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08.09.20

The Housing Crisis

Taxpayers handing millions to private companies for housing the vulnerable

Housing associations pay higher than average rents to house the vulnerable

15.05.20

The Housing Crisis

The race to house Britain's homeless

After an unprecedented effort to get ‘Everyone In’, the long-term fate of the homeless is uncertain

24.01.20

The Housing Crisis

Locked Out: Why the housing benefit rise won't make much difference

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 Housing Crisis

Islington to drop NowMedical over homelessness assessment fears

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

The Housing Crisis

How a doctor who has never seen you can say you're fit enough to sleep on the streets

Over 100 councils have paid a private company, NowMedical, to assess vulnerable people applying for help with homelessness

21.10.19

The Housing Crisis

Locked Out: how a single lost letter can cost the homeless a house

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

The Housing Crisis

Locked Out: New homelessness law brings delays, denials and dead ends

Every week 5,500 families approach English councils for help with homelessness, but vulnerable people are being left in limbo

04.10.19

The Housing Crisis

Locked Out: Check if there’s enough affordable housing in your area

Use our calculator to find out how many properties near you were offered at affordable rates

04.10.19

The Housing Crisis

Locked Out: How Britain keeps people homeless

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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