Housing

I went to Andy Burnham's rough sleeping summit. The government has a task ahead but we live in hope
John Bird

I went to Andy Burnham's rough sleeping summit. The government has a task ahead but we live in hope

I believe that rough sleeping is an unacceptable human rights abuse. We should not allow people to fall apart and die young on our streets
Andy Burnham won't end rough sleeping with Shabana Mahmood’s brutal immigration reforms
home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Bethan Lant

Andy Burnham won't end rough sleeping with Shabana Mahmood’s brutal immigration reforms

Bristol Big Issue vendor Mike Turner: 'The shortage of housing in this city is a moral injustice'
Big Issue vendor Mike Turner
Housing

Bristol Big Issue vendor Mike Turner: 'The shortage of housing in this city is a moral injustice'

No domestic abuse survivor should miss out on a safe home because an abusive partner left them with debt
Polly Neate and Katherine Brickell

No domestic abuse survivor should miss out on a safe home because an abusive partner left them with debt

Rough sleeping in London is falling. But new stats show 'urgent action' is needed from Andy Burnham
Housing

Rough sleeping in London is falling. But new stats show 'urgent action' is needed from Andy Burnham

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How disused garages are being turned into affordable homes to tackle London's housing crisis
Designs demonstrating how Naked House turns disused garages into homes
Housing

How disused garages are being turned into affordable homes to tackle London's housing crisis

The government promised a brownfield housebuilding boom. What’s the hold up? 
Housing

The government promised a brownfield housebuilding boom. What’s the hold up? 

Autumn budget 2026: Keeping housing benefit freeze 'puts rough sleeping promise at risk'
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey opted not to unfreeze local housing allowance at the 2026 autumn budget
Housing

Autumn budget 2026: Keeping housing benefit freeze 'puts rough sleeping promise at risk'

How the housing crisis turned into a political football 
Graffiti in Barcelona of Maricarmen Abascal
Housing crisis

How the housing crisis turned into a political football 

Can Labour still hit their 1.5 million homes target?
Lion Green Road won the RIBA Stirling Prize
Housing

Can Labour still hit their 1.5 million homes target?

How can we end rough sleeping when frontline workers are facing burnout?
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Housing

How can we end rough sleeping when frontline workers are facing burnout?

What Mr Skelly can teach us about the housing crisis
Steven MacKenzie

What Mr Skelly can teach us about the housing crisis

Andy Burnham: 'I'm not naive. You can't say there will be nobody sleeping rough after Christmas'
Andy Burnham at Connection at St Martin-in-the-fields
Interview

Andy Burnham: 'I'm not naive. You can't say there will be nobody sleeping rough after Christmas'

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping while prisons are in crisis?
prime minister Andy Burnham
Homelessness

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping while prisons are in crisis?

Everyone agrees we need more homes. So why aren’t they being built?
Advertorial

Everyone agrees we need more homes. So why aren’t they being built?

If Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping he must close the revolving door in prisons
a prisoner behind prison bars
Pavan Dhaliwal

If Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping he must close the revolving door in prisons

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act
Charles Booth's 1889 colour-coded map of poverty in London
Ben Rogers

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act

'I’m a councillor. Temporary accommodation costs are forcing me to bring in brutal cuts'
Natalie Thomas
Natalie Thomas

'I’m a councillor. Temporary accommodation costs are forcing me to bring in brutal cuts'

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here's what they did next
University of Roehampton lead researcher Dr Melissa Jogie
Homelessness

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here's what they did next

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It's leaving women sleeping rough on the streets
A homeless women pictured going behind the bins to get some privacy while on her period
Homelessness

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It's leaving women sleeping rough on the streets

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise
a woman sitting on the side of a road
Homelessness

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use
boarded up empty homes
Housing

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use

Should renters have a triple lock to cap sky-high rents? Zack Polanski thinks so
Zack Polanski
rent controls

Should renters have a triple lock to cap sky-high rents? Zack Polanski thinks so

Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: 'I showed Prince William around the city'
Invisible Cities tour guide showing a tour group a mural by Sheffield artist Phlegm at Holborn Junction, Aberdeen
Travel

Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: 'I showed Prince William around the city'

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister
Homelessness minister Florence Eshalomi and prime minister Andy Burnham.
Homelessness

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister