The Housing Podcast speaks to Rokhsana Fiaz, the new mayor of east London borough Newham, and charity The Magpie Project about the borough's chronic homelessness crisis.

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The Homes Fit for Human Habitation Act is on the statute book. But what is it for? What does it do? And will it work?

Karen Buck MP, who guided the bill through Parliament, along with housing lawyers Giles Peaker and Justin Bates - who wrote it - sit down with the Housing Podcast to answer all this and more.

The Housing Podcast team round up the biggest stories of the year, pick out some memorable moments and go head-to-head in a quiz of 2018's biggest stories. Music by Broke for Free and Kevin MacLeod.

The Housing Podcast team is joined by Sue Ramsden and Rob Gershon to talk about how the controversial Universal Credit policy developed - and where it goes next

The Housing Podcast team is joined by Lee Sugden of Salix Homes and Emma Lindley of Ashfield District Council to ask if social landlords have a role in helping tenants quit smoking - and if so, what it is.

Nick Raynsford, a long serving housing minister in the Tony Blair years, has published a report into the English planning system which concludes it leads to "chaos and inequality". The Housing Podcast meets him to talk planning policy and more.

After the controversy over the appointment of Sir Roger Scruton to lead the government's new Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, the Housing Podcast asks if we need a commission on beauty - and whether Sir Roger is the right man to chair it.

In this week's episode of The Housing Podcast, we tackle the difficult topic of mental health. With the help of Ellie White, senior policy and campaigns officer at mental health charity Mind, the team probes the link between poor housing and issues with personal wellbeing.

Following Philip Hammond's Autumn Budget statement, the Housing Podcast team rake through the detail to assess what it means for housing, including some things you might have missed.

Features conversations with journalist Jules Birch and Melanie Rees from the Chartered Institute of Housing.

The Housing Podcast meets Kate Henderson, new chief executive of the National Housing Federation, to talk social housing, diversity, Grenfell and more