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Boat dwellers ‘denied basic rights’ because law fails to recognise floating homes

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June 30, 2026

THOUSANDS of people living on Britain’s waterways are being denied basic rights because the law has failed to recognise their homes, said Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville. Writing on The Parliament Politics website, she warned that boat dwellers occupy a “strange limbo”, lacking the protections of conventional housing despite forming a long-established community. She is…
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Calls grow for residential boaters to be recognised in housing and planning policy

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June 3, 2026

Thousands of people make their homes on Britain’s canals and rivers, but many residential boaters say they face mounting barriers to healthcare, basic services and legal security, with campaigners warning that unclear rights and patchy recognition are leaving a significant community exposed. PRESSURE is growing on ministers to confront what campaigners describe as a blind…
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After the breach: community rallies as canal faces year of repairs

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January 28, 2026

INTRO: The devastating breach on the Llangollen Canal left boats destroyed, dozens stranded, and families displaced, but the generous response from the boating world and beyond has been heartwarming – as it is expected to take most of 2026 to reinstate the waterway. MORE than £100,000 has been raised to support the three boaters whose…
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National group campaigns to win energy justice for liveaboard boaters

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February 21, 2024

THE newly-named campaign group, UK Boaters for Energy Justice, are continuing their campaign to make sure all boating households get historical energy bill support worth £600, which other households received in 2022/23. This campaign has been ongoing since a meeting with the MP for Devizes, Danny Kruger, at Caen Hill Marina in June 2023. Mr Kruger…
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liveaboard boaters

Boat dwellers ‘denied basic rights’ because law fails to recognise floating homes

Calls grow for residential boaters to be recognised in housing and planning policy

After the breach: community rallies as canal faces year of repairs

National group campaigns to win energy justice for liveaboard boaters

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