Scores of lobbyists for the building sector also hold senior roles in local government, openDemocracy has found

Exclusive: Home Office call centre staff said they have been deluged with applicants reporting technical issues

A major culprit of the ‘cost of living’ crisis is hiding in plain sight: an extractive economy that redistributes...

Exclusive: Half of local authorities have not prosecuted a single landlord in three years, despite a rise in complaints

Tory donor Lubov Chernukhin among those named in new report criticising Britain’s weak regulation and homegrown...

Exclusive: Cabinet Office’s Clearing House told housing ministry to alter responses to Freedom of Information...

How a summer of staycations hit the renters living in one of the UK’s most desirable destinations

Exclusive: ‘Clear conflict of interests’ as 115 MPs earn thousands of pounds by renting out property

Campaigners call for Rishi Sunak to increase rent support to end the rent debt crisis and prevent rising homelessness

Exclusive: Tenants’ rights activists tell openDemocracy that some landlords are trying to cash in by speeding up evictions

Boris Johnson’s embattled housing minister took charge of another controversial planning decision – days after the...

The coronavirus has made the foundational economy highly visible. Policy makers need to focus on these essential...

The media reporting of the Grenfell Inquiry’s Phase 1 findings shows the battle that lies ahead.

Home ownership is seen as a route to security. But a more fluid conception could benefit everyone. Part of...

Our cities need homes - not safety deposit boxes in the sky.

Rhea needs a home. She is a full-time single mother of three living in destitution on the brink of homelessness. Yet...

Radical groups working on housing, racism, poverty, sex worker and migrant rights are springing up all over London....

The Grenfell tower fire forced a public debate on housing inequality in London. Tenants have long been at the mercy...

Using direct action, housing activists challenge unfeeling and harsh local authority decisionmaking

Banks and vulture funds make money from ordinary people’s distress. The only way to fight back is to outsmart them.