Policy Library
Policy, research and good practice work forms a major part of Shelter's efforts to address and find solutions for homelessness and housing issues.
NORWICH RENTERS LISTEN UP! REPORT: Key Findings and Themes
Between November 2021 and April 2022, the Norwich Renters Collective, supported by Shelter Norfolk, reached out to private renters across Norwich to capture the real experiences of renters whose voices are often missing from decision-making spaces and bring them together to launch a campaign to tackle the housing issues they face.
Published: 20 April 2023
Briefing: Disrepair and insecurity in the private rented sector
Private renters will often put up with disrepair and dangerous conditions because they fear they will be evicted for raising complaints. This fear is not unfounded. New research from Shelter and YouGov found that private renters who complained to their landlord, letting agent or local council in the last three years were two and a half times more likely to be handed an eviction notice than those who had not complained.
Published: 30 March 2023
Shelter Briefing: Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill - Committee Stages
The housing emergency is a symptom of our broken housing system not delivering the social homes that we desperately need. The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill represents an opportunity to change the rules around planning and land to re-prioritise delivering social rent housing.
Published: 14 March 2023
Still Living in Limbo: Why the use of temporary accommodation must end
Almost 100,000 households, including over 125,000 children live in temporary accommodation. We conducted a survey of over a thousand people living in temporary accommodation. This is the largest ever piece of research with this group. This report sets out the findings from this research, and recommendations for policy change.
Published: 9 March 2023
Alert Briefing: Homelessness and the Cost of Living Crisis
Shelter are seeing alarming signs in our services that the continued freeze on housing benefits is pushing more and more private renters towards homelessness in 2023.
Published: 13 February 2023
Shelter Representation: Spring Budget 2023
Shelter's representation to the Government ahead of the Spring Budget 2023.
Published: 2 February 2023
Consultation response: Renters' Reform Bill and homelessness legislation
This consultation response outlines Shelter's priorities for changes to the rights of people facing homelessness in the wake of the repeal of section 21 'no fault' eviction notices - which is expected in the forthcoming Renters' Reform Bill.
Published: 1 February 2023
Research: Homelessness in England 2022
Shelter research shows that over 271,000 people are recorded as homeless in England, which is a rate of one in 208 people. This includes almost 250,000 people living in temporary accommodation. In London, one in 58 people are recorded as homeless.
Published: 11 January 2023
Shelter Briefing: Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill - Second Reading
The Government has introduced the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which represents an opportunity to deliver on the needs of communities across England by reforming the rules around land and planning to build social rent housing.
Published: 5 January 2023
Briefing: Growing Up Homeless
Analysis of the latest government data shows 1 in every 100 children in England will wake up homeless this Christmas.
Published: 21 December 2022