Shelter blog archive

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

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19 Dec 2014

Local Welfare Assistance: How much are people worth?
19 Dec 2014

Get stuffed! Why we’re fed up with high house prices
18 Dec 2014

Property prices and household debt to only get higher and higher – OBR
17 Dec 2014

Does Affordable Rent really mean the end of social housing?
11 Dec 2014

The Christmas story of homeless children
11 Dec 2014

Let’s all blame planning
10 Dec 2014

DWP change their mind on how to collect debt from struggling renters
10 Dec 2014

Could you cope with over half your take-home pay spent on your mortgage? The Bank of England thinks so.
9 Dec 2014

Safe and decent homes
4 Dec 2014

Will the new stamp duty actually cost you more?
3 Dec 2014

Autumn Statement 2014: encouraging signs
2 Dec 2014

3 tests for Bicester Garden Town
28 Nov 2014

9 million renters. One missed opportunity.
25 Nov 2014

Guest blog by Debbie Crew, author of ‘The Tenant’s Dilemma’
13 Nov 2014

In 60% of the country, social house building has effectively stopped
31 Oct 2014

Families facing eviction
29 Oct 2014

Local Welfare Assistance Funding: Now you see it, now you don’t
27 Oct 2014

Guest blog – Andrew Smith MP and Nicola Blackwood MP
23 Oct 2014

Guest blog – the Association of Tenancy Relations Officers
23 Oct 2014

2013/14: the worst year for social rented house building since WW2