Interviews

On the eve of his departure from Shelter, chief executive Adam Sampson issues a warning on the prospects for boosting the supply of affordable homes. Tony Marshall reports.

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Shocked by the way tenants have had their housing complaints ignored in Kensington and Chelsea, local councillor Emma Dent Coad has compiled a report detailing the neglect. ROOF reports

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Rosa Aers became a homelessness caseworker because she wanted to be ‘socially useful’. Three years later she’s leaving, disillusioned with the gatekeeping, cynicism and lack of resources. Photography by Mark Pinder.

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Phil Frampton investigates the plight of asylum seeker children left homeless and destitute because they can’t prove they are under-18.

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Maff Potts, the Sally Army’s new director of homeless services, talks to Jeremy Kuper about the services’ revitalised role – and why he gave up a career in advertising

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We could build all the homes Gordon Brown wants. But only with improvements to planning, and the support of local communities, says David Pretty. Interview by Emma Hawkey

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From palatial mansions in Tehran, to a spy’s dank basement in Putney. Camila Batmanghelidjh recalls her varied housing experiences

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How do we reconcile demand for new homes with protecting the environment? Sounds like a question for Kate Barker. Interview by Emma Hawkey

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Paddy Hill was one of the ‘Birmingham Six’, wrongly imprisoned for more than 16 years for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings by the IRA. In a new ROOF series, he remembers his best and worst homes

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Pregnant and escaping domestic violence, Mary was repeatedly refused assistance by Thurrock council. She tells Bill Rashleigh what it feels like to be the victim of ‘gatekeeping’

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Cathy shocked a nation in 1966. Des Wilson tells Emma Hawkey how it pushed the campaign against homelessness to the top of the agenda

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The uniform is quaint, but the criticism of Labour’s approach to homelessness is not. The government has done ‘half the job’, says Major Ian Harris. Interview by Bill Rashleigh

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Robina Rafferty talks about 30 years of campaigning against homelessness and housing injustice. Interview by Bill Rashleigh

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Whatever next – a detailed, compassionate and intelligent Conservative approach to homelessness. Caroline Spelman clearly knows her stuff. Whether her shadow cabinet colleagues know it is a different matter. Interview by Will Wiles

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It began with a campaign against injustice and ended in suicide. But the short time that Alexander Masters knew Stuart Shorter also produced an extraordinary book about homelessness.  Interview by: Will Wiles

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