Will the Tories crawl back on devastating housing policy in the Queen's speech?
John Healey
Since 2010 we’ve lost 100,000 council homes, £5bn in housing support and 45% of funds for homelessness services. Housing policy needs an overhaul
April 2016
Public servant: my letter to the public
Each 'investment opportunity' means a life of insecurity for the tenants I help
Anonymous
It used to be easier to help tenants find a permanent home or furniture for their family. Now, government is selling off social housing to the highest bidder
March 2016
Why the UK housing market is brutal if you're young, LGBT and homeless
Shrinking council budgets and the curtailing of young people’s eligibility for benefits have hit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people the hardest
January 2016
Our last chance to restrain the housing bill is with the Lords
Bob Kerslake
Here in the House of Lords we must scrutinise the housing and planning bill, or it could spell the end of social housing as we know it
November 2015
Foster on Friday
Osborne slipped social housing's obituary into the autumn statement
Dawn Foster
Foster on Friday
George Osborne, get your beady eye off the housing benefit budget
Dawn Foster
October 2015
'We've had to go without food' – personal stories of the bedroom tax
Social housing tenants, embarrassed and powerless, share experiences of life under the bedroom tax in new blog, My Spare Room
August 2015
Young people are on benefits out of necessity, not out of choice
Denise Hatton
Housing and unemployment benefits for the young support thousands of parents, care leavers and homeless people, who ought to be protected
July 2015
Foster on Friday
The benefit cap risks turning half of England into a ghetto
Dawn Foster
Housing benefit cuts will see poor families on benefits priced almost completely out of the south – and even some northern cities. Where will they go?
Housing benefit for under-21s is a vital safety net
Jacqui McCluskey
Osborne wants young people to ‘earn or learn’ but a side effect of benefit cuts is that vulnerable people can end up even further from the workforce
Housing and the budget: what you need to know
In a budget with a heavy focus on housing, we’ve rounded up the key policies from the chancellor’s briefcase
June 2015
Tories' wasteful housing policy is an opportunity for Labour
John Healey
Experts encourage more social housing investment as a way to lower welfare bill
Pipe down? We aren't shouting loudly enough about the housing crisis
Tom Murtha
Hannah on housing
The government is quietly making a U-turn on universal credit
Hannah Fearn
Hannah on housing
A Tory government is not the end of the world for social housing
Hannah Fearn
The reduced benefit cap could be the killer blow for social housing
May 2015
Seven ways social landlords can prepare for universal credit
Housing benefit cuts for under-21s would be disastrous for young people
March 2015
Hannah on housing
Why owning your own home still matters
Hannah Fearn
Home ownership may be unaffordable for millions but Britain should not settle for becoming a nation of renters
