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‘I feel like the government is trying to kill me at work and at home’
London leaseholders Daisy Connor and Vijay Sisodia have been hit by the building safety crisis
Housing

‘I feel like the government is trying to kill me at work and at home’

‘My children heard me say, I can’t get out of the building’
London leaseholder Nadim Ahmad narrowly escaped from a blaze following the fire safety crisis
Housing

‘My children heard me say, I can’t get out of the building’

Grenfell: Ending the cladding crisis could take until 2043, warns Labour
Grenfell
Housing

Grenfell: Ending the cladding crisis could take until 2043, warns Labour

Government pledges 200 homes for rough sleepers
Housing

Government pledges 200 homes for rough sleepers

The G7 summit and our holiday season show the fragility of emergency housing
Jayne Kirkham

The G7 summit and our holiday season show the fragility of emergency housing

Homeless in Cornwall back on the streets to 'make room for G7 summit'
Housing

Homeless in Cornwall back on the streets to 'make room for G7 summit'

Leaseholders to hold cladding crisis protests around the UK this weekend
Housing

Leaseholders to hold cladding crisis protests around the UK this weekend

‘They knew about this’: Residents' fury at New Providence Wharf fire findings
Housing

‘They knew about this’: Residents' fury at New Providence Wharf fire findings

Removal of Covid eviction ban could cause 'tsunami' of homelessness
Housing

Removal of Covid eviction ban could cause 'tsunami' of homelessness

Thousands to receive extra housing support as eviction ban ends
Housing

Thousands to receive extra housing support as eviction ban ends

How house flipping pushes affordable properties out of reach for low earners
Housing

How house flipping pushes affordable properties out of reach for low earners

One in three adults in Britain 'do not have a safe or secure home'
Housing

One in three adults in Britain 'do not have a safe or secure home'

Government has one year to fix Grenfell cladding scandal, says Labour
cladding at Grenfell Tower
Housing

Government has one year to fix Grenfell cladding scandal, says Labour

'Ministers are failing us' say campaigners as London flats go up in flames
New Providence Wharf Grenfell fire
Housing

'Ministers are failing us' say campaigners as London flats go up in flames

Fire Safety Bill explained: Will the proposals prevent another Grenfell?
The charred remains of Grenfell Tower in west London following the fire which killed 72 people.
Housing

Fire Safety Bill explained: Will the proposals prevent another Grenfell?

Ministers promised to ban no fault evictions in 2019. So why haven't they?
Jonn Elledge

Ministers promised to ban no fault evictions in 2019. So why haven't they?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP gives work coaches more resources to help the homeless
Housing

DWP gives work coaches more resources to help the homeless

Social rent homes plummeted by 200,000 in eight years, warns housing review
A builder's hard hat
Housing

Social rent homes plummeted by 200,000 in eight years, warns housing review

Six months into Housing First: what we’ve learned
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Steph Dutton

Six months into Housing First: what we’ve learned

Housing crisis forces Birmingham boy to make 170-mile round trip to school 
The housing crisis meant Issac was forced to travel from Birmingham to Manchester for school. Image credit: J. Hannan-Briggs / Geograph
Housing

Housing crisis forces Birmingham boy to make 170-mile round trip to school