News – October 2013

Working families priced out in over half of the country 
23 Oct 2013
New research shows less than 10 per cent of homes are affordable for a typical family in over half the country.

Poor conditions for nearly half of renters in South West 
16 Oct 2013
45 per cent of people renting in the South West are living in homes that are damp, cold, overcrowded or in a bad state of repair, a Shelter study reveals today.

Derek Myers to head Shelter’s Board of Trustees 
02 Oct 2013
Derek Myers, the first person in the UK to lead two unitary local authorities at the same time, will join Shelter on 30 November 2013 as the new Chair of its Board of Trustees.