Updates, insights and impact
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Celebrating our biggest campaigning wins
Shelter is proud to campaign alongside the rest of the housing movement to defend the right to a safe home. We make sure those in power sit up and listen.
Updates and impact
Published: 8 August 2023
Author: Andrew Soar
Operation Warm Welcome: government tells thousands of Afghan refugees to leave their emergency accommodation
Having failed to help almost half of the families find a settled home under Operation Warm Welcome, the government has told over 8,000 Afghan families and individuals that they must leave by the end of August.
Updates and impact
Published: 27 July 2023
Author: Sophie Earnshaw
Social Housing (Regulation) Act: Royal Assent must kick off a transformation in social housing
Today, the long-awaited Social Housing (Regulation) Act received Royal Assent and became law. This legislation is the legacy of the 72 people, including 18 children, who died in summer 2017 as a resu...
Research and insights
Published: 20 July 2023
Author: Deborah Garvie
Record homelessness is a political choice
The number of households homeless in temporary accommodation (TA) has now hit a record high
Updates and impact
Published: 7 July 2023
Author: Charlie Berry
NIMBYs, YIMBYs, £7.7 billion profit and still hardly any social housing
New developments must contain many more social homes. Support our campaign and sign the petition to build more social housing.
Updates and impact
Published: 9 June 2023
Author: Andrew Soar
Nowhere left to go for private renters receiving housing benefit
Shocking new analysis shows the severe lack of private rentals in England that are affordable for low-income renters receiving housing benefit.
Research and insights
Published: 6 June 2023
Author: Charlie Berry
Home is a human right
Every family deserves a home, somewhere they can feel safe and thrive. But for over 275,000 families in England without a home this is not the case.
Updates and impact
Published: 16 May 2023
Author: Guest blog
Scrapping Section 21: the promise we’re still waiting for
Four years ago today on 15 April 2019, the then-Secretary of State for Housing, James Brokenshire, announced that the government would abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions. We had been campaigning ...
Updates and impact
Published: 14 April 2023
Author: Jenny Lamb
New Shelter research uncovers why the use of temporary accommodation must end
Our new research shows that temporary accommodation is trapping people in poverty. Steering group member Rebecca shares her story.
Research and insights
Published: 9 March 2023
Author: Martha Schofield
Why a landlord register is good for tenants and landlords
A public landlord register would give tenants peace of mind, allow good landlords to show their credentials and help local authorities enforce tenants' rights.
Updates and impact
Published: 3 March 2023
Author: Vanessa Vaughan