Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days
by Rivkah Brown
Paul Odell backtracked on a contract at the last minute, giving his tenants just days to get out. Rivkah Brown reports.
Tag: housing crisis
Report: ‘It’s a Scandal’: How Property Developers Failed to Sell a Single Flat in Balfron Tower
by Ella Jessel
Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords
by Ell Folan
Four in 10 Tory voters say ALAB, writes Ell Folan, while 71% of the country thinks landlords who commit housing offences should be jailed.
Feature: Did Riot Police Illegally Evict a Homeless Shelter?
by Rivkah Brown
Earlier this month, around 100 riot cops descended on a homeless shelter in east London. The police insist everything was above board. Evidence suggests otherwise. Rivkah Brown reports.
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: This Housing Association Was Started to End Slum Landlords. Then It Became One
by Andrew Kersley
Notting Hill Genesis was set up by a social activist to deal with ‘damnable housing conditions’. Now its residents are complaining of exactly that.
Feature: Where Are the Shadwell Fire Survivors Supposed to Go?
by Rivkah Brown
Two months after their state-sanctioned slum burned down, killing one of their housemates, six of the Tower Hamlets fire survivors remain homeless. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: All Hail the Landlord King
by Ell Folan
Charles III owns all of Regent Street, and that’s barely a fraction of his property empire, writes Ell Folan.
Opinion: I Live in a Housing Co-op. But No One Really Escapes London’s Accommodation Crisis Anymore
by Charlotte England
When Charlotte England’s housing coop was built in the 1970s, it was intended as a choice; one option among many. But the rental crisis has made it increasingly difficult for people to leave, and changed what it feels fair to ask for from a home.
Long Read: How to Make a Home in a Housing Crisis
by Sophie K Rosa
It can be hard for alternative ways of living to endure when they defy the brutal, capitalist logic of private property, writes Sophie K Rosa in her new book Radical Intimacy. But everywhere - and even as conditions worsen - people are homemaking out of the rubble.
Opinion: No Number of Complaints Could Have Saved Mizanur Rahman
by Rivkah Brown
Last weekend a man died after a fire broke out in his council-run slum. Under Michael Gove’s new plans, he could be blamed for his own death, writes Rivkah Brown.
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.
Report: Is Belfast Becoming the New Epicentre of the Rental Crisis?
by Róisín Lanigan
Private rents in Northern Ireland’s capital have jumped by nearly 10% in the last 12 months - and no-one's doing anything about it.
Report: ‘Fuck Foxtons’: Londoners Demand Rent Freeze Now
by Rivkah Brown
On Saturday, hundreds of London Renters Union members mobilised to demand a nationwide rent freeze. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: Who Would a Housing Crash Hurt?
by Matteo Tiratelli
Even if the fabled crash happens, writes Matteo Tiratelli, it might not be good news for renters.
Feature: Developer Landlords Are Trying to Take Over Liverpool
by Abi O’Connor
Aided and abetted by local government, developer landlords are bidding to buy up the city.
Opinion: We Need an Eviction Ban
by Rivkah Brown
We had one in lockdown, writes Rivkah Brown. Why not now?
Analysis: Landlords Are Getting Off Scot-Free in the Cost of Living Crisis
by Ell Folan
From energy prices to tax hikes, everything has been blamed for the cost of living crisis: except profiteering property-owners, writes Ell Folan.