housing Bristol

Reports

Emergency insulation kits and advice to help Bristol households through the winter months

As people on low incomes struggle with the energy crisis, Bristol Energy Network will support hundreds of households with insulation materials and training. But with thousands struggling, much broader action is needed.

Adam Corner
Adam Corner

Reports

Council call off bailiffs after discovering an eviction blocked by community response was for a debt owed to them

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Solutions in Bristol

‘Tents and shipping containers won’t solve our homelessness crisis. Here’s what will’

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

Reports

Charities scramble to find homes for 60 homeless people cut loose from Everyone In scheme

Bristol City Council carried on support for Bristol’s homeless during the pandemic, long after the government withdrew funding, but now it’s coming to an end and charities are struggling to plug the gap.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

housing Bristol

Bristol’s affordable housing and climate goals do not sit easily together

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

housing Bristol

Housing in Bristol under Marvin Rees

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

City

Bedminster’s East Street is changing, but who will benefit?

A cluster of high rises is being built on Bristol’s second-biggest high street. Opinion is split on whether the development will bring new life to the stricken area, or be the final nail in its coffin.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

City

Developer withdraws planning proposals for ‘grim’ and ‘Stalinist’ St Pauls flats

Controversial plans for a four-storey block of flats in St Pauls have been withdrawn. The boss of developers Clayewater Homes says they spent “a lot...

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Solutions in Bristol

The idea of sharing a home across generational divides is having a come back

Housing is expensive for Bristol's young people, so what about bridging the generational divide and saving some cash?

Fatima Hudoon
Fatima Hudoon

housing Bristol

‘I’m an Irish Traveller. The government is attacking us at every angle’

The Home Office plans to criminalise trespass, a move campaigners say threatens Travellers' way of life.

Ellen Tryer

Features

Beyond Brexit: In Bristol’s housing crisis everyone’s a loser apart from the landlords

Everyone’s a loser in Bristol’s housing crisis, except for landlords and people looking to sell their homes. Tenants in the privately rented sector are struggling...

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

housing Bristol

Housing coops: a landlord you can trust

For the many people in Bristol renting their homes and unable to buy, housing cooperatives offer an alternative way to live.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers
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