DWP algorithm wrongly flags 200,000 people for possible fraud and error
The Tories’ hidden legacies
When I look back on 14 years of Tory rule, there is one awful housing policy that stands out
Peter Apps
January 2024
Families with single parents at higher risk of eviction in England, says Shelter
Charity says lone-parent households are bearing brunt of housing crisis and that private renting is broken
November 2023
‘I’m reducing my hours’: fiscal drag’s impact in the cost of living crisis
Guardian readers share how frozen income tax thresholds have tipped them into higher brackets, affecting household budgets
October 2023
England’s ‘broken’ housing system is now a problem no council can avoid
Councils in England facing bankruptcy as lack of housing pushes up costs
September 2023
Through the roof
This racist US housing policy that tried to fix poverty is a massive failure
Alex Moffett-Bateau
Moving low-income, Black people into ‘better’ neighborhoods splits up communities and does not solve poverty
July 2023
Rachel Reeves: Labour may be unable to scrap bedroom tax and child benefit cap
Shadow chancellor says ‘dire economic inheritance’ would prevent party from reversing Tory welfare policies
June 2023
Just 5% of private rentals affordable on housing benefit
Freeze on payment since April 2020 and soaring rents mean number of homes affordable to recipients is lowest on record
April 2023
Private landlords in England get £1.6bn a year welfare for ‘non-decent’ homes
Sadiq Khan describes figures from City Hall analysis as a scandal, with London the worst affected region
March 2023
UK renters: share your experience of frozen benefit payments for housing
We would like to speak to UK tenants who get local housing allowance about the benefit remaining frozen despite rising rents
February 2023
Rogue UK landlords using ‘ghost tenants’ to con taxpayers out of millions
Gangs among those buying up cheap houses and claiming housing benefit for vulnerable people who do not live there, police say
October 2022
‘Everyone struggled’: life in UK’s unregulated supported housing
With criminals suspected of cashing in on such accommodation, one ex-tenant says they are a ‘money grab’
UK crime gangs rake in millions through supported housing, say police
Charities warn criminals cashing in on unregulated accommodation for vulnerable people exempt from housing benefit caps
No child should have to go through the heartache of homelessness
Clarissa
When we suffered a no-fault eviction, we found how little help was available to struggling families, says mother-of-three Clarissa
September 2022
Bring back eviction ban or face ‘catastrophic’ homelessness crisis, ministers told
Sir Bob Kerslake calls on government to protect at-risk tenants as it did during pandemic
July 2022
The heat or eat diaries
I’ve cared for my autistic children all my life. How am I supposed to find a job in my 40s?
Sophie
I have a choice: take on a bit of part-time work to boost my self-worth but risk losing my benefits, or stay exactly as I am and lose a bit of dignity, says Sophie
June 2022
From Thatcher to Johnson: how right to buy has fuelled a 40-year housing crisis
Gove confirms plans to let people use housing benefit to buy homes
April 2022
One in eight privately rented homes in England pose threat to health, MPs say
Serious health and safety risks costing NHS £340m a year, public accounts committee report finds
