Awaab’s Law: What tenants need to know about damp, mould and housing disrepair
What Awaab’s Law means for social housing tenants, the planned changes and how Arkas Law can help.
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Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018: A tenant’s guide to housing disrepair
What makes a home unfit, how to report problems and what you can do if your landlord fails to act.
Ex-council house smashes £1m barrier
A 2015 report on a Fulham flat listed for over £1 million and London’s housing shortage.
Met police make arrest in council housing fraud
A 2015 report on a police investigation into alleged council housing fraud.
Subletting a council property
An archived explanation of unlawful subletting and social housing fraud.
Homeless people: a priority need?
A look at the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision on vulnerability and homelessness.
Homelessness and 'social cleansing'
An archived article on homeless families being moved out of London.