Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. If you’re looking for a chink of light ahead of the promised government strategy on homelessness, the number of homeless households living in bed …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. If anyone needs any reminding, two new reports reveal the depth and breadth of the crisis in temporary accommodation in England. On Thursday the all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee published the results of its inquiry into the ‘utterly shameful’ situation in a report that spells out […]| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. No more sticking plaster politics was the promise from Labour at the general election seven months ago. The 126,000 homeless families and 164,000 …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Think of all the elements of the grim inheritance bequeathed to this government by the last one and perhaps the grimmest is the almost 160,000 chi…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. What’s in a target? Angela Rayner faced questions at the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee this week and gave some ill…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing Few readers of Inside Housing will find the new podcast series The Trapped a comfortable listen but it is a necessary one. You’d hope that politici…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Amid the excitement of the first Labour King’s Speech in 15 years, it may seem churlish to inject a note of scepticism. The excitement lies …| Jules Birch
On 11th April, homeless families and families living in overcrowded housing used their school holiday to raise the alarm on the housing emergency and the record-breaking homelessness statistics whi…| Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth
This year, we celebrated our 10th birthday with over 300 of our members! This is an incredible achievement for a member-run organisation of homeless families and individuals and others struggling w…| Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. The good news in Jeremy Hunt’s speech is that the government has finally listened to all the arguments about soaring rents, evictions and homeless…| Jules Birch
At short notice, HASL organised a huge response to Lambeth council’s out of the blue housing waiting list consultation. As well as being out of the blue, the time frame given by the council w…| Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth