Housing

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

Housing issues are not just for humans. They also drive dogs into homelessness. Dogs Trust has stepped in to provide shelter for these four pooches. Here’s why they’re homeless this Christmas

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague’s life – then rebuilt his home
Unsung heroes

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague’s life – then rebuilt his home

School site manager Lee Smith saved the life of one of his colleagues who was in a diabetic coma – then retrofitted his home

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy
Homelessness

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy

Labour has pledged to introduce a legal duty to inform schools and health teams when a child is housed in temporary accommodation as well as ending use of B&Bs in its long-awaited child poverty strategy

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis
Homelessness

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Yo-yo Homes

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

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Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in ‘economic madness’
Yo-yo Homes

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in ‘economic madness’

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: ‘Why would they try and hide this?’
Yo-yo Homes

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: ‘Why would they try and hide this?’

Homelessness stagnated in Labour’s first year – but ministers warned not to mistake it for progress
Homelessness

Homelessness stagnated in Labour’s first year – but ministers warned not to mistake it for progress

How Reeves’ autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour’s 1.5 million new homes pledge
Housebuilding

How Reeves’ autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour’s 1.5 million new homes pledge

Rachel Reeves unveils new ‘mansion tax’ on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?
Mansion tax

Rachel Reeves unveils new ‘mansion tax’ on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?

Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’
Renting

Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills
Housing

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person
Homelessness

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: ‘I thought I was going to be there forever’
homelessness

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: ‘I thought I was going to be there forever’

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: ‘Now is the worst time to be homeless’
Homelessness

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: ‘Now is the worst time to be homeless’

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?

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’
Housing

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’

Married at First Sight UK star Davide reveals homelessness past: ‘It made me who I am today’
Homelessness

Married at First Sight UK star Davide reveals homelessness past: ‘It made me who I am today’

When it comes to Britain’s housing, we need to value the homes we have as much as the ones we build
Housing

When it comes to Britain’s housing, we need to value the homes we have as much as the ones we build

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Keir Starmer promises to ‘put an end to unsafe housing’ in exclusive article for Big Issue
Housing

Keir Starmer promises to ‘put an end to unsafe housing’ in exclusive article for Big Issue

‘There are good people in the world’: The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family
Supported lodgings

‘There are good people in the world’: The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family

Labour confirms millions in funding to stop 1,000-plus veterans becoming homeless
Veterans

Labour confirms millions in funding to stop 1,000-plus veterans becoming homeless

Thousands of pensioners evicted from care homes and put at risk of homelessness: ‘It’s so cruel’
Care homes

Thousands of pensioners evicted from care homes and put at risk of homelessness: ‘It’s so cruel’