The Grenfell fire and the rise in rough sleeping should have put housing at the top of the agenda, but the government’s response remains woeful

With Wales and Scotland tackling homelessness and housing affordability, the English housing crisis lies squarely at the door of the Tories

Philip Hammond’s budget has failed to fix the housing crisis but, worse, has left families living in fear with no reassurance over fire safety measures

A welcome U-turn on the housing benefit cap for supported housing still leaves private tenants to face crippling rents and being turfed out on the streets

People in social housing have been denigrated for too long. We need an urgent focus on safety, but all we have is a government dragging its heels

The Labour leader’s conference speech made clear his commitment to stopping stealth gentrification under the guise of regeneration

One inquiry is not enough. What’s needed is a wholesale reappraisal and and overhaul of our society and how it serves the people

A few short years of cuts and wilful disregard of the housing needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people have led to a derelict system

The Ledbury and Grenfell residents were repeatedly dismissed when they raised safety concerns. Frontline housing staff must do more to listen and act

If people hoarded food the way they hoard homes, hungry people would riot. No wonder proposals to help councils requisition empty properties are popular

Kensington and Chelsea borough provides an extreme example of what happens when inequality is entrenched by council decisions

Even after the terrible tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, central government is still refusing to fund councils and housing associations to do their job

Deporting people like Teofil and Marineta when they have been reduced to sleeping on the streets shows utter contempt for fellow human beings

With every day that passes, the case for a new promise on housing grows: keeping up the pressure will make it even harder to ignore

Ignore the calls for tower blocks to be pulled down in the wake of Grenfell. The real problem is safety and how willing companies are to risk lives to save money

It’s clear from the election result that young people are now an electoral force to be reckoned with, after being ignored, abused and taken for granted for decades

Take Theresa May at her word: judge the Tory record on housing and cuts to domestic violence services that have left thousands of women more at risk

The two rough sleepers who helped victims in the Manchester attack deserve a home because they’re human, not just because of their selfless feats

Labour wants to end rough sleeping, while the Tories pledge to halve it – a promise that does nothing more than undo the harm already caused

Millions of hard-working people can’t afford to move. They are trapped by a housing system that has sold off social housing.