Kristian Olsteins moved to the UK from Lithuania with dreams of becoming a musician. Three years later he was dead.This is his story.Follow us on Twitter: @thehomepodcast1Hosted and produced by Samir Jeraj and Natalie BloomerProduct

Life on the Aylesbury Estate

Feb 6th, 2019 7m 36s

There was a moment after the Grenfell fire when it seemed as if social housing tenants might start to be listened to. Yet just across London residents housed on the Aylesbury Estate say they are regularly left with no hot water or heating. They

Losing Hope

Jan 29th, 2019 10m 52s

One of the most common reasons for somebody becoming homeless is a landlord evicting them. But what happens when a homelessness charity itself is facing eviction?In this episode we visit the Hope Centre in Northampton to hear about the campaig

Jeremy Corbyn

Jan 1st, 2019 10m 45s

In this episode we speak to Jeremy Corbyn as he visits a homelessness day centre in Northampton.We also take a look at the increase in attacks on homeless people and hear from Linda, who says she experienced regular threats of violence while s

Living in a car

Dec 11th, 2018 16m 1s

With soaring private rents and a chronic shortage of social housing, more and more people are finding themselves facing homelessness. Not all of those people are visible. Some are sleeping in tents, some are staying on a friend's sofa and some

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