Bruce Lawrence Herry, a 52-year-old former martial arts teacher who sustained life-changing injuries and brain damage after being stabbed in the head in May 2025, staged a protest outside Camden Council’s headquarters by refusing to leave in his wheelchair until he was provided with safe, accessible housing, following months of being placed in unsuitable temporaryContinue reading “No Home, No Hope—Stranded By A System That Left A Disabled Man Behind”
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One Warehouse Turned Into A Hundred Second Chances
In Minneapolis, an empty 48,000-square-foot warehouse was transformed into Avivo Village, an innovative indoor community featuring 100 private, lockable tiny homes with on-site medical, mental health, and substance use services for people experiencing homelessness. Since opening in December 2020, Avivo Village has helped hundreds of people transition off the streets by providing private tiny homesContinue reading “One Warehouse Turned Into A Hundred Second Chances”
Forced To Sell, Forbidden To Rebuild
The severe shortage of council housing is not a simple failure by local authorities, but rather the result of forty years of national Right to Buy legislation and central government funding restrictions that legally compelled councils to sell off over two million homes while blocking them from building replacements. The crisis exists because Margaret Thatcher’sContinue reading “Forced To Sell, Forbidden To Rebuild”
‘Homeless’ Sarah Ferguson Has ‘Nowhere To Live’
Sarah Ferguson is yet to find a new permanent property because she won’t move in with her ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and their children can’t offer her a home, it was claimed. The former Duchess of York is in the midst of a ‘housing crisis’ and is clinging on to the hope of finding a newContinue reading “‘Homeless’ Sarah Ferguson Has ‘Nowhere To Live’”
Absolutely Furious
The housing crisis in Britain is very personal to Roger Lucas, who owns a vintage scooter business in Margate. The businessman’s sister has been stuck on a council housing waiting list for more than two years. So when he heard of a plan to use taxpayer funds to convert local properties into temporary accommodation for asylumContinue reading “Absolutely Furious”
Better Lives Attract Britons To Australia
Britons are flocking to Australia in enormous numbers to earn an income while enjoying the famously laid-back Aussie lifestyle. Almost 50,000 Brits arrived Down Under on working holiday visas this year out of more than 200,000 applicants overall, a new record high. The spike in ‘Poms’ heading Down Under has been boosted by a loosening ofContinue reading “Better Lives Attract Britons To Australia”
Labour Set To Overhaul Planning Laws To Build The ‘Biggest Wave Of Social And Affordable Housing In A Generation’
Labour will overhaul planning rules to build the ‘biggest wave of social and affordable housing in a generation’, the Deputy Prime Minister has said. Angela Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, said delivering the homes at scale is her ‘No 1 priority’ after accusing the previous government of giving up on building. Echoing the Chancellor’sContinue reading “Labour Set To Overhaul Planning Laws To Build The ‘Biggest Wave Of Social And Affordable Housing In A Generation’”
Disused Bus Stop Turned Into Temporary Home Exposes Housing Crisis
A group of homeless individuals converted an abandoned bus stop into a makeshift home, exposing Britain’s housing problem. Seven months ago, Destiny Mitchell, 26, moved into a 9.8-by-3.2-foot glass and metal shelter in Selly Oak, Birmingham, with her mother, 44, and boyfriend, 31-year-old Ryan. The trio has added cupboards, chairs, carpet, bins, bedding, and Super MarioContinue reading “Disused Bus Stop Turned Into Temporary Home Exposes Housing Crisis “
Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’
Rachel Reeves has said that Labour could alter planning rules to allow hundreds of thousands of vital homes to be built on the ‘Green Belt. The shadow chancellor said the party would look at reclassifying protected land as ‘brownfield’ sites ripe for development under a ‘common sense approach’ if elected. It comes as all theContinue reading “Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’”
It Gets Worse Just When You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse!
A house hunter has shared her hilarious response after finding a London rental property on the market for £1,387 per month, with its bed stashed in a wardrobe. Rachel Kitcat was casually viewing apartments on Rightmove when she stumbled across the quirky studio on St George’s Drive, Pimlico, central London, with the bottom of theContinue reading “It Gets Worse Just When You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse!”
