Category: News & Housing Reform
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Supported Accommodation in the UK: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Truth Nobody Tells You
Supported accommodation in the UK is supposed to offer housing and support for vulnerable people, but behind the scenes, many providers exploit loopholes for profit. This in-depth guide exposes how exempt accommodation works, who qualifies, how rogue landlords game the system, and what new regulations like the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 are doing…
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Wanted for Harassment: Crimes Include Sending Emails and Knowing My Rights
I was accused of harassment for sending emails. Not threats. Not insults. Just… follow-ups. In the UK rental market, knowing your rights is now considered aggressive behaviour. Repairs? Ignored. Tenants? Blamed. But hey, at least the police came, faster than the plumber ever did.
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Citizens Advice & Shelter Origins: How UK Housing Charities Shaped Tenant Rights (1939-2025)
Origins of Citizens Advice (1939) and Shelter (1966): how two UK housing charities evolved into tenant-rights powerhouses through 85 years of crises and reform.
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DWP’s Shocking Discrimination Record: Why the UK’s Benefits Department Keeps Losing Tribunal Cases
The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has lost more disability discrimination tribunals than any other employer. Discover what’s behind this troubling trend and what it means for employees and public trust.
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From Right to Buy to Right‑to‑Cry – 24 Years of Housing Hoopla in Redditch
Explore 24 years of Redditch housing—prices, council stock, Right-to-Buy fallout, tenant tips, and reform ideas—in a sharp, satirical UK deep-dive.
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Cruelty by Design: Amnesty Slams the UK’s Broken Benefits System
Amid soaring poverty, Amnesty International slams the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions for systemic discrimination and punitive sanctions. This deep-dive exposes how Universal Credit and welfare reforms trap disabled claimants, fuelling a broken benefits system ripe for overhaul.
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UK Private Rental Market 2001–2025: 24 Years of a Roller-Coaster Ride
From buy-to-let bingo to rent-rise Olympics, this razor-sharp, satirical timeline dissects 24 years of the UK’s private-rental market—unpacking soaring rents, tax shake-ups and the looming Renters’ Reform Bill with equal parts humour, hard numbers and mild despair.
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DEFY UK: The Political Movement Giving Tenants a Real Voice in the Housing Crisis
DEFY UK is a new political party formed by tenants, for tenants — demanding dignity, justice, and real change in the UK housing system. Not a protest. A reckoning.
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From Despair to Millionaire: The Untold Story of Tenants
Behind every property empire is a hidden story. This article exposes the tenant struggles buried beneath the rise of UK landlord success stories.
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Why Some Landlords, Agents, and Councils Fear Public Exposure – And Why It’s Their Own Fault
Discover why Landlords, Letting Agents, housing associations and councils fear public exposure, and how their own misconduct fuels that fear. Tenant Support UK breaks down the truth behind the silence, the panic, and the accountability they try to avoid.
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