Housing crisis

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Housing

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis

The Youth Home Owner Awards 2025 have seen young people handing out gongs to big housing associations and property developers, including Reform UK billionaire donor Nick Candy, in a furious response to London’s unaffordable housing crisis

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

With record rent rises becoming the norm, The Big Issue looks at whether renters face more surges or if the tide is starting to turn in the favour of tenants

Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour’s housebuilding plan on track?
Housing

Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour’s housebuilding plan on track?

The government is facing a difficult journey to build 1.5 million homes. But focusing on homes near rural railway stations and above train lines in cities could offer a platform to build on

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps
Right to buy

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here’s what he’s not telling you
RENTING

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here’s what he’s not telling you

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Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis
Tourism

Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis

One in five social workers have removed a child from their family due to horror homes
Housing

One in five social workers have removed a child from their family due to horror homes

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: ‘Owning a home is a distant dream’
Housing crisis

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: ‘Owning a home is a distant dream’

Inside the Big Issue: Jeff Goldblum and his keys to life
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Jeff Goldblum and his keys to life

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis
Housing crisis

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis

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

This council is turning to the private sector to fix Britain’s draughty homes and reach net zero
Housing

This council is turning to the private sector to fix Britain’s draughty homes and reach net zero

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here’s why
Cost of living

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here’s why

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: ‘It’s a festival of giving’
Homelessness

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: ‘It’s a festival of giving’

‘It’s deeply upsetting’: 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year
Temporary accommodation

‘It’s deeply upsetting’: 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year

This innovative ‘village’ under Manchester’s railway arches helps tackle homelessness
Homelessness

This innovative ‘village’ under Manchester’s railway arches helps tackle homelessness

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too
Tom Bennett

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too

Social housing went from a source of pride to a place of prejudice. It’s time to smash the stigma
Michael Verrier

Social housing went from a source of pride to a place of prejudice. It’s time to smash the stigma

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill is a step forward – but there’s a glaring gap on the affordability crisis
Nye Jones

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill is a step forward – but there’s a glaring gap on the affordability crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
Housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs
No-fault evictions

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs

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Can Starmer’s government fix the housing crisis? Their future depends on it
Liam Geraghty

Can Starmer’s government fix the housing crisis? Their future depends on it

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can’t we make it work in the UK?
Housing

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can’t we make it work in the UK?

Why for-profit social housing might be the uneasy answer to deliver the homes Britain needs
Social housing

Why for-profit social housing might be the uneasy answer to deliver the homes Britain needs

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what’s going to happen to house prices in 2025
House prices

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what’s going to happen to house prices in 2025