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Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself
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Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself

Brock Elbank was taking portraits of people experiencing homelessness. Then he found himself living in his car

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

Big Issue investigates the state of homelessness on an island where sleeping out in freezing temperatures can be deadly

This is what it’s like to fall into hidden homelessness: ‘I felt like a burden’
Homelessness

This is what it’s like to fall into hidden homelessness: ‘I felt like a burden’

Tom, 22, lost his home and his job just days before Christmas. He endured a brief sofa surfing spell before turning his life around

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain
Hidden homelessness

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse
Maria Sookias

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse

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Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: ‘We can break the stigma’
Homelessness

Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: ‘We can break the stigma’

How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
Josh

How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity

Thousands of young people face homelessness every year. Here’s one way you can help
Youth homelessness

Thousands of young people face homelessness every year. Here’s one way you can help

‘I sofa surfed for four months’: How ‘out of control’ renting crisis is hurting key workers
Ben Twomey and Tilly Smith

‘I sofa surfed for four months’: How ‘out of control’ renting crisis is hurting key workers

Government housing plans could make half a million homeless
Homelessness

Government housing plans could make half a million homeless

Nearly 1 in 3 worried they could be homeless or sofa-surfing in the next 5 years
Housing crisis

Nearly 1 in 3 worried they could be homeless or sofa-surfing in the next 5 years

New anthology featuring top Scottish writers highlights country’s homelessness crisis
Homelessness

New anthology featuring top Scottish writers highlights country’s homelessness crisis

Sculptures appear in train stations for young people left behind by councils
Housing

Sculptures appear in train stations for young people left behind by councils