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Tenants – knowing what’s wrong shows us how to fix it
I read Tenants, Vicky Spratt’s important new book on the housing emergency, on a slow train-ride from Cornwall, my journey carving through coastal towns and…
Rental reform is coming — and it's good news all round
Yesterday, the government finally published the long-awaited private renting White Paper. The Paper sets out what will be included in the Renters’ Reform Bill, and…
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Homelessness rise - shocking or predictable?
Yesterday’s homelessness statistics have confirmed what Shelter’s advisers have reported – more and more people are approaching their council for
Making sense of welfare reform - what does it mean?
Today the Welfare Reform Bill receives Royal Assent, almost 21 months since its measures were announced in the June 2010
Victorian housing enjoys a renaissance
There’s a lot of neo-Victorianism around housing at the moment. It’s not just the Dickens bicentenary – although that has
Reflecting on the Welfare Reform Bill
The Welfare Reform Bill finally broke its parliamentary impasse this week, as peers failed to wrestle additional concessions out of