Social housing
What should Liz Truss do in their first 100 days do to tackle the housing crisis?
What should Liz Truss do in their first 100 days do to tackle the housing crisis?
Here’s what Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss need to do in their first 100 days at 10 Downing Street to get to grips with housing and homelessness.
Calls for social housing rent strike after government rejects freeze
Calls for social housing rent strike after government rejects freeze
The Westminster government has announced plans to cap social housing rents to protect tenants during the cost of living crisis – but campaigners wanted to see them frozen.
Sadiq Khan’s Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes
Sadiq Khan’s Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes
Fourteen London councils have been given £152 million to purchase 1,577 homes that have been or will be converted to social rent or to house homeless families.
Government urged to step in following cyber attack at UK’s biggest housing association
Government urged to step in following cyber attack at UK’s biggest housing association
Social housing tenants should get compensation for living in homes ‘unfit for human habitation’, say MPs
Social housing tenants should get compensation for living in homes ‘unfit for human habitation’, say MPs
My life on the frontline of Britain’s housing crisis
My life on the frontline of Britain’s housing crisis
Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
‘Another Grenfell will happen’ say survivors still fighting for justice
‘Another Grenfell will happen’ say survivors still fighting for justice
Social landlords could face unlimited fines and ‘Ofsted-style’ inspections under new Social Housing Bill
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 vows to get tough with social housing landlords in warning over horror homes
‘It can’t be sustainable’: The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates
‘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 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
Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge
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Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis donates land for social housing
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis donates land for social housing
Almost 20,000 affordable homes have been lost by converting office blocks into housing
Almost 20,000 affordable homes have been lost by converting office blocks into housing
End of controversial privatisation deal sees 4,000 social homes brought back under council control
End of controversial privatisation deal sees 4,000 social homes brought back under council control
‘The land is worth more than the people’: East London residents unite to fight ‘slum landlord’
‘The land is worth more than the people’: East London residents unite to fight ‘slum landlord’
Sadiq Khan: ‘Council home building has been neglected by a generation of politicians’
Sadiq Khan: ‘Council home building has been neglected by a generation of politicians’
Quarter of social housing tenants can’t afford upcoming rent rise, survey finds
Quarter of social housing tenants can’t afford upcoming rent rise, survey finds
Little Simz deservedly won a Brit award – where she lives is irrelevant
Little Simz deservedly won a Brit award – where she lives is irrelevant
Social housing: How one social enterprise is giving shelter to thousands
Social housing: How one social enterprise is giving shelter to thousands
Rents are rising at the fastest rate for five years
Rents are rising at the fastest rate for five years
Dragons’ Den star donates £10,000 to ‘incredible’ social housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa
Dragons’ Den star donates £10,000 to ‘incredible’ social housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa
Social housing sales drop 30% as campaigners call for ‘serious investment’ in home building
Social housing sales drop 30% as campaigners call for ‘serious investment’ in home building
Under-fire Clarion Housing Association boss is ‘ashamed’ at state of social homes
