The fifth episode of this series on how the housing crisis impacts local communities in Birmingham shows how the acute shortage of family homes in the social rent sector is having a deep impact on families in the city.

In the fourth episode of this series looking at how the housing crisis impacts local communities in Birmingham, Dan Mayes and Louise Jones highlight the range of community and support networks in place to help people in housing need.

In the third episode of this series highlighting housing need in local communities in Birmingham, we get a glimpse of how poor housing impacts many other areas of life, especially people’s mental health and wellbeing.

In the second episode of this series telling stories of housing need in local communities in Birmingham, we hear about how failures of the housing system disrupt children’s education.

In part 1 of our Birmingham Housing Stories, we hear about how the Church is working together with local community groups to help those in housing need in Birmingham