Social housing

Inside the innovative employment pilot bringing jobs to overlooked young people’s doorsteps
Employment

Inside the innovative employment pilot bringing jobs to overlooked young people’s doorsteps

JobsPlus is tackling youth unemployment by reaching NEETs in social housing, supporting them in the local community and helping them get jobs

The horrific state of our social housing is a stain on the nation. There’s only one way to fix it
Social housing

The horrific state of our social housing is a stain on the nation. There’s only one way to fix it

Daniel Hewitt has been investigating squalid conditions in the UK’s social housing for years. For him, there is only one solution to the housing crisis: getting a state-backed housebuilder to deliver social homes

Awaab’s Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here’s what you need to know
Housing

Awaab’s Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here’s what you need to know

The law was named after a toddler who tragically died and puts legal protections in place for social housing tenants living in damp and mouldy homes

I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope again
Football

I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope again

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’

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Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?
social housing

Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?

‘I was told I’m lucky I don’t sleep in the kitchen. But we have a fridge-freezer next to the bed’
Housing

‘I was told I’m lucky I don’t sleep in the kitchen. But we have a fridge-freezer next to the bed’

Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won’t need second homes
Letters

Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won’t need second homes

Why are homeless people being excluded from social housing? There has to be a better way
Francesca Albanese

Why are homeless people being excluded from social housing? There has to be a better way

Why Wates are the perfect partners for the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Advertorial

Why Wates are the perfect partners for the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called ‘world-leading’. Here’s why
Homelessness

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called ‘world-leading’. Here’s why

Family want justice after great-grandma’s body found badly decomposed despite welfare checks
Justice

Family want justice after great-grandma’s body found badly decomposed despite welfare checks

Providing carpets in social housing won’t be mandatory. It fails to meet basic standards of decency
Joe Carpenter

Providing carpets in social housing won’t be mandatory. It fails to meet basic standards of decency

New Labour, new Britain? What did Tony Blair really do for housing?
Glen O’Hara

New Labour, new Britain? What did Tony Blair really do for housing?

The housing crisis is going nowhere. 2026 must offer a better vision for the future
Mark Washer

The housing crisis is going nowhere. 2026 must offer a better vision for the future

Why we’re creating new housing union in 2026 to help renters, residents and leaseholders take on power
Suzanne Muna

Why we’re creating new housing union in 2026 to help renters, residents and leaseholders take on power

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
homelessness

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’
Housing

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’

Mayors to get greater powers to build social homes in their regions: ‘Go big, go bold, go build’
Social housing

Mayors to get greater powers to build social homes in their regions: ‘Go big, go bold, go build’

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back
Yo-yo Homes

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back

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I’ve worked on the frontline making social housing repairs – Awaab’s Law must bring real change
Joe Carpenter

I’ve worked on the frontline making social housing repairs – Awaab’s Law must bring real change

Dad of boy who died due to mould in flat says he’s ‘proud’ of his son for saving lives
Awaab's Law

Dad of boy who died due to mould in flat says he’s ‘proud’ of his son for saving lives

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Right to Buy

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé

Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage
Peter Apps

Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage