Rough Sleeping
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
When temperatures soar, people sleeping on the streets are at risk of dehydration and sunstroke. Here’s how you can help.
Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism
As part of Cardboard Citizens’ nine-part series of films about homelessness, More Than One Story, playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya explains the story behind Sabbir at the Estate Agents
Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’
An ‘out there’ first-of-its-kind study from the University of Roehampton saw rough sleepers wear trackers on London’s streets for three months to ‘tell the story of homelessness through motion’
Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals
Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals
Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
All the ways the next government can and must end rough sleeping for good![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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All the ways the next government can and must end rough sleeping for good
The inside story of how Tony Blair’s New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The inside story of how Tony Blair’s New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping
Over 1,500 London renters forced to sleep on streets after being evicted by their landlord![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Over 1,500 London renters forced to sleep on streets after being evicted by their landlord
The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties’ promises enough to tackle it?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties’ promises enough to tackle it?
Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis
‘Shocking’: Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘Shocking’: Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping
Council’s £200,000 plan to block off arches used by rough sleepers slammed as ‘tarting up’ city![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Council’s £200,000 plan to block off arches used by rough sleepers slammed as ‘tarting up’ city
Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’
Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives
This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they’re trying to police it out of existence![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they’re trying to police it out of existence
‘Each brush tells a story of hope’: Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘Each brush tells a story of hope’: Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
How many people are homeless in the UK? And what can you do about it?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How many people are homeless in the UK? And what can you do about it?
Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks
Rough sleeping in London up 33% in a year: ‘This is a national scandal’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Rough sleeping in London up 33% in a year: ‘This is a national scandal’
London mayor Sadiq Khan: ‘What would I do if I saw someone stealing nappies? Take my wallet out and pay’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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London mayor Sadiq Khan: ‘What would I do if I saw someone stealing nappies? Take my wallet out and pay’
Home Office whistleblower reveals ‘shame’ of working on ‘crackpot Tory’ plan to criminalise homelessness![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Home Office whistleblower reveals ‘shame’ of working on ‘crackpot Tory’ plan to criminalise homelessness
Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will ‘punish people with nowhere to go’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will ‘punish people with nowhere to go’
‘People should not be arrested if they smell’: Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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