Housing

Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness ‘swept under the rug’ and rough sleepers removed from Paris
Paris 2024 Olympics

Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness ‘swept under the rug’ and rough sleepers removed from Paris

‘We are France – we are supposed to be the country for human rights! Yet there is no support, no real plan’

How Labour’s housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
Housebuilding

How Labour’s housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies

Recent takeovers and mergers have shaken up the private housebuilding sector. So what does this mean for the Labour government’s bold vision?

What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
RENTING

What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions

The Renters Reform Bill is dead, long live the Renters’ Rights Bill. Can Labour’s plan to fix the broken private rented sector succeed where the Tories failed?

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?
Homelessness

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?

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Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds
Homelessness

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds

How to get help with rent
Renting

How to get help with rent

Help with rental arrears
Renting

Help with rental arrears

How much can a landlord increase rent?
renting

How much can a landlord increase rent?

What is a guarantor for rent?
renting

What is a guarantor for rent?

How to rent from a private landlord
renting

How to rent from a private landlord

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness
Prisons

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’
Rough sleeping

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’
Housing

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: ‘We’re facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II’

Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals
Homelessness

Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals

Prince William insists it’s possible to end homelessness as Homewards project turns one
Homelessness

Prince William insists it’s possible to end homelessness as Homewards project turns one

Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story
Film

Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story

Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb
Housing

Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
RENTING

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
General election 2024

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’

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Young people to the next government: Make homes truly affordable
Exclusive

Young people to the next government: Make homes truly affordable

‘You can’t criminalise your way out of homelessness’: UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers
Housing

‘You can’t criminalise your way out of homelessness’: UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers

LGBTQ+ homelessness is worse than people think. This charity is ‘on a mission’ to create safe spaces
LGBTQ+ rights

LGBTQ+ homelessness is worse than people think. This charity is ‘on a mission’ to create safe spaces

Have your say: Big Issue editor to host homelessness hustings in Cities of London and Westminster
General election 2024

Have your say: Big Issue editor to host homelessness hustings in Cities of London and Westminster