housing

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Reports

Council still hounding people with bailiffs after ‘ethical’ approach promise

The Cable has uncovered evidence Bristol City Council is referring thousands of council tax debts to enforcement agencies despite a stated policy to do so only as a last resort.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Features

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Are the Greens going to save Yew Tree Farm?

Nick Scott
Nick Scott

Reports

A photo of Barton House tower block

Council still thinking about knocking down Barton House, months after residents’ return

Alex Seabrook Alex Turner
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter) and Alex Turner
External shot of a boarded-up Wetherspoons in Bristol, which contains the remains of an art-deco cinema.

Reports

Owner of ex-pub and cinema should up his landlord game before developing more flats, say tenants

High-profile plans to turn a former Wetherspoons on Church Road into housing have been withdrawn this week. Some tenants of the developer, Landrose, say it needs to improve its service to people already living in its properties.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner
Image of derelict land awaiting transfer to Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust sits opposite a new housing association development (credit: Alex Turner)

Reports

Council delays putting community-led housing in at risk, Lockleaze charity warns

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Future of Cities

How ambitious and creative tree planting projects could help keep Bristol cool during heatwaves

Neill Talbot

Reports

‘A Pandora’s box’? What impact will Fishponds’ big new developments have, and who stands to profit?

Plans to redevelop three factory sites could see thousands of new homes along the Bristol and Bath Railway Path. Residents want to raise awareness about the potential impact of the schemes, which promise their owners lucrative returns.

Alex Turner Alon Aviram
Alex Turner and Alon Aviram

Reports

Community union’s intervention sees housing association eviction halted amid disrepair claims

Rent arrears proceedings by local social landlord that would have seen Cliftonwood man lose his flat are 'off the table for now', ACORN says

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

Council to launch ‘overdue’ consultation on expanding landlord licensing

Bristol City Council wants to significantly expand landlord licensing in a bid to drive up standards for renters. But do the plans go far enough?

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Area in Focus

Revealed: Renters living in mouldy flats handed steep rent hike by millionaire London landlords

Residents of the iconic Queens Court housing block in Clifton are fed up with living in poor conditions and their complaints being ignored, a Cable investigation has uncovered.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Area in Focus

‘My anxiety levels are off the scale’: Tempers fray as student houses multiply on estate

As residents and students clash on High Kingsdown estate, Bristol City Council is being urged to enforce its own targets and lower the number of HMOs in the area. 

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Investigations

Rogue landlord yacht owner turns to Airbnb after fleecing tenants’ of their deposits

Thomas Flight, whose Miss Conduct yacht sits in Bristol Harbour, has been convicted of a series of offences against his previous tenants but his properties are now on the short-term let market.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison
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