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Social homes improve lives: a Shelter and IKEA research partnership
Shelter is embarking on a groundbreaking longitudinal research project, funded by IKEA, looking at the impact of moving into a social rent home. This research…
Shelter and People's Postcode Lottery: helping families through the housing emergency
Shelter is pleased to announce our new partnership with the People’s Postcode Lottery. This year we will receive £400,000 in funding raised by players of…
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Shelter and HSBC UK’s new research reveals 40% of people fear housing pressures will get worse in 2024
The majority of adults have experienced a housing pressure in the last year New research from Shelter and HSBC UK,
Homelessness isn’t a lifestyle choice: people living on the streets need our help, not a criminal record under the Criminal Justice Bill
As we face a cold January, we need your help more than ever in our Urgent Winter Appeal.
Our worsening housing emergency has resulted in a big rise in all forms of homelessness, with rough sleeping up 26% in a year.*
While most of the 3,069 people recorded as sleeping rough in England are men, there’s been a sharper rise (44%) among women (from 322 to 464), double that of men (22%).
We know street homelessness can kill. On the … Read more
Prejudice in practice: the many faces of discrimination in the private rented sector
There has never been a more crucial time to highlight the damage wreaked by discrimination in the private rented sector.
Half of teachers in England work with children who are homeless
Our new research conducted by YouGov on behalf of Shelter shows the devasting impact of homelessness on children’s education. We