Seven-day strike could delay hundreds of London housing repair works Thousands of homes across the capital could be impacted after fresh strikes were announced by repair and maintenance workers. Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024
Royal Navy veteran forced to live in flat so mouldy his shoes turn green Armed forces veteran Steve Garner, from Stoke-on-Trent, claims his flat has been mouldy for years but his housing association won't listen to him Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2023
Street of Housing Shame: Children breathe in mould in Housing Minister's constituency Several families on one street are living in homes that have turned green on the outside and have mould festering inside as they fear for their lives Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2023
Inside UK's social homes from hell - plagued with rats, mould and crumbling walls Families across the UK have exposed the mould, damp and disrepair they've been forced to endure living in under social housing and council landlords Daily Mirror · Nov 23, 2022
Man 'frightened to death' upon discovering foot-long creature in kitchen Michael Rutherford says the beast he found behind his washing machine was the size of a 'small cat' Daily Record · Oct 27, 2022
Horrified man spots 'foot-long' creature while making tea in rat-infested home Michael Rutherford has been struggling to live at his home in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, which is infested with giant rats that have been destroying his clothes and furniture Daily Mirror · Oct 27, 2022
Woman left with £2,000 water bill after housing association fails to fix leak Melanie Scott de Mendez told Sanctuary Housing about the leak as soon as she found out about it, but four months on they still hadn't fixed the issue Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022
Mum shocked to get water bill for almost £2,000 Melanie's water usually costs her just £470 for six months Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022
'Threatened with eviction amid cancer fears because I set up residents' group' Nicola Calica-Myall, from London, claims she is being bullied by Sanctuary Housing after they sent her the eviction warning because she was unable to allow a boiler inspector into her home which they vehemently deny Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022
Housing provider ‘neglects’ young family for four years with bed bug infestation and mould outbreak Exclusive: Jade and Tyrone Sullivan, and their three young children, have been grappling with health issues brought about by substandard housing for nearly four years. The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022
Linwood development will see 28 new homes built Developers say a portion of the properties will be "affordable housing" Daily Record · Jul 20, 2022
'Turning my boiler off to cut costs saved my life as it would have exploded' East London mum-of-one Nicola Calica-Myall - who spends more money on gas than any other bill - was shocked to discover that by turning her boiler off saved the 'whole block from being taken out' Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022
Demolition of sandstone towers at Victoria Infirmary branded 'architectural vandalism' Sanctuary Housing have come under fire after the "iconic and irreplaceable" 133-year-old cupolas were torn down at the weekend for further redevelopment space. Glasgow Live · Feb 21, 2022
Family-of-five on Universal Credit to be thrown out of home due to unpaid rent ‘I ain’t separating my family just because you want me to’ Manchester Evening News · Feb 5, 2022
Wales Online · Feb 5, 2022 Family of five on Universal Credit face eviction over unpaid rent Amy Winter and Joshua Thain are living in a house that was leased to Joshua's late mother
Daily Record · Feb 4, 2022 Family living on Universal Credit set to be chucked out of home over unpaid rent The family-of-five are set to be evicted on February 7 over a number of months of unpaid rent.
Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022 Family on Universal Credit facing life on streets after being ordered to leave home The family of five are being evicted from the house in Thurnscoe, Yorkshire, on Monday February 7, after having failed to pay rent for several months
Leeds Live · Jan 29, 2022 Single Leeds dad's woes as he is forced to share bed with daughter, 3, in mould-infested flat Luke Hunter is desperate to move out of his home, near Cookridge, but cannot leave until he repays a £500 debt to Sanctuary Housing