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Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
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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
Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
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Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer's plan to end the UK's housing crisis
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Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer's plan to end the UK's housing crisis
Should we end Thatcher's Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK's housing crisis
Should we end Thatcher's Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK's housing crisis
We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense
We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense
More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
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More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
Local authority funding crisis 'putting future of council housing under threat'
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Local authority funding crisis 'putting future of council housing under threat'
Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years
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Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years
Sadiq Khan's Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes
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Sadiq Khan's Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes
Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced
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Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced
Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs
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Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs
Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
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Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
Will 50-year mortgages help tackle the housing crisis?
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Will 50-year mortgages help tackle the housing crisis?
Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’
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Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’
Boris Johnson's plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled 'baffling and unworkable'
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Boris Johnson's plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled 'baffling and unworkable'
Right to Buy: Boris Johnson's plan to extend scheme branded the ‘opposite of what the country needs’
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