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Report: Monaco-Based Investment Firm Evicts Squatted Homeless Shelter

by Sophie K Rosa

Squatters who turned an abandoned south London building into a homeless shelter have been booted out by Picasso Investments Corporation, which is registered in a tax haven.

Report: London Councils Paid Private Landlords £15.8m in a Year to Get Them to Rent to Homeless Families

by Nye Jones

Exclusive: Data obtained by Novara Media shows that London councils are paying landlords costly incentives to house tenants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in private rented properties - many of them in poor condition. Nye Jones reports.

Opinion: The Tories Are Pushing People Back on to the Streets Because Rough Sleeping Serves a Political Purpose

by Nye Jones

Last Friday news broke that the government was quietly winding up local authority funding that had been allocated to house rough sleepers in hotels during the pandemic. Nye Jones argues they’ve done this because the suffering of rough sleepers serves as a warning.

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.

Rough Sleeping Is at Record Levels, so Why Don’t People Care?

by Nye Jones

The Tories want people to believe homelessness is complex and rough sleepers are to blame for their situation. The truth is they have been let down by a system that could easily be changed if there was the political will to do so.

6 Reasons We Need to #EndSection21

by Jacob Mukherjee

Private tenants used to be able to stay in their homes for as long as they were paying the rent. But since the introduction of section 21 under the 1988 Housing Act, landlords have had the power to evict tenants with just two months’ notice without giving them a reason. Here are six reasons section 21 needs to be abolished.

Homeless Families and Social Cleansing: How Local Councils Are Forcing Vulnerable Households Out of London

by Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth

Exclusive: London Councils are ending their homeless duty to vulnerable families by forcing them to accept private rented tenancies hundreds of miles away, outside the capital, FOI's by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth reveal.

Homelessness Charities and Local Councils are Helping Immigration Teams Deport EU Rough Sleepers

by Luke Sheldon

Homelessness charities are sharing information with the Home Office and local councils are operating 'joint visits' with immigration enforcement teams in a collaborative effort to deport more European rough sleepers, a report has found. Here's what you need to know about this new racist attack on vulnerable migrants and the fight back against it.