housing and homelessness

Notorious Bristol property boss fined more than £10,000 for eyesores

Mushtaq Ahmed was fined £10,327 for failing to comply with a legal order to clean up three empty buildings he owns – after the Cable revealed the potential breach earlier this year.

The Cable view: Bristol renters can’t wait any longer for reform

After reporting for years on the city’s broken rental market, the Cable supports those demanding that the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill becomes a reality – now.

Bristol renters descend on Westminster to demand greater rights and protections

Four years after the government promised to ban no-fault evictions, renters are still waiting for a lifeline in the Renters Reform Bill that would correct the power imbalance with private landlords. 

Explained: what vision for major 2,000-home development could mean for Bedminster

The regeneration of Whitehouse Street will change the face of Bedminster. So how does the masterplan shape up on affordable housing, high rises and protecting jobs?

‘Crisis’ extends housing misery for Lockleaze buyers, as L&G admits mould issues on sister scheme

Modular homes at Legal & General's Bonnington development will be taken off their foundations, leaving buyers waiting up to a year, while serious mould problems had to be fixed at another scheme in Yorkshire, the Cable can reveal.

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.

Catholic Diocese of Clifton to turf out south Bristol mum from home in no-fault eviction

Gill Simmons, who was handed a section 21 eviction notice for the second time in two years, says single parents and those who are self-employed are constantly discriminated against within Bristol’s private rental system.

Construction errors delay Lockleaze’s factory-built homes, leaving buyers in the lurch

Modular homes at Legal & General's Bonnington site have been hit by six-month delays in completion, after a 'serious mistake' meant brick walls had to be dismantled.

Bristol councillors set to back rent controls and local database of rogue landlords

Councillors will vote next week on a motion setting out a range of interventions in the increasingly unaffordable private rented sector, including a database to name and shame the worst landlords, as highlighted by the Cable in 2022.

Revealed: Serious incidents ongoing at controversial south Bristol flats, despite council review

Minutes obtained by the Cable show ongoing problems at Imperial Apartments in Hengrove, with concerns being raised over tenants' mental ill-health, energy costs, the 'unwelcoming' environment and the behaviour of security staff.

‘I’m Band Four on the housing waiting list – how am I ever going to get out of here?’

Earlier this year, Bristol City Council weighed up converting Imperial Apartments from permanent to temporary accommodation, the Cable can reveal. Many families, backed by their local MP, would love to move on.

The deacon who evicted her tenants before Christmas to make way for a community house

Love Bristol, a charity that will be taking over the property to run a ‘community house’, says it had ‘sympathy’ for the tenants, but insists its ‘charitable mandate is to focus on vulnerable people’.