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Rachel Reeves: it's decision time!

Ahead of the Spending Review, we’re calling on the government to live up to its promise of change and invest in the social rent homes England desperately needs.

Updates and impact

Published: 14 March 2025

Author: Andrew Soar

Rachel Reeves: it's decision time!
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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

International Women's Day 2025: government must accelerate action to build the social homes we need
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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

Record child homelessness and soaring rough sleeping figures: the June Spending Review must deliver more social homes
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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 Renters' Rights Bill, a call for fairer rights and stronger protections
A large Shelter and IKEA poster outside the Houses of Parliament. It shows a plan of a tiny room with three small beds. Text reads 'Sarah and her family of six had to live in temporary accommodation as small as this'.

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

The benefits of social homes: Shelter and IKEA’s groundbreaking research underway
A large Shelter and IKEA poster outside the Houses of Parliament. It shows a plan of a tiny room with three small beds. Text reads 'Sarah and her family of six had to live in temporary accommodation as small as this'.

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

Why Shelter and IKEA are calling for social housing to end child homelessness
Dave Lockyer sits on a sofa at home

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

Prejudice in practice: renting with a disability
A brown social house with a communal playing ground in London

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

A real breadwinner – how changing debt rules can help us get social housing
Prime Minister Keir Starmer on stage in front of a white lectern, in front of a red projection which reads 'change begins'.

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

Kickstarting a housing legacy? 100 days of a new government
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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

The Renters' Rights Bill explained: what came out of Parliament's second reading?