Housing

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Being out in cold weather can be dangerous, especially if you have nowhere else to go. Here’s how to help people who are homeless in winter
Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

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

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: 'I thought I was going to be there forever'
homelessness

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: 'I thought I was going to be there forever'

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: 'Now is the worst time to be homeless'
Homelessness

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: 'Now is the worst time to be homeless'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

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'

Married at First Sight UK star Davide reveals homelessness past: 'It made me who I am today'
Married At First Sight UK star Davide Anica
Homelessness

Married at First Sight UK star Davide reveals homelessness past: 'It made me who I am today'

When it comes to Britain's housing, we need to value the homes we have as much as the ones we build
Housing

When it comes to Britain's housing, we need to value the homes we have as much as the ones we build

Frozen housing benefit pushes renters into homelessness. Will Labour finally listen and thaw it?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Renting

Frozen housing benefit pushes renters into homelessness. Will Labour finally listen and thaw it?

Keir Starmer promises to 'put an end to unsafe housing' in exclusive article for Big Issue
Prime minister Keir Starmer.
Housing

Keir Starmer promises to 'put an end to unsafe housing' in exclusive article for Big Issue

'There are good people in the world': The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family
Supported lodgings

'There are good people in the world': The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family

Labour confirms millions in funding to stop 1,000-plus veterans becoming homeless
Veterans

Labour confirms millions in funding to stop 1,000-plus veterans becoming homeless

Thousands of pensioners evicted from care homes and put at risk of homelessness: 'It's so cruel'
pensioners sat together
Care homes

Thousands of pensioners evicted from care homes and put at risk of homelessness: 'It's so cruel'

3 things Labour must do right now to help 300,000 homeless households in England
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Homelessness

3 things Labour must do right now to help 300,000 homeless households in England

Prince William and Gordon Brown join forces to tackle homelessness: 'Dignity can be restored'
Gordon Brown and Prince William at a Homewards event
Homelessness

Prince William and Gordon Brown join forces to tackle homelessness: 'Dignity can be restored'

'A moral imperative': Starmer faces pressure to confirm cash to stop veteran homelessness
Veterans

'A moral imperative': Starmer faces pressure to confirm cash to stop veteran homelessness

Mayors to get greater powers to build social homes in their regions: 'Go big, go bold, go build'
Housing secretary Steve Reed in high-vis and a hard hat
Social housing

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

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot
Economic secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby looking at her phone
Financial inclusion

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot

Tories call on Starmer to confirm cash keeping 1,000 veterans off the streets: 'They must be protected'
shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge
Veterans

Tories call on Starmer to confirm cash keeping 1,000 veterans off the streets: 'They must be protected'

This is what it's like to fall into hidden homelessness: 'I felt like a burden'
An illustration of a house cut out of a background
Homelessness

This is what it's like to fall into hidden homelessness: 'I felt like a burden'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
More than 4,700 people are homeless on London's streets: 'The situation is terrible'
a man sleeping rough on the street
Homelessness

More than 4,700 people are homeless on London's streets: 'The situation is terrible'

Hundreds of veterans face homelessness as future of support scheme uncertain: 'A kick in the teeth'
Remembrance

Hundreds of veterans face homelessness as future of support scheme uncertain: 'A kick in the teeth'

Haunted houses are a classic horror trope – but are they scarier than damp, mould and landlords?
Horror homes

Haunted houses are a classic horror trope – but are they scarier than damp, mould and landlords?

Rachel Reeves faces calls to resign over rental rule break: 'Politicians can't be left off easy'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing pressure to quit over her rental home error
Politics

Rachel Reeves faces calls to resign over rental rule break: 'Politicians can't be left off easy'