Residents on waiting lists are being shunted between privately owned B&Bs, hotels and hostels. We filed Freedom of Information requests to two councils to find out the costs.

Our new series - by Westminster Editor Zoë Grünewald - will push for the government to go far beyond its promise of 1.5 million new homes, and to revolutionise how we see housing in the UK.

There's £2billion being pumped into Blackpool - from the Airport, to the town centre, to new housing developments. Here's the major schemes set to change the town.

From swathes of new housing to Talbot Gateway there's billions being pumped into the town - we look at where and what impact it is having

Marc Thomas has been embroiled in a tussle with VW Financial Services after his details were mixed up with another customer

Cherry Property Investment Ltd had appealed after a retrospective planning application to use ground floor premises on Harrowside in South Shore was refused

Planning inspector throws out appeal over concerns regarding how much it would contribute to local housing targets

133 new social properties have been finished in a £20million scheme

Residents living in some of the 72 properties set to be demolished speak with The Blackpool Lead about the harsh reality of the challenges they face as a direct result of the Multiversity project

The owner of the site, in Bispham, has blamed Blackpool Council, the government and United Utilities. But many of their claims are contentious