Housing

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over ‘bats and newts’
Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over ‘bats and newts’

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

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness

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

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

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed
Damp and mould

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed

DWP told to justify freezing housing benefit amid surging homelessness and skyrocketing rents
Homelessness

DWP told to justify freezing housing benefit amid surging homelessness and skyrocketing rents

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why
Social housing

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why

It’s 1,000 days since Vagrancy Act was repealed – so why are rough sleepers still criminalised?
Rough sleeping

It’s 1,000 days since Vagrancy Act was repealed – so why are rough sleepers still criminalised?

Tariffs, trade wars and unpredictability: What Trump 2.0 means for UK house prices
Donald Trump

Tariffs, trade wars and unpredictability: What Trump 2.0 means for UK house prices

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures
Homelessness

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?
Andrew Carter

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?

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

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions
Renting

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions

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

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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

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons
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Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons

Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Renters' Rights Bill

Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
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Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel