Features

New research sheds light on the plight of homeless teenage mums and their strong desire to create an independent life for themselves and their children. Joanne Newton reports

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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.

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There are 10 million disabled people in Britain – but not enough homes to allow them an independent life. Now some of them are taking the fight for housing into their own hands, reports Ian Cook

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Regeneration is meant to be about community empowerment. Try telling that to residents of one south London estate. Brook Hewett and Bill Rashleigh report. Photographs by Andrea Testoni.

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Far more homeowners are struggling to stave off repossession than lenders admit. Tony Marshall reports

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Pumping money into drug treatment is a waste if the person you’re trying to help has no home to go to, says Tony Marshall

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A lack of decent and affordable private rented housing is pushing many tenants into slum accommodation, writes Julie Rugg

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Tenants in large blocks of flats are left to live in squalor as landlords, freeholders and managing agents are unable, or unwilling, to take action. By Liz Simpson

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A company offering medical reports is enabling local authorities to reject homeless applications, writes Tony Marshall

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Bob Widdowson recalls the optimism, commitment, enthusiasm – and gallons of instant coffee – that got the 1977 legislation on to the statute books

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