Press releases and statements
Shelter welcomes news of the National League supporting the #NoHomeKit campaign
Shelter welcomes news of the National League supporting its #NoHomeKit campaign
Posted on 15 Nov 2021
Shelter welcomes news of the National League supporting the #NoHomeKit campaignShelter responds to reports about new No Home Kit campaign
Shelter responds to No Home Kit campaign
Posted on 09 Nov 2021
Shelter responds to reports about new No Home Kit campaign91 families made homeless every day in England
Today, the government released new figures on homelessness in England for the period April to June 2021.
Posted on 28 Oct 2021
91 families made homeless every day in EnglandShelter responds to the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review
Shelter responds to the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review
Posted on 27 Oct 2021
Shelter responds to the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending ReviewHealth of one in five renters harmed by their home
The health of one in five renters (22%) in England – or 1.9 million households - is being harmed by poor housing, stark new research from Shelter shows today.
Posted on 13 Oct 2021
Health of one in five renters harmed by their homeShelter responds to Prime Minister’s commitment to ‘fix our broken housing system’ in Conference speech
Shelter responds to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s commitment to ‘fix our broken housing system’ in speech at the Conservative Party Conference
Posted on 06 Oct 2021
Shelter responds to Prime Minister’s commitment to ‘fix our broken housing system’ in Conference speechLiving Costs Crisis: 1 in 4 renters cannot keep their home warm, as fuel costs surge
Soaring fuel costs, combined with a cut to Universal Credit and the end of the furlough scheme, are creating the perfect storm for homelessness to rise this winter, Shelter warns.
Posted on 24 Sep 2021
Living Costs Crisis: 1 in 4 renters cannot keep their home warm, as fuel costs surge45% of private renters have been victims of illegal acts by their landlord or letting agent
Over two-fifths (45%) of England’s private renting adults – equivalent to 3.7 million people - have been the victim of illegal behaviour from a landlord or letting agent, alarming new research from Shelter has revealed.
Posted on 14 Sep 2021
45% of private renters have been victims of illegal acts by their landlord or letting agent1 in 4 people helped off the streets under the government’s Everyone In scheme are no longer being accommodated
Most of the people at risk from rough sleeping who were helped during the pandemic to find a temporary bed under the government’s ‘Everyone In’ scheme, are still not living in settled accommodation, troubling new research from Shelter shows.
Posted on 27 Aug 2021
1 in 4 people helped off the streets under the government’s Everyone In scheme are no longer being accommodatedRent Debt coalition warns government that benefit cuts risk pushing Covid-hit renters into homelessness
The Rent Debt coalition of charities, tenants groups and landlord organisations has sent a joint letter warning the government that freezing Local Housing Allowance and cutting Universal Credit risks pushing many households into poverty, debt and homelessness.
Posted on 17 Aug 2021
Rent Debt coalition warns government that benefit cuts risk pushing Covid-hit renters into homelessness