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A group of women ended their occupation of empty council homes in Newham, east London, on Tuesday of this week.

The rich plan to snap up even more public land at the Mipim UK 2014 property fair - with the help of councillors

More than 500 workers at housing charity St Mungo’s Broadway are being balloted for strikes. 

The government was humiliated as it lost a vote on the bedroom tax last week. A private members’ bill from a Lib Dem backbencher got support from 304 MPs to 267.

Benefit cuts are causing misery and despair—but we should be confident about fighting back, argues Eileen Short

Workers at One Housing Group in London were set to strike for four days from Friday of this week.

An eviction was stopped in Nottingham last week after more than 200 people protested outside the home of cancer patient Tom Crawford.

Dave Sewell says council homes are being demolished in droves in London, as the land is sold to rich developers keen to profit from rocketing prices

The coalition might have hoped to bury a new report on the impact of the bedroom tax by releasing it on the same day as a headline-grabbing reshuffle.

Firms aren’t investing because they don’t expect a big enough profit to make it worthwhile. So they’re relying on lower wages and a property boom instead, writes Alex Callinicos.

Residents of council estates from several London boroughs met last Sunday to launch a new campaign to save homes facing demolition. It was agreed to campaign against the demolitions, to lobby the Housing Committee at City Hall, and to oppose the real estate property developers’ trade fair at Olympia, London, in October.  

Bosses at One Housing Group in London sacked Unite union rep Bryan Kennedy (right) on Wednesday of last week.