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<p class="feature_date">01 March 2024</p>
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<p>Tenants in large blocks of flats are left to live in squalor as landlords, freeholders and managing agents are unable, or unwilling, to take action. By Liz Simpson</p>
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<p>Institutional investors are being lined up to finance the Olympic village and its transformation into homes. So who will be the winner? By Tony Marshall</p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 November 2023</p>
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<p>A company offering medical reports is enabling local authorities to reject homeless applications, writes Tony Marshall</p>
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