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A building with a redbrick facade, shuttered ground floor windows and a white stone Mary affixed to it is covered almost entirely with a banner made of old clothes sewn together

Report: These Nuns Helped the Homeless Until They Showed Up On Their Doorstep

by Rivkah Brown

When squatters set up a homeless shelter in a disused convent, they thought the nuns – whose religious order prides itself on helping the homeless – might show mercy. They called the police. Rivkah Brown reports.

Report: A Bailiff Was Arrested for a Firearms Offence After a ‘Brutal’ Attempt to Illegally Evict Squatters

by Charlotte England

Bailiffs with illegal weapons tried to evict squatters from a former Tory councillor’s empty factory. Cops arrested a bailiff and let squatters back in again.

An S&K security guard. Photo: skpropenforcement.co.uk

Report: Bailiffs Are Dressing Up Like Police Officers to Scare Tenants Out of Their Homes

by Andrew Kersley

Exclusive: S&K property enforcement is showing up to homes wearing outfits that look like police uniforms.

Three men sit in suits besides one another facing an audience

Report: A Property Expert Told a Landlord Conference to Get a Grip

by Rivkah Brown

While the landlord lobby cries bloody murder in public, behind closed doors it’s a different story. Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: My Community Helped Me Resist Eviction. Now the Council Wants to Move Me Away

by Nadia Zaman

When her landlord tried to evict her, Nadia Zaman fought back. But now the council has given her a choice: Stoke-on-Trent or the streets. Novara Media spoke to Zaman about her fight for secure local housing.

Report: An Eviction Crisis Looms. Can Renters Resist It?

by Eloise Barry

A month after the eviction ban ended, renters’ unions are all that stand between some tenants and homelessness. Eloise Barry reports.

The Race Against Time to Save London’s Latin Village

by Alice Figes

With the possibility of eviction growing ever stronger, the Save Latin Village campaign has put out urgent messages on social media, calling on grassroots activists to help fight in one of north London’s most important gentrification battles.

Homelessness Activists Occupy Tunnel, After MPs Ask for Gate to Stop Rough Sleepers

by Sophie K Rosa

Over 320,000 people are homeless in Britain - up 169% since the Conservatives came to power. Yet 'hostile architecture' that keeps rough sleepers out of public spaces is on the rise. As the weather turns cold, a gate has just been installed in a Westminster underpass to lock homeless people out at night - allegedly after MPs complained about having to walk past them.

Asylum Seeker Evictions Will Cause ‘Crisis on the Streets of Glasgow’, Charities Warn

by Charlotte England and an anonymous case worker

A housing provider has announced it will resume a controversial policy to evict hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow, in a move charities say will leave scores of vulnerable people street homeless. Serco, which until recently held the government contract to house asylum seekers in the Scottish city, first announced plans to evict people denied […]