Human traffickers use social homes to house victims

Pig sick

Fatal Derby house fire was started with petrol

The fire in a Derby council house in which six children died was started by petrol below the letterbox in the hallway.

Police failed mother who killed herself and disabled daughter

Police are to face disciplinary action for failing to take ‘sufficient action’ to protect a woman who killed herself and her disabled daughter after years of abuse.

Landlord received no warning ahead of double murder

A landlord said it received no warning from partners that a tenant and her daughter who were shot and killed had complained to police of harassment.

People in glass houses . . .

After the riots the police, press and politicians were quick to point the finger at social housing tenants, but maybe they should look closer to home, argues Julie Fawcett

Weather any storms

New guidelines will help landlords comply with the Human Rights Act, says Nnenna Morah, senior associate in the social housing team at Lewis Silkin

Scrapheap challenge

The price of metal has risen sky high making pipes, railings and even boilers an irresistible target to thieves. Chloë Stothart finds out how one housing association is tackling the growing problem of metal theft

No magic solution

Proposals to make it easier to evict anti-social tenants are unlikely to work, says Angela Jack, barrister at Five Paper

Cheated out of their savings

Abusive financial practices targeting the elderly are on the rise, but so are measures to protect vulnerable housing association residents. Alex Turner reports

Digital age

In the last of this week’s Focus pieces on digital inclusion we take a look at work helping older people get online