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Housing

We looked at the records of the Housing Ministers in office since 2010
Housing minister merry-go-round
Housing

We looked at the records of the Housing Ministers in office since 2010

Poorest households pay £250 extra each year on energy bills thanks to poor insulation
insulate houses
Housing

Poorest households pay £250 extra each year on energy bills thanks to poor insulation

Heatwaves are Britain's new normal - and our homes can't stand the heat
Image of a high rise flat block
UK heatwave

Heatwaves are Britain's new normal - and our homes can't stand the heat

Can design solve homelessness, the climate crisis and racism?
Alice Rawsthorn and Peter Barber on BetterPod
BetterPod

Can design solve homelessness, the climate crisis and racism?

Grenfell: A story of multiple failings
grenfell tower protestors
grenfell

Grenfell: A story of multiple failings

Grenfell five years on: Key questions answered
A sign saying
Grenfell

Grenfell five years on: Key questions answered

In pictures: Grenfell Tower five years after the fire
Grenfell

In pictures: Grenfell Tower five years after the fire

New homes must produce 30% less carbon from next month - but experts fear scheme won't work
Green homes

New homes must produce 30% less carbon from next month - but experts fear scheme won't work

The government says it's too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans
Birmingham leaseholder Sarah Rennie has been hit by the cladding crisis after Grenfell
Fire safety

The government says it's too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans

Grand Designs people are not like the rest of us
Grand Designs: The Streets
TV

Grand Designs people are not like the rest of us

'It can't be sustainable': The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates
Image of Central Hill housing estate in Lambeth.
Social housing

'It can't be sustainable': The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates

Housing association took over a year to deal with complaint of home with 'mice in every room'
housing association
Social housing

Housing association took over a year to deal with complaint of home with 'mice in every room'

Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge
Social housing

Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge

These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap
East Marsh United gone from litter picking to renting
Community activism

These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap

What should you do if you receive an eviction notice?
eviction notice
Evictions

What should you do if you receive an eviction notice?

How a group of Essex lawyers turn things around for those facing homelessness
Cost of Living Heroes
Activism

How a group of Essex lawyers turn things around for those facing homelessness

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Meet the builders turning London's empty houses into affordable homes
Cost of Living Heroes

Meet the builders turning London's empty houses into affordable homes

'A cup of water on a blazing fire': Housing charities pan Sunak's Spring Statement
budget 2022
spring budget

'A cup of water on a blazing fire': Housing charities pan Sunak's Spring Statement

Spring Budget: We need to upgrade Britain’s leaky homes to insulate against the energy crisis
spring budget Great Homes Upgrade
Aydin Dikerdem

Spring Budget: We need to upgrade Britain’s leaky homes to insulate against the energy crisis

Could refugees be housed in the seized mansions of Russian oligarchs? We asked a lawyer
Ukraine
Ukraine crisis

Could refugees be housed in the seized mansions of Russian oligarchs? We asked a lawyer