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Labour-run councils are considering legal challenges to close hotels housing asylum seekers after a landmark ruling prompted officials to consider increasing the use of former military…

Keir Starmer’s asylum plans have been plunged into turmoil after a high court ruling blocked people seeking refuge from being housed in an Essex hotel.Epping Forest…

A high court judge has been asked to shut down a hotel housing asylum seekers amid concerns about violence and disorder seen at far-right protests at…

In the 1970s, private landlordism in the UK was a fringe part of the market – and a dying one. With council housing plentiful and house…

Lower-income householders, minority ethnic people and those with young children are more likely to live in homes at risk from dangerous overheating, research has found.The UK…

If you ask Rodney, he will tell you that life is for living. He’s been to the edge of it – homeless, depressed, stuck in a…

Jacqueline Mifsud remembers the moment in 2023 when she made what she now describes as a “bold life decision” to step out of the rental market…

Ministers who earn profits from privately owned property could be seen as hypocrites by voters who want to see the government’s promised rent reforms become law,…

What if we could house everyone in the world who needs somewhere to live? Well the UN says it has figured out how, essentially we need…

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