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The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed
The city of Plymouth
Damp and mould

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed

Campaigners Warm This Winter has ranked the top 10 cities for cold and damp homes in the UK in a bid to urge the government to speed up to home insulation
Billions being spent on substandard temporary accommodation for homeless people, report finds
a man who has experienced homelessness and lived in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Billions being spent on substandard temporary accommodation for homeless people, report finds

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here's why
a person paying bills with a calculator
Social housing

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here's why

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: 'You've got to hear their voices'
Women's health

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: 'You've got to hear their voices'

It's 1,000 days since Vagrancy Act was repealed – so why are rough sleepers still criminalised?
Rough sleeping

It's 1,000 days since Vagrancy Act was repealed – so why are rough sleepers still criminalised?

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Tariffs, trade wars and unpredictability: What Trump 2.0 means for UK house prices
Donald Trump
Donald Trump

Tariffs, trade wars and unpredictability: What Trump 2.0 means for UK house prices

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures
Crisis chief executive Matt Downie with housing secretary Angela Rayner and homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Homelessness

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?
Andrew Carter

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too
Tom Bennett

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions
Conservative shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake at the Renters' Rights Bill third reading
Renting

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions

Social housing went from a source of pride to a place of prejudice. It's time to smash the stigma
London homes
Michael Verrier

Social housing went from a source of pride to a place of prejudice. It's time to smash the stigma

Labour's Renters' Rights Bill is a step forward – but there's a glaring gap on the affordability crisis
Cardboard boxes piled up at a London Renters Union protest
Nye Jones

Labour's Renters' Rights Bill is a step forward – but there's a glaring gap on the affordability crisis

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
Protesters from the London Renters Union protest high rents in May 2024
RENTING

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
a row of homes in the UK
Housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
RENTING

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons

Labour's rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
Renters' Rights Bill

Labour's rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Big Issue vendor André Rostant and Dom Joly in conversation
Our vendors

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs
Deborah from Sheffield faced a section 21 eviction
No-fault evictions

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs

Rents have ballooned out of control – we must stop renters facing hikes higher than wage rises
To Let signs to attract renters
Paula Barker MP

Rents have ballooned out of control – we must stop renters facing hikes higher than wage rises

Renters' Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told
Housing secretary Angela Rayner is responsible for Labour renting reforms
RENTING

Renters' Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told

Meet the 'activist lawyer' who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould
Awaab's Law lawyer Christian Weaver
Awaab's law

Meet the 'activist lawyer' who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould

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Can Starmer's government fix the housing crisis? Their future depends on it
Liam Geraghty

Can Starmer's government fix the housing crisis? Their future depends on it

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me
Streetwise Opera

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
Two Peckham residents
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell