Homeless with a sick child: the stark reality of our housing crisis Rebecca is a mum to three children, including a baby with type 1 diabetes. To prevent her baby from becoming seriously ill, she needs to monitor his blood sugar levels throughout the day and night and provide him with a carefully controlled diet. If this wasn’t difficult enough, Rebecca was facing homelessness when her landlord decided to evict her and her family. A new report from the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) describes how Rebecca was badly let down by her … MORE... #TemporaryAccommodation #Homelessness #Campaigns
http://blog.shelter.org.uk/2017/12/homeless-with-a-sick-child-the-stark-reality-of-our-housing-crisis/ The draft bill banning letting fees is under scrutiny The government’s draft bill banning letting fees is currently being scrutinised by the Communities and Local Government Committee. We have submitted evidence to the committee, which together with evidence from other organisations, will help inform the committee’s recommendations about what the final version of the bill should look like. Here is a summary of our main recommendations to the committee about the different proposals in the Bill. The ban on upfront fees Shelter is very supportive of the ban … MORE... #Campaigns #LettingAgents http://blog.shelter.org.uk/2017/12/the-draft-bill-banning-letting-fees-is-under-scrutiny/ Does campaigning actually work? What we achieved in 2017. Campaigning to bring safe, secure and affordable homes to all is not an easy mission. With your support last year however, we took some massive steps to getting there. Not only for the thousands we help on a day-to-day basis across the country through our advice and service provision, but also for the millions who stand to benefit from some of our campaigning achievements last year. Here’s a shortlist of our campaigning highlights from 2017. Building more homes Throughout the … MORE... #Campaigns #Campaigning #2017 http://blog.shelter.org.uk/2018/01/what-we-achieved-in-2017/ A fork in the road: the Letwin review In the pantheon of sexy retail offers, the promise of an internal government review does not, you might argue, necessarily set the pulse racing. So when a review of land banking was announced in the Autumn Budget, it wasn’t rewarded with huge media attention. Some world-weary cynics (not me, you understand) even wondered if it was just a way to kick the issue into the long grass. But there’s every reason to pay attention to the review (which will be … MORE... #Campaigns http://blog.shelter.org.uk/2018/01/a-fork-in-the-road-the-letwin-review/
