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August 3, 2020

Over 450,000 private renting parents fear ‘Covid-homelessness’

Parents living in privately rented homes in England are almost twice as likely to be worried about homelessness than parents living in secure social homes.
June 20, 2019

Mental Health Foundation Scotland condemns forced evictions of asylum seekers

A mental health charity has warned that Serco’s plan to evict 300 asylum seekers will exacerbate trauma and anxiety disorders among one of Scotland’s most vulnerable communities.
May 20, 2019

Legal challenge to government over disabled people who have lost out on Universal Credit

A group of disabled people are preparing to bring a legal challenge against the government after losing out on benefits when they were migrated over to the universal credit system.
February 22, 2019

Indian Supreme Court orders eviction of estimated 8 million tribespeople

The ruling is in response to requests to declare invalid the Forest Rights Act, which gives forest-dwelling people rights to their ancestral lands.
November 17, 2018

New report on debt and housing in the private rented sector

A debt charity is particularly worried about the position of clients in the private rented sector.
October 15, 2018

Leader of DWP workers union says Universal Credit is 'unmitigitated failure'

Union leader says Ministers are making themselves complicit in the suffering of claimants by ignoring the evidence.
September 11, 2018

UN experts appalled by Israeli court decision permitting demolition of West Bank village

An Israeli High Court ruling allowing demolition of the entire Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar Ab al Helu has been described as “appalling” by two UN human rights experts.
July 31, 2018

Church of Scotland concern as over 300 asylum seekers in Glasgow face eviction

The Church of Scotland has expressed deep concern that more than 300 asylum seekers in Glasgow are under threat of eviction.
June 23, 2018

High Court win for Law Centres on legal aid to prevent home loss

The High Court ruled that the government's decision was “one that no reasonable decision-maker could reach”.
April 17, 2018

Tenants put up with shoddy or unsafe homes out of fear of eviction, says CAB

Citizens Advice says more than one in four private tenants do not complain for fear of being evicted.