housing and homelessness

Exclusive: Just 13 rough sleepers housed in Council empty home Task Force

Manchester Council accommodated hundreds.

Another blow to the counter-culture of Stokes Croft?

It wasn’t just council homes auctioned off last week: Chris Hope reflects on the loss of an artistic institution

Bristol’s housing puzzle: self-help and mutual aid

Housing will present an unpleasant puzzle for Bristol's next mayor, whoever they may be. Tessa Coombes offers solutions.

Bristol’s housing puzzle: tame a perfect storm

Housing will present an unpleasant puzzle for Bristol's next mayor, whoever they may be. Nick Ballard weighs in.

Bristol’s housing puzzle: Redefining “Affordable”

Housing will present an unpleasant puzzle for Bristol's next mayor, whoever they may be. Jules Birch gives us his take.

Bristol’s housing: challenges, ideas and priorities

Housing will present an unpleasant puzzle for Bristol’s next mayor, whoever they may be. We asked three experts for their slant on tackling it.

Protests while police and private security protect sale of council homes.

Continued protests whilst heavy handed policing and private security prevent disruption to public housing auction.

The best of Bristol news

In which we lighten up and take a little time out from reporting on the bad and serious stuff going on in our fair city...

Interactive Map: Bristol council’s homes under the hammer

The council have been selling off hundreds of homes in Bristol over the last decade, despite a long waiting list for council housing. Do the...

New challenges for a booming Bristol

Bristol's population is projected to have surpassed half a million by 2029, growing at a faster rate than the rest of England. With a changing population, both in size and nature, what implications might this have for democracy, participation, and cohesion in the city?

Rooftop protest against squat eviction

“There is a housing crisis and they are trying to evict people from their homes. I am resisting peacefully. This is my home.”

Supported housing’s future hangs in the balance

Unless the government protects them from its housing benefit cuts, homes for vulnerable people could start shutting down in Bristol next year.