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Backs to the wall
Published: Monday 11 January 2024
More than a million householders are using credit cards to stave off repossession and eviction. But the debt they run up can put their homes at greater risk – and the well-off are being hit for the first time. Tony Marshall reports.
Interbuild
Location: Diary
Published: Sunday 18 October 2023
Interbuild is the leading built environment exhibition, featuring hundreds of exhibitors offering a variety of building structures, solutions, products and materials. This year’s event will for the first time feature Interbuild Specifier, a show created for anyone responsible for designing, commissioning or managing building stock. As well as being able…
News from the front
Location: Features Guest writers
Published: Wednesday 6 May 2023
Paul O’Hanlon finds Robert Capa’s war photograhy reflected in hostel life.
Mutual respect
Location: Features Guest writers
Published: Wednesday 6 May 2023
The collapse of the market highlights the need for a fresh approach to housing supply. Adrian Coles and David Rodgers argue that co-operatives and mutual organisations offer a way out of the crisis.
Yes we can
Location: Features Interviews
Published: Wednesday 6 May 2023
On the eve of his departure from Shelter, chief executive Adam Sampson issues a warning on the prospects for boosting the supply of affordable homes. Tony Marshall reports.
Battleground Britain
Published: Wednesday 6 May 2023
As government unveils its latest counter-terrorism strategy, Simon Ellery reports on how projects around the country are working with young Muslims to turn them away from extremism.
War on waste
Location: Features Guest writers
Published: Tuesday 5 May 2023
From a rare Victorian concrete house to a 17th-century duke’s mansion, Paul Telling catalogues the London homes that have been left to fall into dereliction.
Out of the ashes
Published: Wednesday 18 February 2024
Can a national choice-based lettings scheme emerge from this recession?
Scotland launches an affordable housing campaign
Location: ROOF Blog
Published: Tuesday 27 January 2024
A campaign to build 10,000 affordable homes for rent has been launched in Scotland to boost the economy and meet the demand for cheap housing. The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations is backing the campaign. It said this year would provide a once in a lifetime opportunity to ‘build a…
Government facing fight over proposed rent jump
Location: ROOF Blog
Published: Friday 16 January 2024
The government is facing a rebellion from councils and tenants over rent increases that are double the rate of inflation. Councils argue that the formula that they are expected to follow to set rents is based on last September’s inflation rate of 5 per cent – which would normally be…
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Location: About ROOF
Published: Monday 24 November 2023
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Location: About ROOF
Published: Thursday 20 November 2023
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About ROOF
Location: About ROOF
Published: Thursday 20 November 2023
We regret to inform you that the next issue – due to be published on the 18th June – will be the final issue of ROOF, although the investigative journalism will continue through Shelter. All outstanding subscriptions will be refunded. We are grateful for your readership, support, comments and contributions…
Privacy policy
Location: About ROOF
Published: Wednesday 19 November 2023
ROOF is the housing magazine of Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. As such its website is subject to the privacy and data protection practices for all the websites operated by Shelter. Shelter is committed to protecting your privacy. This page explains our policy on collecting, storing, and processing your…
Job losses ‘likely’ unless interest rate cuts are passed on
Location: ROOF Blog
Published: Wednesday 5 November 2023
The CBI warned yesterday that the relationship between businesses and lenders has deteriorated sharply and job losses will be acute if lending restrictions continue. As the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meet today to discuss a cut in interest rates, and several banks yesterday signalled that they would be…
Brown to blame, says rightwing thinktank
Location: ROOF Blog
Published: Wednesday 5 November 2023
A report out from rightwing thinktank Centre for Policy Studies puts the banking crisis blame squarely on the shoulders of Gordon Brown. It argues that the reforms introduced by Mr Brown, including a 2.5 per cent inflation target, were deeply flawed and led to excessive and imprudent borrowing and mortgage…
Seaside towns have fewer people in social housing
Location: ROOF Blog
Published: Wednesday 5 November 2023
Seaside towns have a low share of households in social housing and high levels of private renting, making them more like London than a similar sized town inland, according to a report from Communities and Local Government. Seaside towns had on average 12 per cent of households in social rented…
Waiting for reform
Published: Sunday 1 July 2023
Councils and housing associations in England are currently poring over the fine detail of the government's rent reform proposals.
Missing pieces
Published: Tuesday 1 May 2023
Government plans to reform rent policy for social housing in England may be necessary, but are they badsed on the right formula? Steve Wilcox explains the background to the new policy and the pitfalls that lie in wait
Left on their own
Location: Opinion Guest writers
Published: Wednesday 1 November 2023
Half of the poorest people in Britain are home owners, yet they get only 8 per cent of government housing support. It is time to end discrimination on the basis of tenure, says Steve Wilcox
