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Affordable Housing

Image of Maria Perrett and Alex Bugden of Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust, which developed the concept of a local lettings policy with residents (credit: Alex Turner)

Local housing for local people in Lockleaze: can it work?

Hundreds of new homes are coming to Lockleaze, but some of the developments have not been popular. Can a change in the rules on who gets new social housing in the area bring benefits for locals?

Alex Turner

housing Bristol

Student rent strike continues despite university affordable housing pledge

Dan Hobson

Ideas and Action

Baling out the housing crisis

Hannah Vickers

Voices

Bristol’s changing hostels in the age of Brexit

“In the ten years I’ve been working in the Backpackers, I’ve never experienced a situation like this.” Hostel workers on the impact of Brexit.

Rafel Fernandez Lopez

City

An ethics lesson for emergency housing

Alex Turner

City

Troubled waters

Carrie Hitchcock

City

Bristol firm profiting from housing homeless – by kicking other tenants out

Bristol emergency housing provider evicting settled tenants and converting homes into high-rent emergency accommodation More on this story: Meet the evicted tenants & Landlords doorstepped by...

Alon Aviram and Alex Turner

Reports

Students and University in battle over high rents

Bristol University is being accused of shutting out applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds, after an announcement that rents in halls will be raised from the next...