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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.

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Opinion: $5m in Reparations for Every Black Adult? I’m Listening

by Maurice Mcleod

San Francisco made headlines last week after a committee made major proposals for how the city can compensate its Black citizens. They’re totally unrealistic, and that’s the point, writes Maurice Mcleod.

Opinion: The Crackdown on Nos Isn’t About Anti-Social Behaviour – It’s About Social Control

by Moya Lothian-McLean

The government’s ban on nitrous oxide is the perfect springboard for a wider crackdown on ‘anti-social behaviour’, writes Moya Lothian McLean.

Marsha de Cordova MP and local councillor Aydin Dikerdem pose for a photograph in front of the new Nine Elms Tube station

Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations

by Aydin Dikerdem

The shiny new development was paid for with money meant for affordable housing, writes local Labour councillor Aydin Dikerdem.

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: The Tories’ Furlough Delay Has Led to Thousands of Needless Redundancies

by Francesca Newton

As a result of the government's repeated and false insistence that there would be no extension to furlough, thousands of people across the UK have lost their jobs unnecessarily. Francesca Newton reports.

Report: ‘It Scares Me to Think Where We’ll End Up’: The Renters Facing Homelessness Now the Eviction Ban Has Lifted

by Hannah Green

With the eviction ban lifted this week, thousands of renters have found themselves faced with the prospect of being made homeless during a global pandemic. Joining calls from activists and campaign groups, they are demanding that they be protected, reports Hannah Green.

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: I Work With People Experiencing Homelessness – for Them, the Crisis Is Worsening by the Day

by Tom Zagoria

Despite the government preening itself with manipulated statistics, homelessness in the UK is set to rise to historic levels. It is therefore vital that we oppose this unjust system, demanding that no one is left behind, argues shelter worker and activist Tom Zagoria.

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

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.

‘I’m terrified of going back to the streets’: Coronavirus Shows We Could End Street Homelessness

by Hannah Green

The government have housed thousands of homeless people overnight, but campaigners say extra support must extend beyond lockdown or rough sleepers will be worse off than before, writes Hannah Green.

Ordered Home Without a Home: Italy’s Rough Sleepers Suffer Under Quarantine Rules

by Ben Munster

With Italy on lockdown and introducing harsh new rules, it's the country's over 50,000 rough sleepers who have been hit the hardest, writes Ben Munster.

Ash Wednesday: What Do London’s Rough Sleepers Think About the General Election?

What do London’s rough sleepers think of the general election? Ash Sarkar went and asked some of them.

Novara FM: Where Will We Live?

James Butler is joined by Anna Minton, author of Ground Control and Big Capital, to ask: could this be a housing election?

Novara FM: Now We Have Your Attention

James Butler is joined by Jack Shenker to explore the new politics: from grassroots trade unionism to migrant solidarity, and the gradual transformation of the Labour Party.

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.

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 […]

Tag: homelessness

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

by Rivkah Brown

Opinion: $5m in Reparations for Every Black Adult? I’m Listening

by Maurice Mcleod

Opinion: The Crackdown on Nos Isn’t About Anti-Social Behaviour – It’s About Social Control

by Moya Lothian-McLean

Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations

by Aydin Dikerdem

Report: The Tories’ Furlough Delay Has Led to Thousands of Needless Redundancies

by Francesca Newton

Report: ‘It Scares Me to Think Where We’ll End Up’: The Renters Facing Homelessness Now the Eviction Ban Has Lifted

by Hannah Green

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

by Nye Jones

Opinion: I Work With People Experiencing Homelessness – for Them, the Crisis Is Worsening by the Day

by Tom Zagoria

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

by Nye Jones

‘I’m terrified of going back to the streets’: Coronavirus Shows We Could End Street Homelessness

by Hannah Green

Ordered Home Without a Home: Italy’s Rough Sleepers Suffer Under Quarantine Rules

by Ben Munster

Ash Wednesday: What Do London’s Rough Sleepers Think About the General Election?

Novara FM: Where Will We Live?

Novara FM: Now We Have Your Attention

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

by Sophie K Rosa

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

by Nye Jones

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

by Charlotte England and an anonymous case worker

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

by Rivkah Brown

Opinion: $5m in Reparations for Every Black Adult? I’m Listening

by Maurice Mcleod

Opinion: The Crackdown on Nos Isn’t About Anti-Social Behaviour – It’s About Social Control

by Moya Lothian-McLean

Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations

by Aydin Dikerdem

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

by Nadia Zaman

Report: The Tories’ Furlough Delay Has Led to Thousands of Needless Redundancies

by Francesca Newton

Report: ‘It Scares Me to Think Where We’ll End Up’: The Renters Facing Homelessness Now the Eviction Ban Has Lifted

by Hannah Green

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

by Nye Jones

Opinion: I Work With People Experiencing Homelessness – for Them, the Crisis Is Worsening by the Day

by Tom Zagoria

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

by Nye Jones

‘I’m terrified of going back to the streets’: Coronavirus Shows We Could End Street Homelessness

by Hannah Green

Ordered Home Without a Home: Italy’s Rough Sleepers Suffer Under Quarantine Rules

by Ben Munster

Ash Wednesday: What Do London’s Rough Sleepers Think About the General Election?

Novara FM: Where Will We Live?

Novara FM: Now We Have Your Attention

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

by Sophie K Rosa

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

by Nye Jones

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

by Charlotte England and an anonymous case worker

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