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Black and minority households 'forced to cut their hair and hide their accents' to get social housing
A black woman sitting on a sofa speaking to a psychologist
Racism

Black and minority households 'forced to cut their hair and hide their accents' to get social housing

Black families that are accepted by local authorities as being homeless are less than half as likely to get social housing than white counterparts, finds Heriot Watt University study into systemic racism and failures
This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
care leavers hand in petition at Downing Street
Social housing

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner and housing minister Matthew Pennycook
Right to buy

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?
Social housing

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing 'will literally save lives'
Social housing

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing 'will literally save lives'

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Labour could build 500,000 social homes 'at a stretch' with £39bn affordable housing pledge
Labour's Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves
Social housing

Labour could build 500,000 social homes 'at a stretch' with £39bn affordable housing pledge

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

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?
Rachel Reeves
Spending review

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?

Rachel Reeves announces 'biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years'
Darren Jones and Rachel Reeves prepare for the spending review
Spending review

Rachel Reeves announces 'biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years'

Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: 'People have no other option'
a person experiencing homelessness on the street
Homelessness

Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: 'People have no other option'

Wales' long-awaited and 'radical' homelessness bill promises shift to prevention
Welsh flag
Homelessness

Wales' long-awaited and 'radical' homelessness bill promises shift to prevention

Mum's fury after baby son is bitten by bed bugs in London horror home: 'It makes me feel hopeless'
Alleged bed bug bites on an arm
Social housing

Mum's fury after baby son is bitten by bed bugs in London horror home: 'It makes me feel hopeless'

I've been priced out of living in London – it shouldn't take extraordinary luck just to live here
social housing resident G15
David Kingsley

I've been priced out of living in London – it shouldn't take extraordinary luck just to live here

Craig David returns to childhood social home in plea to build: 'I could play my melodies and dream'
Craig David at the social home he grew up in
Social Housing

Craig David returns to childhood social home in plea to build: 'I could play my melodies and dream'

Mouldy homes on London estate leaves dozens of tenants with serious health issues
Residents on the Nags Head estate. Image: Andy Parsons
Housing

Mouldy homes on London estate leaves dozens of tenants with serious health issues

Over 100-year wait for family-sized social home in some parts of England: 'It's a national scandal'
a builder working on a house
Social housing

Over 100-year wait for family-sized social home in some parts of England: 'It's a national scandal'

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: 'Owning a home is a distant dream'
London skyline
Housing crisis

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: 'Owning a home is a distant dream'

Doubt cast on Rachel Reeves’ claim Labour will be in ‘touching distance’ of building 1.5 million homes
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner meet construction workers at the Bournes Bank site in Stoke-on-Trent.
Housing

Doubt cast on Rachel Reeves’ claim Labour will be in ‘touching distance’ of building 1.5 million homes

Labour pledge £2bn for social housing ahead of Spring Statement: ‘We are fixing the housing crisis’
Deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner and chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring Statement

Labour pledge £2bn for social housing ahead of Spring Statement: ‘We are fixing the housing crisis’

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis
An empty church
Housing crisis

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong
83 year old activist Eileen Conn
Activism

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside Ukraine's fight against homelessness after three years of bloody war: 'Peace is hard to imagine'
Ukraine Kharkiv bomb shelter
Ukraine

Inside Ukraine's fight against homelessness after three years of bloody war: 'Peace is hard to imagine'

Family of toddler who died from damp and mould issue grave warning to Labour over new housing law
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Social housing

Family of toddler who died from damp and mould issue grave warning to Labour over new housing law

Awaab's Law is finally coming into force in October – but some hazards won't be covered until 2027
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Awaab's Law

Awaab's Law is finally coming into force in October – but some hazards won't be covered until 2027

Social housing waiting lists to soar to two million people in 10 years, report finds
Row of terraced houses with cars on the road in front
Social housing

Social housing waiting lists to soar to two million people in 10 years, report finds

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