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'We could be the next Grenfell': Dagenham fire is a chilling reminder of the UK's cladding crisis
Firefighters battle Dagenham fire
Dagenham fire

'We could be the next Grenfell': Dagenham fire is a chilling reminder of the UK's cladding crisis

Rough sleeping response team to ensure 'pets won't be left behind in fight against homelessness'
Street Vet's Jade Statt helps man and pet staffie
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping response team to ensure 'pets won't be left behind in fight against homelessness'

What is fair wear and tear?
a mop on a wooden floor
renting

What is fair wear and tear?

Is a landlord responsible for pest control?
a pest control worker fumigating clothes on a rail
renting

Is a landlord responsible for pest control?

What to do if your landlord is not doing repairs
a man using an electric screwdriver to screw into a hinge on a window
renting

What to do if your landlord is not doing repairs

What is a landlord reference letter and how do I get one?
Hands typing on a keyboard. landlord reference letter
renting

What is a landlord reference letter and how do I get one?

Types of tenancy agreement
A woman writing on paper with moving boxes stacked behind her
renting

Types of tenancy agreement

Renting with pets: Know your rights
a woman sitting on a bed using a laptop, with a golden retriever lying beside her
renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration
Michael Quartey in Cardboard Citizens' No Walls, Still Trapped
Homelessness

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration

'A little bit of paradise': Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire
a group of people stands outside Shadwell Overground station in east London
Housing

'A little bit of paradise': Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire

Labour accused of 'aligning with landlords' and 'heaping misery on families' over social rent hike
Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Social housing

Labour accused of 'aligning with landlords' and 'heaping misery on families' over social rent hike

Angela Rayner to lead Labour taskforce to tackle homelessness: 'This will get us back on track'
Angela Rayner visits Social Bite homeless village in Edinburgh
Homelessness

Angela Rayner to lead Labour taskforce to tackle homelessness: 'This will get us back on track'

Renters 'must earn more than £75,000' to afford to live in London
An aerial photo of London
RENTING

Renters 'must earn more than £75,000' to afford to live in London

Who is Rushanara Ali? Meet the new Labour minister tasked with tackling the homelessness crisis
Labour homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Homelessness

Who is Rushanara Ali? Meet the new Labour minister tasked with tackling the homelessness crisis

NatWest and British Gas join forces to turbocharge efforts to insulate draughty social homes
social homes being worked on with a crane
Environment

NatWest and British Gas join forces to turbocharge efforts to insulate draughty social homes

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that's deeply personal for me – it's heartbreaking
Homelessness

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that's deeply personal for me – it's heartbreaking

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Ending a fixed term tenancy
a pile of cardboard moving boxes in front of a window. ending a fixed term tenancy
Renting

Ending a fixed term tenancy

Is subletting illegal?
a bed in a bedroom with a bedside table and lamp. is subletting illegal?
Renting

Is subletting illegal?

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
houses
Heatwave

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars
Stock image shows tent on a street in London
Homelessness

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars

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