The Housing Crisis

Investigating how people are locked out of housing and the privatisation of the industry

Explainers

Our previous work on homelessness in the UK Dying Homeless: Counting the deaths of homeless people across the UK Moving on with respect: the next steps for Dying Homeless Locked Out: Our investigation into affordable housing

Highlights from the Investigation

07.10.22

The Housing Crisis

Lack of affordable lets leaves families with little left to live on

Three years since the Bureau first investigated, housing benefit rates still fall short across the country

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09.11.21

The Housing Crisis

Open justice? The closed doors of possession courts

The head of the civil justice system in England and Wales intervened after Bureau reporters were repeatedly blocked from public hearings

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03.11.21

The Housing Crisis

Big banks resume push for repossessions in wake of pandemic

The Bureau has found hundreds of mortgage possession cases in courts since the ban on enforcing home repossessions was lifted – some over as little as £1,000

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