Homelessness

How to have a seaside holiday without making homelessness worse
Tim Williamson

How to have a seaside holiday without making homelessness worse

Avoid short-term lets and look out for guesthouses and businesses that prioritise social good, writes Responsible Travel’s Tim Williamson

‘As a frontline homelessness worker, I know that pets can be just as vulnerable as their owners’
Mark Handford

‘As a frontline homelessness worker, I know that pets can be just as vulnerable as their owners’

Pets can provide comfort and companionship at times of trauma and hardship. But animals are vulnerable too, and love and care are not always the same thing

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

The Vagrancy Act is an archaic law that should have been repealed long ago

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’

‘For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have’
homelessness

‘For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have’

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Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance

When the Vagrancy Act is finally gone, its replacement must be driven by compassion
Steven MacKenzie

When the Vagrancy Act is finally gone, its replacement must be driven by compassion

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’

Terry Butcher: ‘I feel sorry for homeless veterans’
Letter To My Younger Self

Terry Butcher: ‘I feel sorry for homeless veterans’

Homeless people will be given free flu jabs this year. Here’s why it could save lives
Sharon Hodgson

Homeless people will be given free flu jabs this year. Here’s why it could save lives

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?
Activism

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?

The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: ‘We’d love to have Wales behind us’
World Cup

The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: ‘We’d love to have Wales behind us’

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn
Homelessness

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’
Politics

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis
World Cup

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street
Health

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
Homelessness

‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’

A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy
Housing

A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Housing

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world
Opinion

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world

Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees
Bees

Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees

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Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure

Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change
Democracy

Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change

I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started
Advice

I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started

Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents
Exclusive

Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents