housing and homelessness

City

Going once, going twice, Sold….Then sold again for a healthy profit

Dozens of council houses auctioned then quickly resold by private buyers

Adam Cantwell-Corn Lucas Batt
Adam Cantwell-Corn and Lucas Batt

City

‘We’re just as human as you’: one woman’s experience of being transgender and homeless

Bristol’s housing crisis means outreach services struggle to provide enough emergency accommodation, and homeless people scrape by on the streets.

Koel Mukherjee
Koel Mukherjee

City

The stories of tenants evicted by Connolly & Callaghan

Pregnant, made homeless, and refusing to leave: Meet the tenants evicted by Connolly & Callaghan, Bristol’s “ethical” emergency housing provider.

Alon Aviram Alex Turner
Alon Aviram and Alex Turner

City

Council face barricades and fail to evict Avonmouth protesters

Occupiers of 44 Avonmouth Terrace are still in situ, as council eviction order expires.

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

City

What future for a gentrified Bristol?

Faced with rising inequality, gentrification and a world gone mad, where will Bristol go?

John Harris

City

“Ethical” landlords doorstepped by community union

Connolly & Callaghan paid a visit by ACORN as Council look into issue.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

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 Alex Turner
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...

Koel Mukherjee
Koel Mukherjee

City

More tenant protection, more landlord loopholes

The Cable asks if licensing landlords actually protects tenants in Easton, Eastville and St George. Photo: Drew Rose In Bristol 25% of residents privately rent...

Molly Asher

City

Photo: Gloomy Corp

Zero affordable housing in major new Bristol development

Application includes no houses for affordable or social rent.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Features

WATCH: One city. One mayor. Our future

They want to be the most powerful person in Bristol and they need you. But do you know who’s who in the mayoral elections? Confused about the whole thing or just straight up bored? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.

The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable

Voices

Votes at 16: Should young people have a voice at the ballot box?

Youth worker Jack Clements makes the case for lowering the voting age.

Jack Clements
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