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Housing minister admits Labour's 1.5 million homes promise will be 'more difficult than expected'
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
Housebuilding

Housing minister admits Labour's 1.5 million homes promise will be 'more difficult than expected'

Matthew Pennycook told the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee that he is convinced the ‘stretching’ target is ‘deliverable’ amid housing crisis fears
Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it
To Let signs to attract renters
RENTING

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis
Temporary Accommodation

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them
Empty homes

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them

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How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump's US election victory
US president-elect Donald Trump
Donald Trump

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump's US election victory

Renters' Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high
Renters could face a further wait to see no-fault evictions scrapped through Renters Reform Bill
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high

1 in 5 Brits say they've sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas
John Bird, Big Issue vendors and support workers gather to celebrate the launch of Big Issue's Christmas appeal
Homelessness

1 in 5 Brits say they've sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners
Media shot of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
Housing

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing
a blue tent pitched in a car park with a shopping trolley and plastic bags leaning against it
homelessness

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing

Big Issue founder storms out of 'farce' rough sleeping inquiry: 'I've heard this for 30 years'
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird at a rough sleeping inquiry
Homelessness

Big Issue founder storms out of 'farce' rough sleeping inquiry: 'I've heard this for 30 years'

How Labour's new Skills England can save the construction industry and fix the housing crisis
Housing

How Labour's new Skills England can save the construction industry and fix the housing crisis

Could these £50,000, eco-friendly tiny homes be the answer to the UK's housing crisis?
Concept CGi for what Tiny Homes may look like.
Tiny homes

Could these £50,000, eco-friendly tiny homes be the answer to the UK's housing crisis?

'This is the dream': These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices
Couple Ahmad Dayes and Lisa de Liema built their own home to beat London house prices
Housing

'This is the dream': These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices

Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: 'We pay solemn tribute'
Prime minister Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street with a veteran
Homelessness

Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: 'We pay solemn tribute'

Thousands of young people face homelessness every year. Here's one way you can help
Youth homelessness

Thousands of young people face homelessness every year. Here's one way you can help

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
homelessness

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told

Ending post-Grenfell cladding crisis could take until 2035 and beyond: 'Unacceptably slow'
Grenfell tower
Cladding crisis

Ending post-Grenfell cladding crisis could take until 2035 and beyond: 'Unacceptably slow'

We've given 50,000 haircuts to homeless people – here's how a simple trim can change everything
Photo of man hugging a woman to illustrate a story about the Haircuts 4 Homeless charity
Homelessness

We've given 50,000 haircuts to homeless people – here's how a simple trim can change everything

Cash-strapped council warns it's at breaking point as neighbour places homeless people in its town
homeless peoples' tents in street
Homelessness

Cash-strapped council warns it's at breaking point as neighbour places homeless people in its town

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix 'houses of horror'
Homeless families at a protest about council housing
Homelessness

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix 'houses of horror'

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'It should incense us all': Rough sleeping in London hits new record high
A rough sleeper's tent
Rough sleeping

'It should incense us all': Rough sleeping in London hits new record high

Autumn budget: Labour's failure to raise housing benefit to keep up with rents is 'deeply worrying'
a person's hands on a calculator
Housing benefits

Autumn budget: Labour's failure to raise housing benefit to keep up with rents is 'deeply worrying'

What Labour's autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness
a builder's red hard hat
Autumn budget

What Labour's autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness

'I'm sorry': London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels
Homelessness

'I'm sorry': London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels