Features

The local housing allowance is nearly always sent directly to tenants – even when they want it paid to their landlord. For vulnerable people, this pressure to manage their finances can be too great. Rob Stares reports

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New houses in Germany are cheaper than their British counterparts and on average 50 per cent larger. Given that the two countries have a similar population density, what’s going wrong in the UK? By Oliver Marc Hartwich

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A groundbreaking new study shatters some of the myths about statutorily homeless families in England. By Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Nicholas Pleace and Sarah Johnsen

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A Stockholm suburb is the model for Gordon Brown’s eco-towns. But will he dare follow Sweden’s anti-speculation housing policy, asks Stephen Hill

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Simone Fergus has a message for ministers: ‘Your housing policies are stifling my potential.’

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Hundreds of thousands of eastern European workers have arrived in Britain in the past two years looking for a better life. But what happens when the dream does not come true? Simon Ellery reports

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Hal Pawson has conducted extensive new research into homelessness prevention for the ODPM. In this article, he draws on the findings to respond to ROOF’s recent investigations into gatekeeping. He says that, while concerns about gatekeeping may continue, prevention is an effective way of tackling homelessness

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Sex workers are prevented from getting off drugs and escaping prostitution because of a lack of supported housing. Simon Ellery visits a project under threat in Bristol

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The proposed planning gain supplement could result in fewer affordable homes being delivered through the planning system, warns former housing minister Nick Raynsford

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The government has pledged to extend Britain’s ‘property-owning democracy’. But what happens to the families that get left behind? Will Wiles investigates

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