Press Articles 2023

31 December – The Guardian

Tenants left living in squalor in Britain as landlords escape heavy fines

14 December – BBC News Yorkshire

Rent rises will ‘push tenants over cliff edge’

30 November – Channel 4

Sick tenants confront social landlords at awards show

17 November – Manchester Evening News

‘I’ve been in houses where I couldn’t stay for more than half an hour because the mould made me feel sick’
– Protesters picketed the Affordable Housing Awards – which were cancelled in 2022 in the wake of the Awaab Ishak scandal

13 November – BBC East
Bedford family fear taking a bath after cracks appear in Clarion house

19 October – The Big Issue
Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints

18 October – BBC News South
Cancer patient says he is stuck in Bracknell mouldy flat

9 October – Inside Housing
No decision taken on decanting residents from block with fire safety concerns, Southern Housing says

3 October – Ealing News
More Southall residents go on “rent and service charge strike” against UK’s largest housing association Clarion

19 September – The Guardian
England’s big social housing landlords ignoring official complaint warnings

12 September – iNews
‘Powerless’ housing association leaseholders hit with unexplained £3,000 service charge

11 September – Ealing News
Southall residents on “rent and service charge strike” against UK’s largest housing association Clarion over increasing charges and lack of transparency

7 September – Open Democracy
RAAC scandal spreads to housing as estate revealed to contain aerated concrete

30 August – Talk TV
Jeremy Kyle Investigates the Housing Crisis

30 August – Inside Housing
Housing association leaseholders in east London estate go on service charge strike

8 August – LBC Radio
Rent controls

28 July – Inside Housing
More than 40% of respondents claim landlords charge them for services that do not apply to their home or estate

19 July – Byline Times
With their Bosses Earning Twice that of Other Charities, Have Housing Associations ‘Lost their Social Purpose?’

2 June – Byline Times
Social Housing Providers’ Billions in Surpluses as Record Number of Tenants Report Poor Conditions

18 May – Housing Digital
Peabody merger: Are supersized housing associations too big to fail?

15 May – BBC London
SHAC Secretary interviewed for broadcast article on Sadiq Khan and Affordable Housing targets

10 May – City AM
Even if you do buy a home, the pestilence of service charges could make it unaffordable

21 April – NE Londoner
Tower Hamlets tenants struggling over service charge increase

21 April – The Big Issue
Campaigners reveal tenants have been overcharged almost £2 million for service charges

14 April – LBC Radio
Calls for ‘rat tsars’ across Britain after New York appoints ‘somewhat bloodthirsty’ official

4 April – Times Radio
Raw sewage, mould and rats – the state of some UK social housing

3 April – The Times
How poor housing costs the NHS £1.4bn a year

28 March – The Big Issue
England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade

27 March – Morning Star
Britain’s ‘unsustainable’ social housing model causing ‘deep and devastating’ strain on residents

21 March – BBC Radio 4
Rental Health: The Social Housing Perfect Storm?

15 March – Financial Times
Housing in London: damp, mould and high charges at Peabody properties

16 March – impact shown in Inside Housing – 16 March – Disrepair scandals ‘real risk’ to investment, says housing association boss

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12 March – Sunday Mirror
Giant rats and raw sewage ‘hell’ spark fear for kids’ health due to mould and damp

3 March – Inside Housing
‘Staggering’ government does not know cost of service charges on benefits bill

3 March – Evening Standard
The Leader podcast: Tackling social housing ‘rogue landlords’

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21 February – The Guardian
Letters comment on Aditya Chakrabortty article