'Next government must fix our broken rental system': Political leaders told to stand up for renters
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'Next government must fix our broken rental system': Political leaders told to stand up for renters
Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto
![Rishi Sunak ahead of the Conservative Manifesto launch](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53738671304_9a300ca1e7_o.jpg?w=768)
Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto
How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK's housing crisis
![Alma-nac's vision for Robin Hood Airport](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ROBIN-HOOD-CO-LIVING-COMMUNITY-01-3600-X-1800-BILLBOARD.png?w=768)
How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK's housing crisis
Labour unveils 'ambitious' plan to help people buy their first home. But is it enough?
![Keir Starmer announces Freedom to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2154772333.jpg?w=768)
Labour unveils 'ambitious' plan to help people buy their first home. But is it enough?
'Shocking': Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
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'Shocking': Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
'I'm sad, angry and confused': These renters are being made homeless to house people already homeless
![Renters Jules Zakolska and her partner are facing a no-fault eviction in Lambeth](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jz-and-jk-photo.jpg?w=768)
'I'm sad, angry and confused': These renters are being made homeless to house people already homeless
Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here's how old the average first-time buyer really is
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Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here's how old the average first-time buyer really is
10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping
![Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have not solved rough sleeping](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/51956491451_0cc6b57f80_o-1.jpg?w=768)
10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping
Rough sleepers 'forcibly removed' from tents outside London council headquarters: 'It's ridiculous'
![Camden rough sleeping incident](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Streets-Kitchen-Camden-incident-1.jpg?w=768)
Rough sleepers 'forcibly removed' from tents outside London council headquarters: 'It's ridiculous'
White pants, bin bags and a light on injustice: Inside the world's first Museum of Homelessness
![Museum Of Homelessness, Finsbury Park, London.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1617_MOH_Hero_15cda2.jpg?w=768)
White pants, bin bags and a light on injustice: Inside the world's first Museum of Homelessness
Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK's economy
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Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK's economy
TSB Bank forced to change buy-to-let mortgage policy after renters' furious sit-in protest
![Renters from Acorn union occupied TSB branches to force a climbdown on buy-to-let mortgages](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TSB-Birmingham-2.jpg?w=576)