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Thursday briefing: How Michael Gove’s ‘new deal’ for renters went sour

In today’s newsletter: The renters reform bill was meant to address a spiralling housing crisis, but as a watered-down version finally passes, we look at the ways a great hope has become a crushing disappointment

The Guardian - UK

Housing is many UK voters’ priority but rental system remains unfixed

Rents are soaring, housebuilding is lagging and long-promised eviction reform has still not been enacted

The Guardian - UK

Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year

There were 830,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40% have been forced to relocate

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“He was an immortal badass”: the genius of Tom Petty, by the people who knew him best

Tom Petty’s daughters, ex-bandmates and peers look back on the life of an American legend

Louder

Prince William announces plan to build 24 homes for homeless people in Cornwall

Prince to work with charity to provide temporary homes near Newquay with ‘wraparound support’

The Guardian - UK

Renters in England face rising no-fault evictions as reform bill delayed again

More than 26,000 section 21 notices issued in five years since ban was announced, while social housing stock has plummeted

The Guardian - UK

Fifty years on, could we see another Centre Point-style housing protest?

In January 1974, campaigners took over a large vacant tower block in central London to protest against the housing crisis. We hear from those who were there

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From the Post Office scandal to nuclear attack: 13 TV shows that shook Britain

Mr Bates vs the Post Office has caused shockwaves in Westminster. Is it the most influential TV drama ever? We weigh the contenders, from Cathy Come Home to Queer As Folk to Who Bombed Birmingham?

The Guardian - UK

Record Number Of Homeless Children In UK Reaches All Time High At Over 140,000

Research shows that a record number of children have been forced into temporary accommodation this winter, including shipping containers and shared rooms.

International Business Times UK

Families with single parents at higher risk of eviction in England, says Shelter

Charity says lone-parent households are bearing brunt of housing crisis and that private renting is broken

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: will you be spending Christmas in homeless temporary accommodation?

We want to hear from people stuck in hotels or B&Bs over the holidays as 309,000 people in England face homelessness this Christmas

The Guardian - UK

‘The bailiffs will come at noon’: desperation and devastation in England’s housing courts

At one county court, tenants fighting to stay in their homes get what assistance they can from overworked lawyers in system described as a ‘pressure cooker’

The Guardian - UK

I spent a day in a court where ‘no-fault’ evictions reach 10 an hour. Whose fault is this, Rishi Sunak?

Promises to protect tenants in England have been broken, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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At least 167,000 people facing homelessness in London this Christmas

Thousands of families will spend the festive season 'freezing in a doorway', charity Shelter says

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The Independent UK

More than 300,000 people likely to be homeless at Christmas

Latest government statistics show homelessness at highest levels since records began

The Guardian - UK

Extra 40,000 people in England homeless this Christmas, says charity

Research by Shelter finds 309,000 people set to spend festive season ‘in a tiny hostel room or freezing doorway’ after rise in rough sleeping

Evening Standard

London's homelessness crisis deepens as people in temporary accommodation hits record high

Increase in numbers of children living in temporary accommodation in London

The Independent UK

Housing ‘disgrace’ as number of families in temporary accommodation hits record high

Nearly 140,000 children are living in temporary homes

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The Guardian - UK

Renting property in the UK: how to get the home you want

Know what you want and set an all-inclusive budget

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to get out’: two landlords on the ‘broken’ property rental market

From high rents to repossessions and public opprobrium, it’s not just tenants who say the system isn’t working

The Independent UK

‘Huge sigh of relief’ for renters after housing allowance unfrozen

Changes on both benefits and housing allowance will come into effect from April 2024.

The Guardian - UK

Rent rebels: the tenants who fought for their rights and won

It is not easy but you can take on a landlord over bad treatment or neglecting a property

The Guardian - UK

UK renters offer tenant CVs and year’s rent upfront to try to secure a home

Once in a property, renters can find landlords monitoring their behaviour and making demands about washing and heating

The Guardian - UK

Cashing in? The mortgage-free landlords who are raising the rent anyway

Majority of letters with no exposure to rising interest rates are demanding more money in new tenancy agreements

Evening Standard

Renters Reform Bill: eviction numbers soar as section 21 ban delayed

Eviction numbers in London are up 70 per cent in a year as government drags its feet on section 21 ban

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