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5 December 2018
Arrogant landlords can be beaten
Housing association bosses gave Theresa May a standing ovation after a speech on housing policy - you wouldn't find an audience of housing workers or tenants do that
28 November 2018
The Tories' letting fee ban is full of holes - we need rent controls and council homes!
The Tories have recently announced a bill to end letting agency fees, as well as capping deposits at a maximum of six weeks' rent.
21 November 2018
Housing arrears double, suicide risk soars - scrap Universal Credit!
General election now to reverse welfare attacks: Universal Credit claimants are being pushed into serious mental health problems, with some even considering suicide, according to public health researchers in the North East.
14 November 2018
An engineering firm hired by the government to test cladding in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire was banned from criticising or embarrassing Theresa May
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.
24 October 2018
Universal Credit could trap women in violent relationships
The introduction of Universal Credit, under which families can lose £200 a month, has rightly provoked outrage
17 October 2018
Universal credit = universal misery
Theresa May said 'the end of austerity is in sight'
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.
16 October 2018
'Corbyn-council' faces a choice: Implement or fight the cuts
Deselecting the worst of the old Blairite councillors opened a chance
10 October 2018
Ireland: 10,000 march for homes in Dublin
"Inspired by the successful campaigns for marriage equality, repeal of the anti-abortion laws and abortion rights, young people from the 'locked-out generation' are turning their attention to housing"
3 October 2018
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Nationalisation; Trotsky crosswords; pensioners' homes; driver-only operation; Labour affiliation
26 September 2018
Residents push back Barking estate landlords
At a recent residents' meeting with the landlords of the Barking Riverside estate, they put a price on the major concessions we have wrung out of them in a bitter three-year campaign - £250,000.
19 September 2018
250,000 families in "non-decent" homes
A quarter of a million families are bringing up children under the age of four in "non-decent" homes according to a recent report
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
12 September 2018
Catford campaign against regeneration
Lewisham in south London has a big problem with a lack of council and social housing. Not enough has been built and existing homes are being lost to housing associations, right-to-buy schemes and 'regeneration', social cleansing schemes.
12 September 2018
The Guardian newspaper reported: "A backlash is brewing. Using the hashtags #homes4all and #TakeBackTheCity a coalition of housing activists last month occupied a four-storey property in the heart of Dublin which has been vacant for three years.
5 September 2018
Housing workers walkout forces improved pay deal
Unite the Union members at Homes England and the Regulator of Social Housing have voted overwhelmingly to accept a revised set of options on pay following industrial action in July and a sustained campaign over the last few months
29 August 2018
Socialist sales success in Cardiff
The Socialist sales drive we launched to mark the 1000th issue of the paper smashed through the target we set ourselves of 1,000 extra sales. We want to build on the success of this campaign by launching a new sales drive for issue 1011 at the end of September. Beth Webster, of Cardiff West Socialist Party, reports on success selling the Socialist in her branch
22 August 2018
Tories fear housing anger... but offer no solutions
The government's latest policy document on housing is a much-delayed response to mounting anger at the Grenfell Tower fire and the deep housing crisis, with unaffordable homes and increasing number sleeping rough.
8 August 2018
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Thatcher's Militant blacklist, capitalism wants slums, World Cup nationalism?
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