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Building Safety Regulator delays leaving leaseholders in limbo: ‘It’s stressful and upsetting’
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Housebuilding

Building Safety Regulator delays leaving leaseholders in limbo: ‘It’s stressful and upsetting’

Waits for the Building Safety Regulator to clear new buildings and safety works should take 12 weeks but are taking nine months, a House of Lords report said
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’
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Housing

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’

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Renting with pets: Know your rights
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Renting with pets: Know your rights

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’
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Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’

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Homelessness

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Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
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Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’
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Housing

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’

Why were young people barely mentioned in Labour’s homelessness strategy?
Prime minister Keir Starmer hosting a press conference with school children.
Phil Kerry

Why were young people barely mentioned in Labour’s homelessness strategy?

Labour’s homelessness strategy is a good start. It will take the right leadership to have an impact
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Duncan Shrubsole

Labour’s homelessness strategy is a good start. It will take the right leadership to have an impact

Renting

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Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Renting with pets: Know your rights
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renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Lurcher dog Wilbur
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’
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Renting

Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’

Rough sleeping

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More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’
London skyline
Housing

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’

Labour’s homelessness strategy is a good start. It will take the right leadership to have an impact
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Duncan Shrubsole

Labour’s homelessness strategy is a good start. It will take the right leadership to have an impact

I’m a Labour MP. We must be bolder if we want to turn around the state’s failures on homelessness
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Paula Barker

I’m a Labour MP. We must be bolder if we want to turn around the state’s failures on homelessness

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?
housing secretary Steve Reed
homelessness

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?

Housing advice

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Renting with pets: Know your rights
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renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person
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Homelessness

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?
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Renting

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?

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Building Safety Regulator delays leaving leaseholders in limbo: ‘It’s stressful and upsetting’
a builder carrying wooden planks
Housebuilding

Building Safety Regulator delays leaving leaseholders in limbo: ‘It’s stressful and upsetting’

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’
London skyline
Housing

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’

Renting with pets: Know your rights
a woman sitting on a bed using a laptop, with a golden retriever lying beside her
renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights