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Transfer on trial
21 April 2023
Nearly six years after Glasgow’s council housing moved to the control of Glasgow Housing Association, Hal Pawson analyses the successes and failures of the UK’s most controversial stock transfer.
Don’t call us…
21 April 2023
Shocked by the way tenants have had their housing complaints ignored in Kensington and Chelsea, local councillor Emma Dent Coad has compiled a report detailing the neglect. ROOF reports
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No access
21 April 2023
Affordability hits a five-year high, but a paucity of mortgages means first-time buyers still can’t access the housing market. Julian Birch analyses ROOF’s 2019 Affordability Index.
Anger in court
20 April 2023
Repossession claims have fallen since the introduction of a new mortgage pre-action protocol in November. But is it really helping homeowners in trouble? Tony Marshall finds worrying evidence that a failure to recognise the protocol could be making things worse, while Jeremy Kuper talks to homeowners at one London court.
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Striking a balance
18 February 2024
The demand for more homes is increasing. But are we getting the tenure right? Christine Whitehead and Sarah Monk report.
Enough’s enough
18 February 2024
Rosa Aers became a homelessness caseworker because she wanted to be ‘socially useful’. Three years later she’s leaving, disillusioned with the gatekeeping, cynicism and lack of resources. Photography by Mark Pinder.
Capital pains
18 February 2024
What happens when profit overtakes patients’ wellbeing in supported housing? Phil Frampton investigates how the growing use of venture capital in the care sector has left vulnerable people at risk.
Houses of the holy
18 February 2024
Robert Bullard reports on how empty or underused church property in Scotland is being turned into affordable housing.
In the LHA ghetto
18 February 2024
Far from placing people in mansions, local housing allowance is condemning them to poor housing in undesirable areas. Liam Reynolds reports.
Look the other way
18 February 2024
The private funding model has failed – and attempts to shore it up could end in further disaster. Tony Marshall examines the case for a viable publicly funded alternative.
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Slide rule
18 February 2024
With mortgage lending down to levels last seen in the 1970s, ROOF’s housing market healthcheck analyses the latest boom and bust. Report by Julian Birch.
On the edge
01 January 2024
On the buses
01 January 2024
About turn
01 January 2024
Headlines have stoked public perception of veterans returning from active service to a life on the streets. But research shows a very different picture, say Sarah Johnsen and Anwen Jones.
Remembrance day
01 January 2024
Rachael Claye reports from the annual service of commemoration at St Martin-in-the-Fields for all the people who died on the streets of London in 2018
