Homelessness

Three ways we can make a radical shift to prevent violence against women and girls
Polly Neate

Three ways we can make a radical shift to prevent violence against women and girls

Campaigners will call on government to shift the incentives on public services to prevent violence against women, writes peer and chair of the Future Governance Forum’s Social Insights Panel Polly Neate on International Women’s Day

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

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather
Homelessness

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather

‘Sit-up’ accommodation is being offered to rough sleepers during extreme weather, according to a Museum of Homelessness investigation which found homeless people are still exposed to hot weather, high winds and heavy rain

‘Shocking’ number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections
Homelessness

‘Shocking’ number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections

How Eastbourne became the face of England’s temporary accommodation crisis
Homelessness

How Eastbourne became the face of England’s temporary accommodation crisis

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Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets
Homelessness

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness
Empty homes

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness

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

Homes for Ukraine helped save thousands of people. But life for Ukrainian refugees is still uncertain
Carly Whyborn

Homes for Ukraine helped save thousands of people. But life for Ukrainian refugees is still uncertain

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness

Susan Carol won a Grammy. A year later, she was homeless. But she’s ‘not giving up’
Susan Carol

Susan Carol won a Grammy. A year later, she was homeless. But she’s ‘not giving up’

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future
Nick Marshall

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called ‘world-leading’. Here’s why
Homelessness

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called ‘world-leading’. Here’s why

Mayors urged to follow Andy Burnham in giving free bus passes to kids in temporary accommodation
Transport

Mayors urged to follow Andy Burnham in giving free bus passes to kids in temporary accommodation

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here’s how they can do it
Ben Cooper

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here’s how they can do it

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses
pneumonia

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses

New Labour, new Britain? What did Tony Blair really do for housing?
Glen O’Hara

New Labour, new Britain? What did Tony Blair really do for housing?

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets

How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping
Emma Haddad

How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping

If homelessness was a country, it would rival the United States. We must invest more to end it
Matthew Carter

If homelessness was a country, it would rival the United States. We must invest more to end it

Letters: Every homeless person wants a better life
Letters

Letters: Every homeless person wants a better life

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10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
Housing

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future

Johannes Radebe: ‘As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That’s my sparkly, magical world’
Interview

Johannes Radebe: ‘As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That’s my sparkly, magical world’

Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’
Homelessness

Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’

Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears over what happened to people who lived there
Homelessness

Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears over what happened to people who lived there