Housing

Homeless young people ‘left to sleep rough’ after councils failed to assess their needs
homelessness

Homeless young people ‘left to sleep rough’ after councils failed to assess their needs

Councils failed to assess over a third of homeless young peoples’ needs, Centrepoint found

Coroners are increasingly pointing to the housing crisis in their reports – but can it save lives?
Homelessness

Coroners are increasingly pointing to the housing crisis in their reports – but can it save lives?

Prevention of future death reports are referencing the lack of social housing, the ‘bedroom tax’ and other housing issues as the homelessness crisis worsens, a new report has found

London’s first homeless detox centre set to close: ‘We’re pushing problems back onto the streets now’
homelessness

London’s first homeless detox centre set to close: ‘We’re pushing problems back onto the streets now’

The Addiction Clinical Care Suite based at St Thomas’ Hospital in Lambeth is set to close over a £1m funding shortfall despite homelessness crisis as health secretary Wes Streeting says: ‘We can’t write these people off’

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

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Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools
Homelessness

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning
Damp and mould

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here’s what happened next
Homelessness

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here’s what happened next

Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears
RENTING

Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears

Meet the community group taking on ‘absentee landlords’ to put empty building in hands of artists
Activism

Meet the community group taking on ‘absentee landlords’ to put empty building in hands of artists

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather
Homelessness

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather

‘Shocking’ number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections
Homelessness

‘Shocking’ number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets
Homelessness

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness
Empty homes

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban
RENTING

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic
homelessness

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic

Challenging the stigma of social housing
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Challenging the stigma of social housing

Why Wates are the perfect partners for the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
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Why Wates are the perfect partners for the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called ‘world-leading’. Here’s why
Homelessness

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called ‘world-leading’. Here’s why

Can apprenticeships fix the housing crisis? ‘I worked in childcare, now I fix social homes’
Employment

Can apprenticeships fix the housing crisis? ‘I worked in childcare, now I fix social homes’

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Family want justice after great-grandma’s body found badly decomposed despite welfare checks
Justice

Family want justice after great-grandma’s body found badly decomposed despite welfare checks

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes
Damp and mould

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets

‘It’s outrageous’: Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard
Renting

‘It’s outrageous’: Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard