Housing crisis

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent
woman at laptop looking stressed
RENTING

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent

Labour reveals plan to build 300,000 homes stuck in planning limbo: 'We have a moral obligation'
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner
Housing

Labour reveals plan to build 300,000 homes stuck in planning limbo: 'We have a moral obligation'

Renters 'must earn more than £75,000' to afford to live in London
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RENTING

Renters 'must earn more than £75,000' to afford to live in London

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: 'A genuine humanitarian crisis'
Image shows tents on a street to illustrate article on homelessness
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: 'A genuine humanitarian crisis'

Labour must act quickly on 'monumental challenge' of tackling homelessness crisis
a person experiencing homelessness on the streets
Paula Barker

Labour must act quickly on 'monumental challenge' of tackling homelessness crisis

Building homes in right places will be 'more important than landlords' to fixing UK's rental crisis
View of terraced houses in Bath
Housing

Building homes in right places will be 'more important than landlords' to fixing UK's rental crisis

Awaab's Law: How AI holds the key to tackling deadly damp and mould in social housing
Switchee is using data to fight damp and mould
Social housing

Awaab's Law: How AI holds the key to tackling deadly damp and mould in social housing

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a 'council house revolution'
Labour deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner speaking in Parliament
Housing

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a 'council house revolution'

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

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
A sign reading 'For Rent'
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’
Shelter activists hold up banner targeting Keir Starmer which reads:
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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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?