Housing

Awaab's Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here's what you need to know
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
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
Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?
renters from ACORN and London Renters Union storm the stage at the National Landlord Investment Show to demand rent controls
Housing

Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat
Energy House 2.0 in Salford
Technology

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat

Homelessness could rise by 25% by the end of the decade. Here's how Andy Burnham can take action
Housing

Homelessness could rise by 25% by the end of the decade. Here's how Andy Burnham can take action

Revealed: Homeless people face 'postcode lottery' of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves
Investigation

Revealed: Homeless people face 'postcode lottery' of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves

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Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans
Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer meet school children in Manchester
Housing

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’
a housing estate in Luton pictured from the air
Housing

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families
Delta Point in Croydon is a former office block turned into housing
heatwave

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis
Scarlett Chapman
Changemakers 2026

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’
Prince William
Housing

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Housing

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’

Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump
Andy Burnham delivering a speech in Manchester
Housing

Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’
a person rough sleeping on a wall
Housing

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’

Sadiq Khan admits he is 'really worried' about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners
Heatwave

Sadiq Khan admits he is 'really worried' about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years
Faerie Newbuild sculpture by 10Foot at Museum of Homelessness
10Foot

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'
Lord John Bird in the House of Lords
Housing

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

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
a homeless person on the street
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

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

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

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'
The AT&T Stadium in Dallas will host nine games in the World Cup
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'

'For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have'
The Nomad with Jeb and Charlie
homelessness

'For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have'

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’
Langmead House in Bromley-by-Bow
Housing

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis
a data centre
Artificial Intelligence

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'
child at window
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn
a person sleeping rough on the street
Homelessness

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep'
a woman walking at night
homelessness

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep'