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International Women's Day 2025: government must accelerate action to build the social homes we need
This International Women's Day, we're calling on the government to invest in the social homes we need to stop the increasing homelessness among women.
Research and insights
Published: 7 March 2025
Author: Deborah Garvie
Record child homelessness and soaring rough sleeping figures: the June Spending Review must deliver more social homes
There are record levels of child homelessness and soaring rough sleeping figures. The government must use the Spending Review to invest in social homes.
Research and insights
Published: 27 February 2025
Author: Amelia Hart
The Renters' Rights Bill, a call for fairer rights and stronger protections
The Renters' Rights Bill is in the House of Lords for its second reading. The bill is a once-in-a-generation chance for the government to fix renting.
Updates and impact
Published: 6 February 2025
Author: Alexandra Molano-Avilan
The benefits of social homes: Shelter and IKEA’s groundbreaking research underway
We’re working with IKEA to carry out a groundbreaking longitudinal research project, to make the case for government investment in social rent homes.
Updates and impact
Published: 5 December 2024
Author: Hannah Rich
Why Shelter and IKEA are calling for social housing to end child homelessness
Shelter supporters and IKEA customers have signed an open letter calling on the government to build social housing as a sustainable solution to child poverty.
Updates and impact
Published: 25 November 2024
Author: Charlie Berry
Prejudice in practice: renting with a disability
This blog was co-written by Dave Lockyer, a Shelter Renting Champion who shares his experience of discrimination in the private rented sector. Discrimination has no home in the private rented sector. ...
Updates and impact
Last updated: 30 October 2024
Author: Jenny Lamb
A real breadwinner – how changing debt rules can help us get social housing
Learn how changing fiscal rules and increasing government investment can solve the UK's social housing crisis. Discover why building 90,000 social homes a year benefits both people and the economy.
Research and insights
Published: 24 October 2024
Author: Charlie Trew
Kickstarting a housing legacy? 100 days of a new government
We issued a challenge to the new government to kickstart their housing legacy in 100 days by doing four key things. So, how have they done?
Updates and impact
Published: 16 October 2024
Author: Andrew Soar
The Renters' Rights Bill explained: what came out of Parliament's second reading?
On Wednesday 9 October, the Renters’ Rights Bill returned to Parliament for second reading. Hear about the outcomes of this important moment for the bill and what this means for the country's 11 million private renters.
Updates and impact
Published: 11 October 2024
Author: Lucy Cheetham
Domestic abuse and housing series: a safe, affordable home for every survivor
The government must build social homes and scrap the benefit cap, so every domestic abuse survivor can access a safe, affordable home to rebuild their lives.
Updates and impact
Published: 9 October 2024
Author: Charlie Berry