Homelessness

Big Issue vendor’s emotional story of homelessness has starring role in Christmas film
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Big Issue vendor’s emotional story of homelessness has starring role in Christmas film

Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you’d think
Homelessness

Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you’d think

‘Shameful’ housing crisis leaves almost 140,000 children living in temporary accommodation
homelessness

‘Shameful’ housing crisis leaves almost 140,000 children living in temporary accommodation

Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day
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Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
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How do Big Issue sellers make money?

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?
Activism

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?
Activism

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?

One in four who go to councils for help with homelessness will be ‘turned away’ this Christmas
Rough sleeping

One in four who go to councils for help with homelessness will be ‘turned away’ this Christmas

Help homeless and vulnerable people with The Big Issue
Homelessness

Help homeless and vulnerable people with The Big Issue

‘Hostile architecture’ appears outside hospital where rough sleepers’ tents were destroyed
Homelessness

‘Hostile architecture’ appears outside hospital where rough sleepers’ tents were destroyed

Refugee wonders if it would be better to ‘stay in Yemen and die’ than go through UK asylum system
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Refugee wonders if it would be better to ‘stay in Yemen and die’ than go through UK asylum system

Meet Museum of Homelessness poet Surfing Sofas: ‘There’s a special kind of love on the streets’
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Meet Museum of Homelessness poet Surfing Sofas: ‘There’s a special kind of love on the streets’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces raise in local housing allowance for first time in three years
Autumn Statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces raise in local housing allowance for first time in three years

Teacher forced to sleep rough at Heathrow Airport calls on government to ban no-fault evictions
End Housing Insecurity Now

Teacher forced to sleep rough at Heathrow Airport calls on government to ban no-fault evictions

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’

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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 
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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’