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Report: A Group of Renters Just Won £19,000 From Their Billionaire Landlord – And They’re Just Getting Started

by Rivkah Brown

In a historic victory for renters everywhere, Somerford Grove Renters successfully sued their lawyered-up landlord and are now preparing dozens more suits. If successful, they stand to win half a million pounds. Rivkah Brown reports.

International: Locked Down But Not Out: 15,000 Sign Up to Rent Strike Campaign in Spain

by Coordinadora de Vivienda de Madrid

Despite the country having become a pandemic hotspot with over 18,000 deaths, Spanish landlords are continuing to force evictions upon people who are unable to make rental payments, or who are forced to squat by long waiting lists. But tenants' unions and mutual aid groups are fighting back.

5 Reasons We Are Occupying Empty Buildings

by Manchester Activist Network

As winter begins to bite, the thought of Christmas around the corner will be of little consolation to victims of the housing crisis. In Manchester, housing activists and homeless people are taking the initiative to provide safety and services, raising criticisms of the council's shortcomings in the process.

6 Reasons to Support Your Local Squats

by Izzy Koksal and Luke Sheldon

Negative changes in attitudes and the law combined with the gentrification of inner-city areas mean squatting is becoming much harder - precisely at a time when immediate housing is so desperately needed.

Rent Strike! 3 Lessons from the UCL Cut the Rent Campaign

by Carlus Hudson

Having won £400k in compensation last year, the UCL Cut the Rent campaign has once again declared a rent strike, with over 150 students collectively withholding £250k until demands for a 40% rent cut are met.

Long Read: Up Against the Housing Gatekeepers

by Izzy Koksal

Sunday Long Read: Possession orders are on the rise and landlords are lobbying to make evictions even swifter. Meanwhile, housing offices are implementing 'gatekeeping' practices to against homeless applicants.

The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain

by Lewis Bassett

We're told that growth is back, yet all around working class people are being smothered with escalating rents - many being forcibly moved or made homeless. What is the 'housing crisis', what makes it so bad and what is the answer?