Press releases and statements
Shelter warns of spiralling crisis as every second call to its emergency helpline is from someone facing homelessness
Shelter is warning the severity of the housing emergency is getting worse this winter, as new data reveals that over half of callers to its emergency helpline are people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. More than a third of these are families with children.
Posted on 21 Nov 2024
Shelter warns of spiralling crisis as every second call to its emergency helpline is from someone facing homelessnessNo-fault evictions by bailiffs up 23% in a year
Shelter urges the government to implement lasting change for renters
Posted on 14 Nov 2024
No-fault evictions by bailiffs up 23% in a yearShelter responds to the Chancellor’s Budget
Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: “With homelessness at record levels and a temporary accommodation bill in the billions, we desperately need investment in genuinely affordable social homes. The government's announcements to top up the Affordable Homes Programme and limit Right to Buy are the first steps in delivering these.
Posted on 30 Oct 2024
Shelter responds to the Chancellor’s BudgetShelter Chief Executive Polly Neate to step down in March 2025
Polly Neate CBE has announced she will be leaving her role as Chief Executive of the leading housing and homelessness charity, Shelter, at the end of March 2025, after more than seven years in post.
Posted on 02 Oct 2024
Shelter Chief Executive Polly Neate to step down in March 2025Shelter responds to the first reading of the Renters’ Rights Bill
Shelter responds to the first reading of the Renters’ Rights Bill
Posted on 11 Sep 2024
Shelter responds to the first reading of the Renters’ Rights BillHomelessness bill doubles in five years to £2.3bn
Shelter responds to new government figures revealing the amount being spent by local councils on temporary accommodation for homeless households in England.
Posted on 29 Aug 2024
Homelessness bill doubles in five years to £2.3bnChildren homeless in temporary accommodation hits shameful new record of 151,000 – up 15% in a year
Shelter sets out roadmap for building 90,000 social homes a year to eradicate homelessness
Posted on 08 Aug 2024
Children homeless in temporary accommodation hits shameful new record of 151,000 – up 15% in a yearShelter responds to housing elements of King’s Speech
Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: “Today’s King’s Speech will restore hope to England’s 11 million renters, whose lives have been plagued by no fault evictions for decades.
Posted on 17 Jul 2024
Shelter responds to housing elements of King’s SpeechShelter responds to Angela Rayner’s appointment as Secretary of State for Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: “Angela Rayner has inherited a housing emergency at boiling point. Homelessness has hit shameful records, more social homes are sold off and demolished each year than built, and private renting is entirely broken.
Posted on 05 Jul 2024
Shelter responds to Angela Rayner’s appointment as Secretary of State for Department of Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesTenants spending almost half a billion pounds more on rent per month than last year
Tenants spending almost half a billion pounds more on rent per month than last year Shelter calls for urgent Bill in King’s Speech to bring rocketing rent hikes under control New analysis of government figures by Shelter reveals runaway rents have left England’s private renters coughing up an extra £473 million pounds every month on rent in 2024 – with each household paying on average £103 more per month than they were paying in 2023.
Posted on 01 Jul 2024
Tenants spending almost half a billion pounds more on rent per month than last year