Housing

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping while prisons are in crisis?
Homelessness

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping while prisons are in crisis?

Prisons are full and prisoners are being released from sentences early. Will they end up on the streets?

Everyone agrees we need more homes. So why aren’t they being built?
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Everyone agrees we need more homes. So why aren’t they being built?

Record numbers of households are living in temporary accommodation, despite funding and targets being in place to tackle the issue. So why are new homes still so slow to arrive? We’ve asked Wates Residential’s Pip Prongué, who explains why good partnerships are key, and how planning needs a new approach.

If Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping he must close the revolving door in prisons
Pavan Dhaliwal

If Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping he must close the revolving door in prisons

The prime minister can look to the whole-system approach in his former Greater Manchester heartland to prevent the prisons crisis spilling on to the streets, writes Revolving Doors CEO Pavan Dhaliwal 

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act
Ben Rogers

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act

‘I’m a councillor. Temporary accommodation costs are forcing me to bring in brutal cuts’
Natalie Thomas

‘I’m a councillor. Temporary accommodation costs are forcing me to bring in brutal cuts’

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An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here’s what they did next
Homelessness

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here’s what they did next

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It’s leaving women sleeping rough on the streets
Homelessness

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It’s leaving women sleeping rough on the streets

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham’s homelessness promise
Homelessness

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham’s homelessness promise

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use
Housing

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use

Should renters have a triple lock to cap sky-high rents? Zack Polanski thinks so
rent controls

Should renters have a triple lock to cap sky-high rents? Zack Polanski thinks so

Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: ‘I showed Prince William around the city’
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Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: ‘I showed Prince William around the city’

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister
Homelessness

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister

Big Issue has always been bad at promoting itself. Andy Burnham can teach us a lesson
John Bird

Big Issue has always been bad at promoting itself. Andy Burnham can teach us a lesson

The success of Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge can’t be judged on Christmas Day. Here’s why
Emma Haddad

The success of Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge can’t be judged on Christmas Day. Here’s why

Is it fair to ask a homeless person to give up their pet to get a home? Half of Brits say no
Housing

Is it fair to ask a homeless person to give up their pet to get a home? Half of Brits say no

A disabled Big Issue vendor has launched legal action to get an accessible home: ‘I’ve had enough’
Accessible homes

A disabled Big Issue vendor has launched legal action to get an accessible home: ‘I’ve had enough’

‘I don’t fit the stereotype of a homeless person. My story shows how it can happen to anyone’
Homelessness

‘I don’t fit the stereotype of a homeless person. My story shows how it can happen to anyone’

If we are serious about ending rough sleeping, we must be honest about what needs to be done
Housing

If we are serious about ending rough sleeping, we must be honest about what needs to be done

Lives are being ‘tragically cut short’ due to homelessness. These are the numbers you need to know
Homeless deaths

Lives are being ‘tragically cut short’ due to homelessness. These are the numbers you need to know

Meet the homeless people living in hotel rooms miles from their home towns: ‘It took its toll’
Housing

Meet the homeless people living in hotel rooms miles from their home towns: ‘It took its toll’

Break Clause: Why living with an ex because of the housing crisis is more common than you think
Break Clause

Break Clause: Why living with an ex because of the housing crisis is more common than you think

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Andy Burnham visits Big Issue-backed homelessness charity in bid to end rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham visits Big Issue-backed homelessness charity in bid to end rough sleeping

What the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen in Spain teaches us about the meaning of home in 2026
Pablo Pérez

What the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen in Spain teaches us about the meaning of home in 2026

Will chancellor John Healey unfreeze local housing allowance at the autumn budget?
local housing allowance

Will chancellor John Healey unfreeze local housing allowance at the autumn budget?

How a British man was pulled into modern slavery working at a food court in the heart of London
Modern slavery

How a British man was pulled into modern slavery working at a food court in the heart of London