No family should face homelessness alone
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What we do
At Shelter, we tackle housing injustice by:
advising people and families about their housing rights
challenging unfair housing practices
campaigning for better housing policies
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Renters' Rights Act: private renting in England has changed
New stronger rights started from 1 May 2026.
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Let's put the hope back into housing
For decades, people have been saying that councils will never again build social homes at scale. That it can't happen. That pigs might fly.
We're campaigning to prove the doubters wrong.
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Change only happens when you get involved.
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FIGHT FOR HOME
We exist to defend the right to a safe home, because home is everything. The fight to end the housing emergency starts here.