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Social housing

'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners
An aerial photo of London
Housing crisis

'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners

Elizabeth Line named Britain's best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: 'Flawless and beautiful'
London's Elizabeth Line
Architecture

Elizabeth Line named Britain's best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: 'Flawless and beautiful'

Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level since records began
build social housing to end the housing crisis
Housing crisis

Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level since records began

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: 'People will become homeless'
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on a building site
Housing crisis

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: 'People will become homeless'

This genius idea could help solve the housing crisis and prevent homelessness all at once
Housing crisis

This genius idea could help solve the housing crisis and prevent homelessness all at once

Revealed: Housing gentrification 'costing low-income Londoners £80 a week'
Aylesbury Estate in Southwark one of the council estates earmarked for demolition
Housing

Revealed: Housing gentrification 'costing low-income Londoners £80 a week'

Celebrity Race Across the World's Kola Bokinni on life-changing importance of good social housing
Kola Bokinni
TV

Celebrity Race Across the World's Kola Bokinni on life-changing importance of good social housing

London housing crisis 'breaking borough budgets' as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
An aerial shot of central London
Housing crisis

London housing crisis 'breaking borough budgets' as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall

Will the council rehouse me if I get evicted?
a block of council flats
social housing

Will the council rehouse me if I get evicted?

Grenfell inquiry can be a watershed moment for social housing – if we want it to be
A placard calling for 'Justice for Grenfell'
Alex Diner

Grenfell inquiry can be a watershed moment for social housing – if we want it to be

Domestic abuse survivor had 'no chance' of reuniting with kids as council flat was too small
image of mum and baby as agenda alliance briefing finds domestic violence victims left with no support
Care system

Domestic abuse survivor had 'no chance' of reuniting with kids as council flat was too small

Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: 'It's exploitative'
social housing in England
Right to Buy

Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: 'It's exploitative'

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: 'Throwing good money away'
Couple Russ and Selma sitting in the Travelodge where they were placed by their local council after experiencing homelessness
Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: 'Throwing good money away'

Labour accused of 'aligning with landlords' and 'heaping misery on families' over social rent hike
Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Social housing

Labour accused of 'aligning with landlords' and 'heaping misery on families' over social rent hike

Renters 'must earn more than £75,000' to afford to live in London
An aerial photo of London
RENTING

Renters 'must earn more than £75,000' to afford to live in London

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: 'A genuine humanitarian crisis'
Image shows tents on a street to illustrate article on homelessness
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: 'A genuine humanitarian crisis'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour must act quickly on 'monumental challenge' of tackling homelessness crisis
a person experiencing homelessness on the streets
Paula Barker

Labour must act quickly on 'monumental challenge' of tackling homelessness crisis

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain's best new building
Brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield
Architecture

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain's best new building

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a 'council house revolution'
Labour deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner speaking in Parliament
Housing

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a 'council house revolution'

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and Luke Charters, Labour’s candidate for York Outer, speak to apprentices at Persimmon Homes Germany Beck in York.
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

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