Shelter

Housing and homelessness charity Shelter has written to the First Minister asking him to make an urgent statement to parliament outlining his plans to address the housing emergency.

Seventeen leading housing sector bodies have voiced their acute concerns about the British homes for British workers policy rumoured to be under consideration by the UK Government. An open letter has been sent to the prime minister Rishi Sunak and secretary of state for housing Michael Gove and was

The number of households stuck in temporary accommodation in England was at a record high between January and March this year, new figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have shown.

An estimated 110,000 households in Scotland are on housing lists awaiting accommodation, according to figures published today in the Scottish Household Survey.

More than 500 workers at the housing charity Shelter will stage a two-week strike next month over a dispute regarding pay. The workers, who are based across the UK, have accused the organisation’s management of attempting to impose a real terms pay cut on its staff.

The UK Government's plan to extend the Right to Buy (RTB) their home to all housing association tenants in England is a "retrograde step" that could erode the supply of affordable housing, it has been warned.

The UK Government must complete and publish a full assessment of the impact on renters of their decisions to freeze Local Housing Allowance and cut Universal Credit, which risk pushing many households into poverty, problem debt, and homelessness, according to a number of housing groups.

The UK Government has been warned of an impending rent crisis in the UK following the reintroduction of a national lockdown. The warning came in a joint statement from the National Residential Landlords Association, The Big Issue and Ride Out Recession Alliance, Shelter, ARLA Propertymark, the

New immigration rules targeting people sleeping rough will endanger lives, undermine progress in reducing homelessness and must be reconsidered, a collection of leading homelessness charities have warned in a message being sent to the UK Government. In a letter to home secretary Priti Patel and secr

New immigration rules from the Home Office outlining that non-UK nationals rough sleeping could face deportation from January 1 next year have been branded as "cruel" and a “huge step backwards” by homelessness charities.

The practice of refusing to rent homes to people on housing benefit has suffered another legal blow after a disabled father won his trial against housing benefit discrimination this week.

Maddy Moore responds to Shelter’s successful court case against blanket bans on renting properties to people on housing benefit.

Blanket bans on renting properties to people on housing benefit are unlawful and discriminatory, a judge in England has ruled.

HSBC is currently working with charities in the UK to help homeless people who do not have permanent or fixed addresses, or photo ID, to open bank accounts. These accounts would be managed in HSBC branches or online.

Campaigners are calling for an increase to the Scottish Welfare Fund budget after new statistics released show a rising number of Scots are accessing emergency cash to help pay for food or heating.