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General election 2024: Labour and the Conservatives’s plans to tackle the housing crisis in full

A guide to the main parties’ manifesto promises on housing

The Independent UK

Conservatives pledge to support first-time buyers and build 1.6m homes

The manifesto promises to make stamp duty cuts for first-time buyers permanent and deliver 1.6 million homes in England over the next Parliament.

The Independent UK

Social rent homes in England fall by more than quarter of a million in decade

Charities have called on all political parties to address the ‘shameful record’ on social housing and build more homes

The Guardian - UK

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Homeless people sent outside Edinburgh as Taylor Swift ramps up hotel demand

Housing charity Shelter has said homeless people have been sent in taxis to nearby cities

The Independent UK

Mortgage repossession claims hit five year high in aftermath of Liz Truss mini-budget

Warning the new figures show a steep rise in the number of families at risk of losing their homes

The Independent UK

Thursday briefing: How Michael Gove’s ‘new deal’ for renters went sour

In today’s newsletter: The renters reform bill was meant to address a spiralling housing crisis, but as a watered-down version finally passes, we look at the ways a great hope has become a crushing disappointment

The Guardian - UK

Housing is many UK voters’ priority but rental system remains unfixed

Rents are soaring, housebuilding is lagging and long-promised eviction reform has still not been enacted

The Guardian - UK

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Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year

There were 830,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40% have been forced to relocate

The Guardian - UK

“He was an immortal badass”: the genius of Tom Petty, by the people who knew him best

Tom Petty’s daughters, ex-bandmates and peers look back on the life of an American legend

Louder

Prince William announces plan to build 24 homes for homeless people in Cornwall

Prince to work with charity to provide temporary homes near Newquay with ‘wraparound support’

The Guardian - UK

Renters in England face rising no-fault evictions as reform bill delayed again

More than 26,000 section 21 notices issued in five years since ban was announced, while social housing stock has plummeted

The Guardian - UK

Fifty years on, could we see another Centre Point-style housing protest?

In January 1974, campaigners took over a large vacant tower block in central London to protest against the housing crisis. We hear from those who were there

The Guardian - UK

From the Post Office scandal to nuclear attack: 13 TV shows that shook Britain

Mr Bates vs the Post Office has caused shockwaves in Westminster. Is it the most influential TV drama ever? We weigh the contenders, from Cathy Come Home to Queer As Folk to Who Bombed Birmingham?

The Guardian - UK

Record Number Of Homeless Children In UK Reaches All Time High At Over 140,000

Research shows that a record number of children have been forced into temporary accommodation this winter, including shipping containers and shared rooms.

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The Guardian - UK

Families with single parents at higher risk of eviction in England, says Shelter

Charity says lone-parent households are bearing brunt of housing crisis and that private renting is broken

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: will you be spending Christmas in homeless temporary accommodation?

We want to hear from people stuck in hotels or B&Bs over the holidays as 309,000 people in England face homelessness this Christmas

The Guardian - UK

‘The bailiffs will come at noon’: desperation and devastation in England’s housing courts

At one county court, tenants fighting to stay in their homes get what assistance they can from overworked lawyers in system described as a ‘pressure cooker’

The Guardian - UK

I spent a day in a court where ‘no-fault’ evictions reach 10 an hour. Whose fault is this, Rishi Sunak?

Promises to protect tenants in England have been broken, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Evening Standard

At least 167,000 people facing homelessness in London this Christmas

Thousands of families will spend the festive season 'freezing in a doorway', charity Shelter says

The Independent UK

More than 300,000 people likely to be homeless at Christmas

Latest government statistics show homelessness at highest levels since records began

The Guardian - UK

Extra 40,000 people in England homeless this Christmas, says charity

Research by Shelter finds 309,000 people set to spend festive season ‘in a tiny hostel room or freezing doorway’ after rise in rough sleeping

Evening Standard

London's homelessness crisis deepens as people in temporary accommodation hits record high

Increase in numbers of children living in temporary accommodation in London

The Independent UK

Housing ‘disgrace’ as number of families in temporary accommodation hits record high

Nearly 140,000 children are living in temporary homes

The Guardian - UK

Renting property in the UK: how to get the home you want

Know what you want and set an all-inclusive budget

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to get out’: two landlords on the ‘broken’ property rental market

From high rents to repossessions and public opprobrium, it’s not just tenants who say the system isn’t working

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