This is a typically vague response, I'm afraid. There was a record by the Critics group in UK in the 1970s (?)called Sweet Thames Flow Softly which had one song about a tenants group taking on the local council who wanted to evict them. I think it was the Ballad of Cook & Rowe (the two leaders of the group who may have been taken to court). Possibly written by Ewan MacColl who was associated with the group.
I'm sure some more knowledgeable English folkie will supply the details.
Leadbelly's "Black White and Brown" deals with the problem of getting housing in Washington if you were a black ex-con from the country.
Then there's Make me a Pallet on your floor about crashing with a "friend" .
RtS