No one should be punished for being #homeless .

While the government has made some changes to the legislation, the #CriminalJusticBill still criminalises people for being homeless. Instead, politicians must pledge to end the #HousingEmergency .

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❌ The situation: 300,000 people in England are homeless. 1.3mil households are waiting for a social home. We're currently LOSING more social homes than we're building 🤯

✅ The solution: build more social homes.

Join the fight for more social homes: shltr.org.uk/Kfzfs

This weekend Michael Gove said he regretted the number of children in temporary accommodation – currently a record 145k.

Shelter’s @Pollyn1 spoke to BBC Radio 4 Today about how a lack of #SocialHomes leaves families unable to afford a secure home.

At 1hr 54m bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

🏠 TV and radio presenter Yinka Bokinni was #MadeInSocialHousing . For her, it meant belonging, a support network, and a sense of identity.

Right now, millions are waiting for social homes that aren’t being built. Build social housing, end the housing emergency.

Many renters need guarantors – especially students, people claiming benefits and workers on a low income.

If you’re asked to be a guarantor, here are three things you should know 👇🏿

Find out more: shltr.org.uk/sfzpk

Get benefits to help with rent? You could get a Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) if they don’t cover your full rent. You might get a DHP because of:

🟢 High rents in your area
🟢 The benefit cap
🟢 Bedroom tax

Use your postcode to check how to apply: cutt.ly/EeqZMXEr

A HUGE thank you to Sleaford Mods and Rough Trade Records for supporting Shelter with their cover of 'West End Girls' back in November.

They’ve now raised over £52,000 from single and merchandise sales, collections at their UK shows and generous support from their fanbase. 🙌

📢 Voters have shown that ending #homelessness is their priority. It's now time to start delivering the social homes that the #WestMidlands urgently needs.

Call for all party leaders to commit to ending the #Housing Emergency 👉🏾 shltr.org.uk/vfglk

🏠 What did growing up in ‘Our House’ mean for Madness musician Suggs? 👇

As he describes, social homes can be life changing. But we don't have enough of them.

We need to build more genuinely affordable social homes and end the housing emergency. #MadeInSocialHousing .

'With the safety and security of a home I could focus on following other ambitions like music.'

Musician and Madness lead singer Suggs told Big Issue about growing up in his social home, and why he's involved in our #MadeInSocialHousing campaign. 🏠
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A powerful campaign by Shelter 👏🏾

I grew up on a council estate. I know how important it is to be raised in secure, quality and affordable housing.

Social housing is the key to building a better and fairer city for everyone.

We've been blown away by the fantastic response to our new film and campaign.

Thank you so much for sharing your own stories about being #MadeInSocialHousing ❤️

You're showing just how life-changing social homes are, and the very reason why we need more of them.

New #NorthEast Mayor Kim McGuinness has won votes with her pledges to provide social homes 👏🏽

It’s now time for all political parties to follow suit and pledge to provide funding to all regions to build the social homes that are essential to ending the #HousingEmergency .

Have you seen our new film? It features a few familiar faces!

A huge thank you to everyone who shared their stories about how they were #MadeInSocialHousing 🏠❤️ graham mcpherson Eddie Marsan #YinkaBokinni

Suggs & Shelter…

I am proud of my upbringing, proud of the community I was raised in and that’s why I’m honoured to be part of this campaign. We need to build more social homes, so a new generation can be proud to say we are #MadeinSocialHousing .

🏠 When we build social homes, we’re building better lives. We’re building stability. A brighter future.

But right now, we don’t have nearly enough of them.

We need to build good social homes again so a new generation can be proud to say: we are #MadeInSocialHousing .

Millions of children in England don't have anywhere safe and decent to call home.

We’ve signed National Housing Federation' letter to Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Ed Davey asking them to commit to a long-term #PlanForHousing

We can solve the #HousingEmergency
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Over 500 renters are served a section 21 eviction notice EVERY DAY.

It’s time for housing leaders across all parties to remind Parliament why we needed this Bill in the first place, and fight for renters.

Tell them nothing less than a re-write will do shltr.org.uk/ifl5t

‘There’s no living room, no table to eat at, no desks for the children to study and no Wi-Fi for them to do their homework.’

With a record 145,800 children #homeless in temporary accommodation, our blog on the devastating impact of the #HousingEmergency : shltr.org.uk/sfl8w