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Shelter legal win protects disability benefits for people moving home
An important ruling at the Upper Tribunal held that people with severe disabilities should not face losing benefits just because they move from one type…
International Women’s Day 2024: vote so women can have homes
With a general election looming, political parties must show they’re serious about tackling the growing housing emergency to win crucial votes. Especially from women whose…
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Health and home: how poor living conditions endanger wellbeing
This article is part of a series, ‘Shelter defending the right to a home’, that appears on theguardian.com A place
Fitness for Human Habitation: An early Christmas present for renters
Renters received a welcome Christmas present today, as the Fitness for Human Habitation Bill finally completed its journey through parliament.
‘We’ve seen whole families forced to share a bed’: the housing emergency on your doorstep
This article is part of a series, ‘Shelter defending the right to a home’, that appears on theguardian.com High rents
Cross-party working closes the Tenant Fees Bill loophole
In her first party conference speech as Prime Minister, Theresa May vowed to use the ‘power of government’ to step