Housing

Housing crisis: Shared ownership an ‘unbearable reality’ which has ‘failed to deliver’, MPs warn
Housing

Housing crisis: Shared ownership an ‘unbearable reality’ which has ‘failed to deliver’, MPs warn

Many residents are “trapped” in shared ownership properties they cannot sell or afford to pay rising fees for, MPs have found in a new report

Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says
Housing crisis

Housing crisis: UK could raise billion taxing vacant homes and foreign buyers, think tank says

‘Housing sin taxes’ – levied on vacant homes, ‘house flipping’ and foreign buyers – could be a useful source of revenue, a think tank argues.

Prince William pays tribute to ‘brave’ rough sleepers at visit to Sheffield homelessness project
Homelessness

Prince William pays tribute to ‘brave’ rough sleepers at visit to Sheffield homelessness project

The royal visited Sheffield as part of his five-year Homewards project, launched  in partnership with the Big Issue last year

Sadiq Khan pledge to build 40,000 new council homes in London hailed as ‘big step forward’
Housing crisis

Sadiq Khan pledge to build 40,000 new council homes in London hailed as ‘big step forward’

Stop service charge ‘scam’ costing people thousands, Tories told: ‘It’s dishonest’
Housing

Stop service charge ‘scam’ costing people thousands, Tories told: ‘It’s dishonest’

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Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back
Housing

Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back

Is social impact investing the solution to the temporary accommodation crisis?
Big Issue Invest

Is social impact investing the solution to the temporary accommodation crisis?

Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget ignored our national shame – the crisis of unsafe housing
Paul McNamee

Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget ignored our national shame – the crisis of unsafe housing

BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: ‘You don’t have to be lonely’
Youth homelessness

BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: ‘You don’t have to be lonely’

Council tax will soar for millions in April. Here’s how we got into this mess
Council tax

Council tax will soar for millions in April. Here’s how we got into this mess

Utopian visions of living are neglecting public housing. That must change
Des Fitzgerald

Utopian visions of living are neglecting public housing. That must change

No-fault eviction notice periods must be increased to four months, government told
Renters Reform Bill

No-fault eviction notice periods must be increased to four months, government told

Selling off social housing stinks of short-term thinking from local councils
Housing

Selling off social housing stinks of short-term thinking from local councils

‘It’s a win-win solution’: Building social housing could add £50bn to UK economy, study finds
Housing crisis

‘It’s a win-win solution’: Building social housing could add £50bn to UK economy, study finds

Stroke victim is a ‘prisoner in his front room’ – so these hero builders are stepping in to change that
Band of builders

Stroke victim is a ‘prisoner in his front room’ – so these hero builders are stepping in to change that

Why delay on no-fault eviction ban is dangerous for disabled renters: ‘We must end this cruel law’
Mikey Erhardt

Why delay on no-fault eviction ban is dangerous for disabled renters: ‘We must end this cruel law’

‘An amazing U-turn’: Home Office drops bid to allow asylum seekers to live in unsafe housing
Immigration

‘An amazing U-turn’: Home Office drops bid to allow asylum seekers to live in unsafe housing

How iconic arts venue graced by Elton John and Amy Winehouse is helping homeless people
Community activism

How iconic arts venue graced by Elton John and Amy Winehouse is helping homeless people

Housing legal aid ‘on brink of collapse’, experts warn
Justice

Housing legal aid ‘on brink of collapse’, experts warn

Renters in Scotland face ‘tidal wave of evictions’ as rent cap and eviction ban comes to an end
RENTING

Renters in Scotland face ‘tidal wave of evictions’ as rent cap and eviction ban comes to an end

‘Mr Sunak, do something’: Big Issue vendors lead call for PM to protect renters from homelessness
End Housing Insecurity Now

‘Mr Sunak, do something’: Big Issue vendors lead call for PM to protect renters from homelessness

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‘The most vile place I’ve ever seen’: Families stuck in ‘uninhabitable’ temporary housing
Housing crisis

‘The most vile place I’ve ever seen’: Families stuck in ‘uninhabitable’ temporary housing

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Housing and homelessness

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and ‘third-world poverty conditions’, government told
Housing

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and ‘third-world poverty conditions’, government told

‘Lonely and expensive’: London is becoming less ‘liveable’ than other European cities, study finds
Cities

‘Lonely and expensive’: London is becoming less ‘liveable’ than other European cities, study finds