Tracey Emin to offer art lessons to hostel residents

Slow progress

Seventy-five years ago George Orwell exposed terrible living conditions in the north. Today the same areas still face huge problems

Getting together

Seaside slum

New caps on housing benefit will force tenants out of higher-rent areas and into places like Margate’s Cliftonville. The area is already deprived, so how will it cope with the influx? Photography and words by Simon Brandon

Migrating to Margate

Meet the board

The housing sector has an important role to play in preventing a repeat of this summer’s riots. Here, Lydia Stockdale gathers together a panel of experts to help shape the sector’s response

Colour charts

As voters across England, Scotland and Wales prepare to go to the polls, we assess the key battlegrounds for housing

Ageing sustainably

By 2020 China will have more than 260 million people over the age of 65. Here, Jess McCabe gets a glimpse at how the country plans to house some of them in a giant, retirement eco-city

The power of youth

Last summer’s riots demonstrated how disenfranchised some young people are from their communities. Beena Nadeem meets the teenagers teaching social landlords how to put that right

Going spare

The government’s contentious ‘bedroom tax’ on under-occupying tenants is set to become law this month. Alex Turner looks at the disproportionate effect it’s likely to have in the north

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