uk housing

End 'Dangerous' Threat Of Evictions During Lockdown, Charities Warn

Half a million estimated to be in rent arrears as Boris Johnson faces growing calls to extend the ban on evictions.
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Why This Couple Have Been Welcoming Homeless Strangers Into Their Home During The Pandemic

Covid has taken a heavy toll on young people and made many homeless. For some, the kindness of strangers has been a saviour.
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How Covid Has Made The UK's Bitter Housing Crisis Even Worse

There have been steep rises in people living in temporary accommodation since Covid hit.
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Revealed: Families Crammed Into Rooms Little Bigger Than Parking Spaces

This is Britain’s housing system in 2020: four homeless people wedged into a room too small for their baby to crawl.
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Homeless People Can Now Be Deported Just For Sleeping Rough. It Could Kill Them

Home Office immigration rules also put vulnerable people at risk of modern slavery, warns Crisis.
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US Billionaires Grow Wealth By Over $1 Trillion Since Pandemic Began, Says Report

Meanwhile, millions of Americans are unemployed and struggling to pay mortgages or rents amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Black Tenant Is Repaid £30,000 After Being Wrongly Charged More Rent Than White Neighbour

The overcharge left Selma Nicholls struggling to make ends meet, but investigators said they could not be sure whether racism played a part.
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Government Won't House Rough Sleepers During Second Wave, Minister Suggests

"Everyone In" was announced by the government as a lifesaving measure in March. It is nowhere to be seen this winter.
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3,400 People Slept On London's Streets This Summer Despite Drive To 'End Homelessness'

Charities warn of a "huge number of people to be sleeping on the streets at any time, let alone during a pandemic".
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Robert Jenrick Gives Millions To Firms That Rented Out Fire Risk Flats

With five months until the delivery of 3,300 supported homes for rough sleepers, government is unable to say whether a single brick has been laid.
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