07.10.22
The Housing Crisis
Three years since the Bureau first investigated, housing benefit rates still fall short across the country
09.11.21
The head of the civil justice system in England and Wales intervened after Bureau reporters were repeatedly blocked from public hearings
03.11.21
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
08.09.20
Housing associations pay higher than average rents to house the vulnerable
15.05.20
After an unprecedented effort to get ‘Everyone In’, the long-term fate of the homeless is uncertain
24.01.20
The government says the increase in line with inflation will give claimants an extra £10 a month, but a Bureau analysis suggests this will only make a handful more homes affordable
15.01.20
The local authority has decided to take medical assessments for housing assistance in-house, after the Bureau raised concerns over the company's practices
18.12.19
Over 100 councils have paid a private company, NowMedical, to assess vulnerable people applying for help with homelessness
21.10.19
The Bureau has investigated loopholes in the Housing (Wales) Act and Homelessness Reduction Act that mean some of the most vulnerable homeless people can be denied help
05.10.19
Every week 5,500 families approach English councils for help with homelessness, but vulnerable people are being left in limbo
04.10.19
Use our calculator to find out how many properties near you were offered at affordable rates
The Bureau has analysed more than 62,000 rental adverts and found 94% of rented homes are too expensive for families on housing benefit
27.11.16
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
Heavyweight political backing for transparency comes after Bureau debate on the secret system used by developers to reduce affordable housing.
26.05.15
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
Developer set to make £600m before it builds more than 20% affordable.
28.12.14
Surging builders’ profits come as affordable housing numbers at eight year low.
15.12.14
A generation is priced out of the housing market. So why is the UK building fewer affordable homes?
08.02.14
The developments by Duchy of Cornwall and Crown Estate that do not meet affordable housing targets.
The Bureau tracks the affordable housing built by Prince Charles’ Duchy and other ancient estates.
