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Kwajo Tweneboa

Labour told to set out how many social homes it will build with £39bn spending review pledge
Aerial shot of social housing
Social housing

Labour told to set out how many social homes it will build with £39bn spending review pledge

Big Issue ambassador Kwajo Tweneboa led calls for the government to set out how many social rent homes they are looking to build with the affordable housing programme cash injection
“Let’s get to work”: Big Issue announces star-studded line-up of new Ambassadors to showcase social impact
Big Issue ambassadors, vendors and founder Lord John Bird stand together on some steps near the South Bank in London.
Press Release

“Let’s get to work”: Big Issue announces star-studded line-up of new Ambassadors to showcase social impact

Inside the Big Issue: Ambassadors assemble
Big Issue magazine cover on a blue background
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Ambassadors assemble

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: 'We're in a fight'
Big Issue Ambassadors

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: 'We're in a fight'

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: 'We're facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II'
Housing

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: 'We're facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II'

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

Mum with human waste dripping down kitchen walls wins gruelling legal battle against landlord
Social housing tenant Dawn Page took on housing association Clarion with Kwajo Tweneboa
Social housing

Mum with human waste dripping down kitchen walls wins gruelling legal battle against landlord

Meet the man trying to improve Britain's social housing
Social housing

Meet the man trying to improve Britain's social housing

Awaab Ishak: Why Rochdale toddler's death is being described as a 'defining moment'
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Social housing

Awaab Ishak: Why Rochdale toddler's death is being described as a 'defining moment'

Toddler’s death from mould exposure in home is an ‘absolute disgrace’
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Social housing

Toddler’s death from mould exposure in home is an ‘absolute disgrace’

Social housing tenants should get compensation for living in homes ‘unfit for human habitation’, say MPs
Image of houses, were many tenants in the UK live in appalling conditions.
Social housing

Social housing tenants should get compensation for living in homes ‘unfit for human habitation’, say MPs

Social landlords could face unlimited fines and 'Ofsted-style' inspections under new Social Housing Bill
Social housing

Social landlords could face unlimited fines and 'Ofsted-style' inspections under new Social Housing Bill

Michael Gove vows to get tough with social housing landlords in warning over horror homes
Michael Gove in warning to social housing landlord
Social Housing

Michael Gove vows to get tough with social housing landlords in warning over horror homes

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'

Campaigners welcome social housing bill but warn there's no quick fix for Britain’s horror homes
Kwajo Tweneboa, a young social housing campaigner.
Social housing

Campaigners welcome social housing bill but warn there's no quick fix for Britain’s horror homes

Five things the government is doing to tackle rogue landlords
rogue landlords
Housing

Five things the government is doing to tackle rogue landlords

Government will ‘name and shame’ landlords on social media for leaving tenants in dodgy social housing
social housing landlords
Social housing

Government will ‘name and shame’ landlords on social media for leaving tenants in dodgy social housing

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