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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

Homelessness is on the rise all around the UK. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know

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?

Pilots of Housing First schemes in England have shown encouraging signs, yet their future under Labour still looks uncertain

Housing First must expand in 2025 to create a national homelessness strategy that works for all
Alex Smith

Housing First must expand in 2025 to create a national homelessness strategy that works for all

Government-backed regional Housing First pilots has provided yet more evidence of the intervention’s success in supporting people experiencing complex disadvantage. Now it is time to commit to rolling it out as part of a cross-government strategy to end homelessness, says Homeless Link’s Alex Smith

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: ‘It’s time to turn the tide’
Homelessness

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: ‘It’s time to turn the tide’

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we’ve moved with them
John Bird

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we’ve moved with them

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Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester’s rough sleepers in ‘sea change for housing’
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester’s rough sleepers in ‘sea change for housing’

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: ‘We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants’
Politics

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: ‘We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants’

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren’t talking about
General election 2024

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren’t talking about

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis
General election 2024

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis

How many people are homeless in the UK? And what can you do about it?
Homelessness

How many people are homeless in the UK? And what can you do about it?

This is why we can’t compare ourselves to Finland when it comes to homelessness
John Bird

This is why we can’t compare ourselves to Finland when it comes to homelessness

Andy Burnham: ‘Housing is a human right’
Interview

Andy Burnham: ‘Housing is a human right’

Nicola Sturgeon’s most memorable moments as she resigns as Scotland’s first minister
SCOTLAND

Nicola Sturgeon’s most memorable moments as she resigns as Scotland’s first minister

We have the power to end homelessness if we think creatively
Greg Hurst

We have the power to end homelessness if we think creatively

6 things we learned from the government’s new rough sleeping strategy
Rough sleeping

6 things we learned from the government’s new rough sleeping strategy

‘We tried to throw the rule book out’: How a trailblazing housing scheme will help rough sleepers
Homelessness

‘We tried to throw the rule book out’: How a trailblazing housing scheme will help rough sleepers

‘We can’t say we don’t know how to solve homelessness’: Charity says lockdown success leaves no excuses
Homelessness

‘We can’t say we don’t know how to solve homelessness’: Charity says lockdown success leaves no excuses

‘We’re expecting a tidal wave’: Councils fear homelessness will rise by a third
Homelessness

‘We’re expecting a tidal wave’: Councils fear homelessness will rise by a third

Housing First: What can Finland teach us about tackling homelessness?
Homelessness

Housing First: What can Finland teach us about tackling homelessness?

Michael Gove must create a national Housing First programme
Opinion

Michael Gove must create a national Housing First programme

World Homeless Day: Hungary made homelessness illegal, so activists are stepping up
Opinion

World Homeless Day: Hungary made homelessness illegal, so activists are stepping up

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