how old the average first-time buyer really is
how old is the average first-time buyer
Homeownership

Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here's how old the average first-time buyer really is

Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK's economy
a builder working on social housing
General election 2024

Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK's economy

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

'More bad news for renters': Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling
inflation is falling but rents are still rising at a faster rate than wages
RENTING

'More bad news for renters': Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK's housing crisis?
Angela Rayner announces Labour new town plan
Housing

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK's housing crisis?

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
Renters angry at no-fault evictions, Renters Reform Bill delay and a lack of rent controls
RENTING

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour's six general election pledges: 'I'm disappointed'
Housing crisis

Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour's six general election pledges: 'I'm disappointed'