The “invisible minorities” of the UK housing system, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people have for too long...

Ben Phillips-Farmer, Head of Community Engagement at Rentstart, reflects on Freedom2Work's achievements after being awarded the...

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It's one of the most pervasive social injustices we...

It seems that we are at that point in the Summer season again, where the headlines harbour news of supposed crisis after crisis at the...

As coronavirus restrictions lift, vulnerable migrants with NRPF are facing the prospect of returning to life without shelter.

Csenge (Cicy) Földvári-Nagy, recipient of the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary 2020, blogs on the findings of her outstanding dissertation research at the University of Birmingham's School of Social Policy.

A formidable champion of the charity sector and campaigner who rarely rested, Jane Slowey was at the heart of change in the housing and...

Ben Phillips-Farmer reflects on Rentstart's 20-year history of harnessing the PRS as a route out of homelessness, including five years in partnership with Commonweal.

Megan Fereday reflects on the UK's first ever LGBT+ retirement community, and why older LGBT+ people need access to safe and affirming housing.

With youth unemployment at record levels, never has it been more important to provide a housing offer which enables young people to live, work, earn and learn.

A blog by Dominic Bradley, Chief Executive of Spring Housing Association. It is almost exactly a year since we published ‘ Exempt from...

Too many women are forced to choose between living with abuse or living on the streets. That’s because the majority of survivors of...

The impacts of the housing crisis are wide reaching and intersectional: colliding with other social issues like cuts to specialist...

For people in contact with the criminal justice system, access to safe housing is vital to moving onto independent and stable lives. Yet...

In the midst of a national housing crisis, it is obvious to most of us that too many people are locked out of safe, secure housing in the...

We must be cautious about throwing the baby out with the bathwater over talk of ending shared housing for homeless people, writes Ashley Horsey

Steve Douglas CBE reflects on his time guiding the work of Commonweal Housing as a Trustee and Chair, as he moves on to lead the homelessness charity St Mungos.

Nicola Aylward (Learning and Work Institute) blogs on the findings of the final evaluation of our Move On Up project for young adult carers.

This article was originally published in Civil Societ y. The new society we build from this crisis must finally put the most marginalised...

The UK Government's 'no recourse to public funds' policy has now been ruled unlawful by the High Court. CEO Ashley Horsey reflects on our work with Praxis Community Projects to mitigate its damaging effects.

Connie writes about how social distancing has changed the national perspective on housing for the most marginalised

At Commonweal, a key measure of success for projects we are involved in is the extent to which other organisations can build on our...

George Fisher shares the findings of his report for Commonweal into modular design, and its role in the future of housing for vulnerable groups.

This article by Amy Doyle, Deputy CEO at Commonweal, was originally published in Inside Housing . A home with an abusive partner. A...