'I can't believe how I've flowered as a tenant on a housing board'
Being a member of the Lewisham Homes board has helped Ophelia Bobori develop new skills and given residents a voice of challenge and probity
April 2016
Public servant: my letter to the public
Each 'investment opportunity' means a life of insecurity for the tenants I help
Anonymous
It used to be easier to help tenants find a permanent home or furniture for their family. Now, government is selling off social housing to the highest bidder
March 2016
Why the UK housing market is brutal if you're young, LGBT and homeless
Shrinking council budgets and the curtailing of young people’s eligibility for benefits have hit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people the hardest
February 2016
Tackling financial exclusion
The five biggest financial pressures social housing tenants face
Our financial inclusion team at a Wakefield housing association received 1,300 referrals last year for debt, benefit cuts and more. We share tips on how to help
January 2016
Levy on luxury London homes would net £86m a year for social housing
‘It’s a steel-toothed poverty trap’ – three tenants on the misery of pay to stay
December 2015
Tackling financial exclusion
The high-wire act of Christmas on the poverty line
Tackling financial exclusion
How I helped a man with a degenerative spinal disease beat the bedroom tax
Sanela Cox
November 2015
Spending review 2015: 'Osborne has no solution to the housing crisis'
Reactions to the chancellor’s spending review note there is little to cheer the social housing sector and renters
October 2015
Tackling financial exclusion
'I felt out of control with my finances, stuck at home having panic attacks'
Tackling financial exclusion
Housing associations are seeing tenants move from exclusion to real poverty
I fear the 1% cut to my social housing rent will lead to poorer service
Martin Wicks
Why we’re voting against the social housing right-to-buy deal
Jennie Ferrigno
August 2015
Profit or purpose? The fight over the future of social housing in Britain
A housing association’s decision to stop building homes for the poor has left the sector divided over its future. Is this the beginning of the end for social housing?
July 2015
What is the government’s five-year vision for social housing?
After the right to buy and cuts to rental income take effect, social housing will be a far smaller player in the housing market
Housing and the budget: what you need to know
In a budget with a heavy focus on housing, we’ve rounded up the key policies from the chancellor’s briefcase
Social housing rents to fall by 1% a year, chancellor announces
Rent cuts announced in budget could save £1.5bn a year – but experts warn it could mean 14,000 fewer affordable homes being built
June 2015
Experts encourage more social housing investment as a way to lower welfare bill
Two reports in a week propose government investment can reduce a housing benefit bill that could reach £200bn by 2060 if left unchecked
May 2015
Hannah on housing
Iain Duncan Smith gets more time to rescue the loathed universal credit
Hannah Fearn
Despite the warnings, delays and write-offs, the work and pensions secretary survives to deliver this shambolic reform – to the groans of housing providers
March 2015
Should the right-to-buy scheme be expanded?
Millions of tenants would be able to buy their home at a discount under the Conservatives’ election plans, but concerns remain over the impact on the nation’s supply of affordable housing. Cast your vote and have your say below
