Housing

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis
Homelessness

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis

The established homelessness encampment at Grade II-listed Adelphi Theatre on the Strand in Westminster is set to be dismantled. Documentary photographer Marc Davenant visited to tell the real stories of the people who live there

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Yo-yo Homes

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

Mayor reacts after Big Issue reveals how the capital’s councils have lost tens of millions buying back homes they owned just a few years previously

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in ‘economic madness’
Yo-yo Homes

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in ‘economic madness’

Big Issue discovers fate of 445 council homes sold under Right to Buy for £35.7m, then repurchased for nearly £100m, as taxpayers lose out on Yo-yo Homes

I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
Homelessness

I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me

Where is ‘home’ for a dog? It’s in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant
Andrew Gardiner

Where is ‘home’ for a dog? It’s in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant

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Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
Exclusive

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits

There are challenges when caring for a homeless person in palliative care – but there’s hope too
Briony Hudson

There are challenges when caring for a homeless person in palliative care – but there’s hope too

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: ‘Why would they try and hide this?’
Yo-yo Homes

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: ‘Why would they try and hide this?’

Homelessness stagnated in Labour’s first year – but ministers warned not to mistake it for progress
Homelessness

Homelessness stagnated in Labour’s first year – but ministers warned not to mistake it for progress

How Reeves’ autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour’s 1.5 million new homes pledge
Housebuilding

How Reeves’ autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour’s 1.5 million new homes pledge

Rachel Reeves unveils new ‘mansion tax’ on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?
Mansion tax

Rachel Reeves unveils new ‘mansion tax’ on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills
Housing

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on
autumn budget

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on

Millions of Brits are struggling with council tax debt. The autumn budget must bring reforms
Anny Cullum and Toby Murray

Millions of Brits are struggling with council tax debt. The autumn budget must bring reforms

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person
Homelessness

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect
volunteering

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’
Football

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: ‘I thought I was going to be there forever’
homelessness

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: ‘I thought I was going to be there forever’

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23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: ‘Now is the worst time to be homeless’
Homelessness

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: ‘Now is the worst time to be homeless’

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Big Issue vendor ‘loses everything’ in Storm Claudia floods that left him ‘worried for his life’
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor ‘loses everything’ in Storm Claudia floods that left him ‘worried for his life’

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’
Housing

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’