Housing

'It's an epidemic': 1.4 million workers trapped in insecure jobs are stuck in precarious rented homes
insecure work and insecure rented homes impact life decisions
Employment

'It's an epidemic': 1.4 million workers trapped in insecure jobs are stuck in precarious rented homes

People like pregnant mum-to-be Maria are struggling to make ends meet thanks to insecure work that leaves them vulnerable to rent rises
Amy's Place: How a 'beautiful' housing project giving hope became Amy Winehouse's real legacy
Housing

Amy's Place: How a 'beautiful' housing project giving hope became Amy Winehouse's real legacy

Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: 'Expect consequences'
Cladding protest in Westminster
Housing

Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: 'Expect consequences'

We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?
Housing crisis

We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?

Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt
Benefits

Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt

World's billionaires are worth £11.3 trillion. Here's how their cash could make the world a better place
Wealth

World's billionaires are worth £11.3 trillion. Here's how their cash could make the world a better place

Awaab's Law: Why the government is forcing failing landlords to fix social housing more quickly
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Baroness Jane Scott

Awaab's Law: Why the government is forcing failing landlords to fix social housing more quickly

Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Jeremy Hunt announced local housing allowance rise
Benefits

Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay
council tax/ houses
Cost of living crisis

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay

Housing crisis: Shared ownership an 'unbearable reality' which has 'failed to deliver', MPs warn
Housing

Housing crisis: Shared ownership an 'unbearable reality' which has 'failed to deliver', MPs warn

Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says
second homes
Housing crisis

Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says

Prince William pays tribute to 'brave' rough sleepers at visit to Sheffield homelessness project
Prince William launches Homewards
Homelessness

Prince William pays tribute to 'brave' rough sleepers at visit to Sheffield homelessness project

Sadiq Khan pledge to build 40,000 new council homes in London hailed as 'big step forward'
Housing crisis

Sadiq Khan pledge to build 40,000 new council homes in London hailed as 'big step forward'

Stop service charge 'scam' costing people thousands, Tories told: 'It's dishonest'
Housing

Stop service charge 'scam' costing people thousands, Tories told: 'It's dishonest'

Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back
tower hamlets
Housing

Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back

Is social impact investing the solution to the temporary accommodation crisis?
Lee Big Society Capital social impact investing
Big Issue Invest

Is social impact investing the solution to the temporary accommodation crisis?

Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget ignored our national shame – the crisis of unsafe housing
Paul McNamee

Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget ignored our national shame – the crisis of unsafe housing

BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: 'You don't have to be lonely'
Youth homelessness

BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: 'You don't have to be lonely'

Council tax will soar for millions in April. Here's how we got into this mess
council tax
Council tax

Council tax will soar for millions in April. Here's how we got into this mess

Utopian visions of living are neglecting public housing. That must change
How a city of the future might look
Des Fitzgerald

Utopian visions of living are neglecting public housing. That must change

No-fault eviction notice periods must be increased to four months, government told
Protesters with coloured placards
Renters Reform Bill

No-fault eviction notice periods must be increased to four months, government told

Selling off social housing stinks of short-term thinking from local councils
Boarded-up empty end-of-terrace house in north london.
Housing

Selling off social housing stinks of short-term thinking from local councils

Jeremy Hunt to unveil 99% mortgages in Spring Budget. But what does it mean for housing crisis?
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reportedly considering a 99% mortgage scheme
Housing

Jeremy Hunt to unveil 99% mortgages in Spring Budget. But what does it mean for housing crisis?

'It's a win-win solution': Building social housing could add £50bn to UK economy, study finds
build social housing to end the housing crisis
Housing crisis

'It's a win-win solution': Building social housing could add £50bn to UK economy, study finds

Stroke victim is a 'prisoner in his front room' – so these hero builders are stepping in to change that
Band of builders

Stroke victim is a 'prisoner in his front room' – so these hero builders are stepping in to change that