Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK 🔗 Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing‘Similar pressure to London’: the housing crisis reaches NewcastleThe homelessness charity Crisis is going to become a landlord for the first time in its 60-year history, saying the housing crisis in the UK has reached a “catastrophic scenario”.Matt Downie, the charity’s chief executive, said it was preparing to launch a fundraising appeal to buy its own housing stock as it can longer get access to social housing to help homeless people. Continue reading... #englishnews #guardian #worldnews #analysis