Shelter blog archive

A collection of content discussing housing policy, campiagns, research and activities between May 2012 and May 2024.

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14 Nov 2018

DSS Discrimination: letting agents’ excuses
9 Nov 2018

Lies, damn lies, and making use of statistics
9 Nov 2018

Kimberley’s story
1 Nov 2018

Letwin Review: public-led, land assembly model for large-scale projects
31 Oct 2018

What does the Budget mean for Universal Credit?
30 Oct 2018

Letwin identifies the problem but misses the solution
19 Oct 2018

DSS discrimination: campaign update
18 Oct 2018

Renting in England: Paying more for less
17 Oct 2018

Challenging DSS discrimination at NatWest
11 Oct 2018

Shelter services – our view on benefit discrimination
9 Oct 2018

Taking action against a rogue landlord
9 Oct 2018

Laura is now in her forever home
8 Oct 2018

The ‘Chance to Buy’ would provide little chance of a longer tenancy
5 Oct 2018

The cap is scrapped! Where next for council housebuilding?
28 Sept 2018

Six take aways from our polling in marginal seats
28 Sept 2018

Is the tide turning for social housing?
25 Sept 2018

What being a helpline adviser is really like
25 Sept 2018

Every door closed to you, every avenue exhausted until you end up sleeping in your car
24 Sept 2018

From sleeping on the streets to pounding them for Shelter
21 Sept 2018

Over a year since the Grenfell fire