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

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
Homelessness

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’
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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
Homelessness

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’
General election 2024

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’

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All the ways the next government can and must end rough sleeping for good
Dr Tom Kerridge

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
Rough sleeping

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
Rough sleeping

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?
Rick Henderson

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
General election 2024

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
Rough sleeping

‘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
Rough sleeping

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
Homelessness

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’
Homelessness

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
homelessness

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
Tom Kerridge

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
Homelessness

‘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
Homelessness

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?
Homelessness

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
Homelessness

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’
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London up 33% in a year: ‘This is a national scandal’

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London mayor Sadiq Khan: ‘What would I do if I saw someone stealing nappies? Take my wallet out and pay’
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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
Homelessness

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’
Rough sleeping

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
Homelessness

‘People should not be arrested if they smell’: Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness