Stories — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

27.11.16

The Housing Crisis

Builders make billions as housing crisis escalates

A Bureau analysis has found Britain’s major housebuilding firms are making multi-billion pound profits at the same time they argue they cannot meet affordable housing targets.

20.07.15

The Housing Crisis

Housing developers must disclose secret viability assessments, say senior Labour MPs

Heavyweight political backing for transparency comes after Bureau debate on the secret system used by developers to reduce affordable housing.

26.05.15

The Housing Crisis

‘Dismay doesn’t do it justice’: How a secret system was used to axe hundreds of affordable homes

Documents analysed by the Bureau reveal the inside story of how affordable housing was scrapped on a massive building scheme next to the O2 ‘Millennium Dome’ in Greenwich

27.02.15

The Housing Crisis

Legal challenge to thwart London’s £1.2bn Shell Centre development fails

Developer set to make £600m before it builds more than 20% affordable.

28.12.14

The Housing Crisis

Top housebuilders’ profits now back to pre-crash levels

Surging builders’ profits come as affordable housing numbers at eight year low.

15.12.14

The Housing Crisis

The Great British housing crisis

A generation is priced out of the housing market. So why is the UK building fewer affordable homes?

08.02.14

The Housing Crisis

Get the data – royal and historic landowners’ housing developments

The Bureau tracks the affordable housing built by Prince Charles’ Duchy and other ancient estates.

08.02.14

The Housing Crisis

Revealed: The affordable homes axed by Crown Estate and Prince Charles’s Duchy

The developments by Duchy of Cornwall and Crown Estate that do not meet affordable housing targets.

19.12.13

The Housing Crisis

London councils sit on millions meant for building cheaper homes

More than £160m meant for affordable homes is sat in council coffers.

18.09.13

The Housing Crisis

Thousands of affordable homes axed

Councils cave in as developers renegotiate building projects to deliver better profits.

18.09.13

The Housing Crisis

How we did it: Tracking affordable housing

Methodology: How the Bureau compiled its study of affordable housing.

18.09.13

The Housing Crisis

Get the data: The crisis in the UK’s affordable housing supply system

Three datasets exposing the UK’s failing affordable housing system.

25.06.13

The Housing Crisis

Westminster buys houses outside London to cope with steep rise in homeless

Council admits homeless strategy ‘unsustainable’ and ‘unlawful’.

08.06.13

The Housing Crisis

Westminster hit by soaring costs as it struggles with homeless crisis

Council spends more on homelessness than it saves on welfare clampdown.

23.05.13

The Housing Crisis

Case study: Beleaguered in Brent

Hanane Toumi and her family work and study in Westminster but now commute from Brent.

21.05.13

The Housing Crisis

Sharp rise in B&B spending as homelessness crisis intensifies

A £90m bed and breakfast bill for UK’s 12 largest cities.

20.05.13

The Housing Crisis

Voices from the frontline of the housing crisis

Those who experience the housing maelstrom first-hand speak out.

20.05.13

The Housing Crisis

Case study: Stranded in Southwark

With three children and a baby on the way Zara Mahamat just wants a stable home.

20.05.13

The Housing Crisis

Infographic: Price of UK’s escalating housing crisis

The scale of Britain’s housing crisis visualised.

19.05.13

The Housing Crisis

Get the data: Britain’s housing turmoil in numbers

Dataset: The Bureau’s research into the extent and cost of housing upheaval.

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