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10Foot: ‘All the disasters of this country are entirely predictable, preventable and intentional’
Museum of Homelessness

10Foot: ‘All the disasters of this country are entirely predictable, preventable and intentional’

10Foot is in conversation with the founders of the Museum of Homelessness, Matt and Jess Turtle, about why he contributed his first-ever sculpture to their latest exhibition on the criminalisation of homelessness

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years
10Foot

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years

Inside the Museum of Homelessness’s new exhibition, tracing 400 years of criminalisation and resistance

When the Vagrancy Act is finally gone, its replacement must be driven by compassion
Steven MacKenzie

When the Vagrancy Act is finally gone, its replacement must be driven by compassion

It’s absurd that the outdated 202-year-old law that criminalises rough sleeping still lingers on

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
Austerity

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it

We must prepare for a hard-right election win in 2029, says Museum of Homelessness founder
10Foot Takeover

We must prepare for a hard-right election win in 2029, says Museum of Homelessness founder

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Why we come together to grieve people who died while homeless
JESS TURTLE

Why we come together to grieve people who died while homeless

Labour must end policies causing deaths of thousands of homeless people: ‘Every person was precious’
Homelessness

Labour must end policies causing deaths of thousands of homeless people: ‘Every person was precious’

More than 1,400 people died while homeless in the UK in 2023: ‘People are dying at terrifying rates’
Homelessness

More than 1,400 people died while homeless in the UK in 2023: ‘People are dying at terrifying rates’

I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian
Refugees

I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian

White pants, bin bags and a light on injustice: Inside the world’s first Museum of Homelessness
Homelessness

White pants, bin bags and a light on injustice: Inside the world’s first Museum of Homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’
homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’

Meet Museum of Homelessness poet Surfing Sofas: ‘There’s a special kind of love on the streets’
Music

Meet Museum of Homelessness poet Surfing Sofas: ‘There’s a special kind of love on the streets’

The climate crisis risks putting more homeless people in hospital as temperatures rise
Climate crisis

The climate crisis risks putting more homeless people in hospital as temperatures rise

A person died while homeless every 6.5 hours in the UK last year
Homelessness

A person died while homeless every 6.5 hours in the UK last year

Two people died while homeless every day in England and Wales last year
Homelessness

Two people died while homeless every day in England and Wales last year

How a mother’s fight to learn how her daughter died in a homeless hostel could prevent thousands of deaths
Homelessness

How a mother’s fight to learn how her daughter died in a homeless hostel could prevent thousands of deaths

What are homeless hostels?
Homelessness

What are homeless hostels?

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media – and why they are wrong
Homelessness

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media – and why they are wrong