Housing

The North is short of over 70,000 social housing units. Can Rayner fix it?

The sell-offs, the depleted stock, the greedy developers - and the tenants and councils already fighting back. We dive deep into the North's housing…

Nov 22 •

Damp, decay and delay: the many fractures of the housing crisis

After over a decade of bad policy, perpetual underinvestment and a chronic lack of political will, Britain's social housing is on its knees. Are…

Nov 20 •

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Instead of social housing, councils spend tens of millions on "temporary" hotels

Residents on waiting lists are being shunted between privately owned B&Bs, hotels and hostels. We filed Freedom of Information requests to two councils…

Oct 18 •

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Eleanor Hancock

Introducing Brick by Brick: Rebuilding Britain's housing

Our new series - by Westminster Editor Zoë Grünewald - will push for the government to go far beyond its promise of 1.5 million new homes, and to…

Oct 15 •

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“Do I actually have to die?” Blackpool grandmother fears mouldy home will kill her before landlord does anything

“I have a paper trail of evidence, but when I raise it, I get nothing back. I just get arrogant comments saying that I am damaging the house. It’s just…

Sep 18

Exclusive: Housing associations flog away dozens of properties in auctions

Findings shared with The Lead show as many as 194 housing association properties being put up by auction houses in a single month. The real figures…

Sep 18 •

The next housing crisis: Shared ownership

Shared owners face a triple whammy: rising mortgage payments, increased rent on the portion they don’t own, and ever-rising service charges. And worst…

Sep 18 •

Repairing housing is key to Britain’s economic recovery

Labour’s manifesto suggests it understands how a dysfunctional housing sector destroys lives, but do the party's commitments go far enough?

Sep 17 •

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