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9 January 2019
Death in a doorway: struggle can end homelessness
Joby Sparrey died on Christmas Day in the doorway of a shop in Malvern, Worcestershire. Brays is a long-established shop with large doorways so he was probably able to stretch out to sleep.
2 January 2019
Rip-off landlords make money out of misery
600 homeless people died in 2017 in England and Wales. If people can't afford to rent, then rents should be capped, controlled and cut.
31 October 2018
Housing in Britain is in crisis. Bailiffs were called to a house in Hove on 26 October after the tenant - struggling to get by on Universal Credit - fell into rent arrears.
17 October 2018
Quick, look rich - the royals are coming! Yet again the homeless of Windsor were moved on in preparation for another royal wedding on 12 October.
19 September 2018
Billionaire Jeff Bezos claims his new philanthropy fund will help the homeless - after a fighting a tax meant to pay for homes
23 May 2018
Homeless charity colluding to deport homeless!
Lawyers from the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) have submitted a formal complaint against St Mungo's, one of the leading homelessness charities in the UK, for its work in colluding with the Home Office to illegally deport homeless EEA (European Economic Area) nationals
23 May 2018
40 attend Socialist Party housing campaign launch in Windsor
There was a successful launch of our new housing campaign in Windsor on 15 May. The meeting was attended by 40 people, with speakers and lively discussion from the floor.
14 March 2018
The Socialist Inbox: International Women's Day letters to the Socialist's editors.
28 February 2018
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Blairite councillors attack homeless; universal credit protest; tide is turning on anti-cuts fights
28 February 2018
Union-led campaign beats Blairite attacks on homeless
We shamed the council into withdrawing the attack - which apparently were all 'just a mistake' anyway - but they should be ashamed
14 February 2018
In Windsor none of us want to see homeless people on the street
Royal wedding homeless clearance: The Tory leader of the council, Simon Dudley, decided the police needed to get rid of homeless people using the Vagrancy Act of 1824
24 January 2018
Victory against government's war on eastern European homeless
For the past year and a half the Tory government has been waging a war against European Economic Area (EEA) nationals, including locking up those citizens en masse, without charge and indefinitely. Not in the mainstream news? Of course not, those affected were largely from eastern Europe and were homeless.
24 January 2018
£2m to remove Grenfell-type cladding: residents to get bill
No charges to residents! Cladding off now!: Residents in the 'Citiscape' housing complex in Croydon, south London, have learnt that tests revealed the cladding on their block poses the same fire hazard as Grenfell Tower.
3 January 2018
Thousands live in tents and sheds - seize empty homes
Over 60,000 homes in England and Wales have been vacant for more than two years. At the same time, 9,100 people live in tents. And in London alone around 9,000 'beds in sheds' fill secret slums.
6 December 2017
Rough sleeping crisis: make homes, not arrests
The shocking death of a 32-year-old rough sleeper in Cardiff should have spurred emergency housing action - instead authorities are cracking down on homeless people themselves
29 November 2017
Uni boss's raise v our lost wages; no tax for Cadbury's and food price hikes for us; model's mansion v fines for homeless
26 July 2017
Homelessness and evictions soar under the Tories
120,000 children are currently in temporary accommodation according to the Local Government Association (LGA)
28 June 2017
Grenfell fire compounded by overcrowding: build more council homes now
Between 400 and 600 people lived in Grenfell Tower - but it had just 200 bedrooms
21 June 2017
Justice for Grenfell and safety for all
No justice - no peace! No safety - no rent! Communities can organise to force proper safety checks
26 April 2017
200,000 empty homes - 250,000 homeless - end property speculation
Over 200,000 homes in England sat empty for at least six months last year, according to investment firm Property Partner's analysis of government figures
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