Sky-high service charges and maintenance responsibilities frustrate shared owners who are often left in the dark about what they are signing up for

Chief executive pay in social housing has soared while their lowest-paid employees struggle on the breadline

After praising the bedroom tax for five years, Tory MPs returned from their constituency doorsteps with a better understanding of the choas it has caused

A small but significant concession to the controversial system is being tested in Oldham. Perhaps the government is finally noticing the warning signs

The election result was a blow but reports of the sector’s imminent demise have been greatly exaggerated

The newly honoured former minister fought tirelessly to block, delay and reduce funding for the building of affordable homes in the UK, writes

A landmark Supreme Court ruling will rightly stop councils refusing to help many single homeless people deemed not vulnerable enough

Despite the warnings, delays and write-offs, the work and pensions secretary survives to deliver this shambolic reform – to the groans of housing providers

The SNP has stood up for the rights of renters in a way that highlights just how ignored they have been by English MPs – who are often landlords themselves

The housing crisis has been a key issue this election, but there is no promise of a brighter future for the many who will rent their homes for the foreseeable future

Nonsensical and expensive housing policies keep on failing while experts warning of the dangers are ignored or vilified – and we all foot the bill

Wealthy parents are now pivotal to buying a new home, creating an even more unequal society where your life chances are dictated by your family’s wealth

Social landlords hold all the power in today’s housing sector. Resident panels, financial advice and lifetime tenancies would rebalance the relationship

Extending the right to buy your social home to the country’s 2.5m housing association tenants is – still – a disaster in waiting

Home ownership may be unaffordable for millions but Britain should not settle for becoming a nation of renters

The security of a lifetime tenancy can leave social tenants stuck in areas of unemployment. Breaking this cycle would be a real feat for government

Court rooms are clogged with people who have fallen behind on payments since support funds were axed, yet the rich still fail to pay their fair share of the tax

A London council’s admission that it has been dodging its responsibility to homeless people is a chance to come clean on the size of our housing crisis

The work and pensions secretary’s plan to gift homes to unemployed tenants who find a job is unworkable. It’s the paradox of privatisation

Devolved housing policies in Scotland and Wales show citizens’ tenancy rights can be changed to redress inequality. England, take note