Homelessness

How many empty homes are there in the UK?
Housing

How many empty homes are there in the UK?

Thousands of 16 and 17-year-old children were homeless in England last year – and ‘treated like adults’
Homelessness

Thousands of 16 and 17-year-old children were homeless in England last year – and ‘treated like adults’

‘People’s tents are being taken away’: Charities condemn new powers to criminalise ‘nuisance rough sleeping’
Rough sleeping

‘People’s tents are being taken away’: Charities condemn new powers to criminalise ‘nuisance rough sleeping’

Rough sleepers have tents destroyed just days after Suella Braverman crackdown: ‘This is disgusting’
Rough sleeping

Rough sleepers have tents destroyed just days after Suella Braverman crackdown: ‘This is disgusting’

Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people
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Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people

Suella Braverman’s asinine comments show how detached government is from reality 
John Bird

Suella Braverman’s asinine comments show how detached government is from reality 

No-fault evictions soar in England as situation for renters ‘set to become even more bleak’
Renting

No-fault evictions soar in England as situation for renters ‘set to become even more bleak’

Afghan veterans and their families who fled Taliban to UK at risk of homelessness as crisis looms
Homelessness

Afghan veterans and their families who fled Taliban to UK at risk of homelessness as crisis looms

Shadow minister slams ‘chaotic and incompetent’ Home Office over refugee homelessness crisis
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Shadow minister slams ‘chaotic and incompetent’ Home Office over refugee homelessness crisis

How Suella Braverman’s callous tent crackdown has inspired people to tackle homelessness
Rough sleeping

How Suella Braverman’s callous tent crackdown has inspired people to tackle homelessness

Suella Braverman’s ‘lifestyle choice’ claim on homelessness is cavalier, wrong and straight-up ignorant
John Bird

Suella Braverman’s ‘lifestyle choice’ claim on homelessness is cavalier, wrong and straight-up ignorant

Suella Braverman told tent crackdown will see people ‘dying on the streets’
Rough sleeping

Suella Braverman told tent crackdown will see people ‘dying on the streets’

Homelessness is never a lifestyle choice: Big Issue’s reaction to Suella Braverman comments
Homelessness

Homelessness is never a lifestyle choice: Big Issue’s reaction to Suella Braverman comments

‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost ‘all sense of safety’ in UK
Special report

‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost ‘all sense of safety’ in UK

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
Homelessness

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets

Rough sleeping in London hits record highs as Home Office clears asylum backlog
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record highs as Home Office clears asylum backlog

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Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it’s making UK’s housing crisis worse
Tom Archer, Ian Cole

Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it’s making UK’s housing crisis worse

Homeless people are 16 times more likely to die suddenly, eye-opening study finds
Homelessness

Homeless people are 16 times more likely to die suddenly, eye-opening study finds

‘I want to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg’: Big Issue vendor reports from frontline of party conferences
Our vendors

‘I want to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg’: Big Issue vendor reports from frontline of party conferences

How Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game perfectly exemplifies UK’s housing crisis
Liam Geraghty

How Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game perfectly exemplifies UK’s housing crisis