July/August 2014
This issue’s cover stories:
No way out
Age special: how young and old are caught in the housing trap
Born homeless
Eight care homes before I was sixteen, but I was lucky, says Phil Frampton
No brainer
Poor housing equals poor prospects for British kids, Ruth Rendell warns
Blue build
The Tories should make new housing a key election pledge, says William Rees-Mogg
Dreams deferred
Guest-editor Simone Fergus on how her ambitions to get on in life are on hold, because she’s caught in the benefits trap
Evicted
A film about families being thrown out of their homes won a BAFTA this year. But what happened next?
On the treadmill
Young professionals face a lifetime of bonded labour, says Dr John Bone
Special focus: housing in an ageing society
Why this should be a government priority
So solid Crew
The latest on Debbie Crew’s campaign to stop landlords evicting tenants who complain
Rule and divide
Government should stop promoting split families, says Patricia Morgan