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Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
Homelessness

Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’

The annual Dying Homeless count from the Museum of Homelessness found 1,611 people died while homeless in 2024, up 9% in a year with a surge in ‘deaths of despair’

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Homelessness

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025

Councils across England and Wales provide shelter to rough sleepers when temperatures soar. Local authorities stepped in at least 149 times by mid-July this year compared to 93 times across the entirety of summer in 2024

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

Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to
ROUGH SLEEPING

Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to

Homelessness system in Scotland ‘at breaking point’ as rough sleeping surges
Homelessness

Homelessness system in Scotland ‘at breaking point’ as rough sleeping surges

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Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September
Social Justice

Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September

‘I was homeless at 16’: DJ Charlie Sloth on rough sleeping and living in poverty as a young father
Homelessness

‘I was homeless at 16’: DJ Charlie Sloth on rough sleeping and living in poverty as a young father

Can modular housing help solve London’s homelessness crisis?
Homelessness

Can modular housing help solve London’s homelessness crisis?

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

Rough sleeping in London ‘nowhere near on track’ to end by 2030
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London ‘nowhere near on track’ to end by 2030

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
Homelessness

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says
Rough sleeping

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won’t end the criminalisation of rough sleeping
Benjamin Archer

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won’t end the criminalisation of rough sleeping

Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples’ lives
Drugs

Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples’ lives

Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of ‘cruel’ 200-year law
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of ‘cruel’ 200-year law

I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around
Homelessness

I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
Homelessness

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart
Rough Sleeping

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart

How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change
Andrew Connell and Jez Bushnell

How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London’s streets surges almost 40% in just a year
Rough sleeping

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London’s streets surges almost 40% in just a year

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Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Homelessness

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen

‘Hidden crisis’ of rural homelessness needs urgent attention – here’s one way to fix it
Homelessness

‘Hidden crisis’ of rural homelessness needs urgent attention – here’s one way to fix it

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don’t show it
Melissa Gilpin

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don’t show it

‘They had nowhere to go’: The story of rough sleepers left outside in London’s Covid-19 lockdowns
Homelessness

‘They had nowhere to go’: The story of rough sleepers left outside in London’s Covid-19 lockdowns