Housing

The innovative project giving homeless people a fighting chance through boxing and martial arts
Homelessness

The innovative project giving homeless people a fighting chance through boxing and martial arts

An introductory 10-week programme gives you the opportunity to see if the ring is for you

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

Homelessness is on the rise all around the UK. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know

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?

With record rent rises becoming the norm, The Big Issue looks at whether renters face more surges or if the tide is starting to turn in the favour of tenants

Homeless people were given £2,000, no strings attached. Here’s what they spent the money on
Homelessness

Homeless people were given £2,000, no strings attached. Here’s what they spent the money on

Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change
Housing

Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change

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Building Safety Regulator delays leaving leaseholders in limbo: ‘It’s stressful and upsetting’
Housebuilding

Building Safety Regulator delays leaving leaseholders in limbo: ‘It’s stressful and upsetting’

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’
Housing

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’

Renting with pets: Know your rights
renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’
homelessness

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?
homelessness

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?

Everything you need to know about Labour’s homelessness strategy
Homelessness

Everything you need to know about Labour’s homelessness strategy

More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour’s strategy mean for them?
homelessness

More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour’s strategy mean for them?

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
homelessness

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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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

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather