Housing people fast is five times cheaper than homelessness - here's why
Matt Downie
Our research in Liverpool shows the potential benefits of giving homeless people housing first
Foster on Friday
When someone is sleeping rough they need help – not deportation
Dawn Foster
Deporting people like Teofil and Marineta when they have been reduced to sleeping on the streets shows utter contempt for fellow human beings
Homeless people are dying without dignity - they deserve better
Our research shows that terminally ill homeless people are dying in hostels without support, but there are alternatives
June 2017
Migrants are wrongly being made homeless. Housing associations must act
Cedric Boston
Seven years of anti-migrant policies have resulted in people with rights to housing losing out. As a sector, we can at least pledge to be open and fair
October 2016
People's homes are not commodities: cities need to rethink housing
Leilani Farha
Britain's housing crisis is about more than bricks and mortar. People need homes
Campbell Robb
May 2016
How do you build affordable homes? Hold the land in trust
Better boards
'I can't believe how I've flowered as a tenant on a housing board'
Darkness is a luxury not granted to Britain's council estates
Mona Sloane
Sink estates are not sunk – they're starved of funding
Victoria Pinoncely
April 2016
Connecting Britain
Commuting is now a fact of life. We just need to make it less awful
Dawn Foster
Is universal basic income too simplistic to meet housing need?
March 2016
Housing experts say budget is 'disappointing for housing and planning'
Experts say the chancellor has not gone far enough to tackle the UK’s housing crisis, despite more funding to tackle homelessness
How Berlin is fending off property developers
UK councils forced to sell their social housing will envy Berlin’s ability to save residents’ homes from being sold off
As living costs rise, furniture poverty grows behind closed doors
Schemes for families who can’t afford beds and basic furniture are experiencing unprecedented demand as households struggle
February 2016
How do you feel about working in housing? Share your views
Fill in our survey to tell us about the pressures you face and how government policies affect your working lives
January 2016
‘It’s a steel-toothed poverty trap’ – three tenants on the misery of pay to stay
With properly affordable rents in social housing under attack, older working women explain why they are so worried by the government’s new policy
December 2015
The people sharing their homes with asylum seekers this Christmas
Many people with failed asylum claims are left without state support, facing homelessness - but some families are welcoming them in time for Christmas
From houseboats to flatpack homes – alternative housing in pictures
With so few affordable homes on the market, alternative housing is becoming more appealing in the UK. Here are some of the most popular examples
Better boards
As a social housing tenant, I have always been treated with dignity
Sally Gibson
After my marriage broke down my housing association flat was my lifeboat – now I’m a member of the association board and it values my opinions
