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Social housing

Revolving door of housing ministers is making housing crisis worse – this has to change
Muyiwa Oki

Revolving door of housing ministers is making housing crisis worse – this has to change

Mum with human waste dripping down kitchen walls wins gruelling legal battle against landlord
Social housing tenant Dawn Page took on housing association Clarion with Kwajo Tweneboa
Social housing

Mum with human waste dripping down kitchen walls wins gruelling legal battle against landlord

Awaab Ishak: Toddler's death from mould leads to record social housing complaints
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Social housing

Awaab Ishak: Toddler's death from mould leads to record social housing complaints

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: 'It's about empowering people' 
People standing in front of a new build
The Future of Housing

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: 'It's about empowering people' 

Building more social and affordable housing could save taxpayers £1.5 billion a year, academics say
Goldsmith Street in Norwich has been held up as a good example of social housing to tackle the housing crisis and end homelessness
Housing crisis

Building more social and affordable housing could save taxpayers £1.5 billion a year, academics say

Are social rent homes really the 'silver bullet' to fix UK's housing crisis?
affordable housing
Social rent

Are social rent homes really the 'silver bullet' to fix UK's housing crisis?

Building social housing is one thing. Building communities takes a different vision
Illustration of colourful houses
Social housing

Building social housing is one thing. Building communities takes a different vision

Our housing crisis has been building for years
The Interior of slum housing
John Bird

Our housing crisis has been building for years

Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower
Grenfell

Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower

The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England is now at the highest point on record
Naomi is homeless and lives in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England is now at the highest point on record

Sadiq Khan smashes council house building target as London builds double the rest of England
London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Housing criis

Sadiq Khan smashes council house building target as London builds double the rest of England

Campaigners reveal tenants have been overcharged almost £2 million for service charges
social housing tenants like Michael Savell are being overcharged for service charges
Social housing

Campaigners reveal tenants have been overcharged almost £2 million for service charges

One in six young people are living in poor-quality housing and it’s hurting their health
young person in housing
Housing crisis

One in six young people are living in poor-quality housing and it’s hurting their health

England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade
social homes like Kentmere Tower in Birmingham England
Social housing

England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade

Meet the man trying to improve Britain's social housing
Social housing

Meet the man trying to improve Britain's social housing

The government said it would upgrade social housing to help renters with energy bills. It's not going well
social housing decarbonisation fund
Social housing

The government said it would upgrade social housing to help renters with energy bills. It's not going well

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A new photo exhibition is telling the stories of the people who lived at iconic Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens
Robin Hood Gardens social housing
Social housing

A new photo exhibition is telling the stories of the people who lived at iconic Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens

Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years
affordable housing
Housing crisis

Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years

Another day, another housing minister
Paul McNamee

Another day, another housing minister

‘Grenfell had fire, we have floods’: Tenants take legal action against council to fix flood-hit homes
London social housing fight near Grenfell. SPID Theatre
Social Housing

‘Grenfell had fire, we have floods’: Tenants take legal action against council to fix flood-hit homes

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