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Campaigning for fairer renting: our Shelter partnership, one year on
One year after joining forces with Shelter, Catherine Douglas, Chief People Officer at The Co-operative Bank reflects on the campaigning wins we have achieved together over the last 12 months.
Updates and impact
Published: 15 August 2024
Author: Guest blog
Another shameful record of child homelessness: we must invest in social homes
A record level of child homelessness shows the impact on their mental health and wellbeing living in temporary accommodation. Investing in social homes is key.
Updates and impact
Published: 8 August 2024
Author: Deborah Garvie
A needed win for social rent homes
The planning system is broken. It has been for years. But the new government could make the changes to national and local planning policies needed to deliver the social homes this country is crying out for.
Updates and impact
Published: 29 July 2024
Author: Venus Galarza
Stabilising rents around the world
England can learn a lot from other countries about how to implement rent stabilisation measures, to make private renting more secure and affordable.
Research and insights
Last updated: 7 June 2024
Author: Charlie Berry
Stabilising rents in England: why and how we should limit rent rises
Very often you will hear 'rent controls don’t work' as a throw away comment, often without any evidence. But in many places, regulating rents is totally normal.
Research and insights
Last updated: 6 June 2024
Author: Tarun Bhakta
Government is risking another fatal fire by deregulating HMO accommodation
The government wants to make landlords of accommodation contracted by the Home Office exempt from regulations designed to protect people from fatal fires.
Research and insights
Published: 5 June 2024
Author: Deborah Garvie
Shelter successfully represents a woman with EU pre-settled status who was denied homelessness assistance
Shelter’s expert Strategic Litigation team has recently been involved in an important case clarifying people’s rights when homeless.
Updates and impact
Published: 24 May 2024
Author: Robert Brown
Record number of 145,800 children’s lives blighted by homelessness: housing must be a priority in the general election
We’ve reached yet another appalling milestone in the housing emergency. As thousands of children in England start their exams, government data published yesterday shows that a record-breaking 145,800 ...
Research and insights
Published: 1 May 2024
Author: Ella Nuttall
Social homes are good for us!
Social homes: for thriving communities and safer streets Not having a secure place to call home creates all types of instability. Not just for us as individuals and our families, but for the streets, ...
Research and insights
Published: 30 April 2024
Author: Isabella Burton
Empty homes: the complete solution or just part of the package?
Empty homes: there are a lot of them, right? In the middle of a housing emergency, it’s indefensible that so many homes remain unoccupied, right? If we brought these all back into use, we’d solve the ...
Research and insights
Published: 24 April 2024
Author: Sam Bloomer