'Sharp rise in homelessness' expected as cost of living crisis bites
Homelessness

'Sharp rise in homelessness' expected as cost of living crisis bites

Where to find grants for furniture and carpets in 2023
Housing

Where to find grants for furniture and carpets in 2023

Renting is up and home ownership down since 2011, according to latest Census data 
How many empty homes are there in the UK? The Big Issue investigates. Image credit: Estate Agent Networking / Pixabay
Renting

Renting is up and home ownership down since 2011, according to latest Census data 

Teaching social housing tenants how to complain to their landlord 'will not address the imbalance'
Social housing

Teaching social housing tenants how to complain to their landlord 'will not address the imbalance'

Big Issue sellers are seven times more likely to need food and fuel support this Christmas
Big Issue vendor
Big Issue vendors

Big Issue sellers are seven times more likely to need food and fuel support this Christmas

Affordable housing is in short supply - here's what other countries are doing about it
Affordable student housing in Denmark
Housing

Affordable housing is in short supply - here's what other countries are doing about it

What impact would a rent freeze have? Just ask tenants in Scotland
A sign saying
Rent freeze

What impact would a rent freeze have? Just ask tenants in Scotland

Why The Crown stars have unveiled a giant sculpture of a homeless person
the crown/ homeless statue
Homelessness

Why The Crown stars have unveiled a giant sculpture of a homeless person

'Freeze rent not renters': Tenants march across UK amid cost of living crisis
Rent prices

'Freeze rent not renters': Tenants march across UK amid cost of living crisis

The disturbing parallels between Awaab Ishak’s death in Rochdale and the Grenfell Tower disaster
Awaab Ishak

The disturbing parallels between Awaab Ishak’s death in Rochdale and the Grenfell Tower disaster

Black and minoritised ethnic communities at disproportionate risk of homelessness in the UK
Homelessness

Black and minoritised ethnic communities at disproportionate risk of homelessness in the UK

The number of people sleeping rough in England could be double the official count
sleeping rough homelessness
Homelessness

The number of people sleeping rough in England could be double the official count

Awaab Ishak: Why Rochdale toddler's death is being described as a 'defining moment'
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Social housing

Awaab Ishak: Why Rochdale toddler's death is being described as a 'defining moment'

How the ONS measures deaths in the homeless community and why it’s so complex
homelessness rough sleeping Autumn Statement
Homeless deaths

How the ONS measures deaths in the homeless community and why it’s so complex

Two people died while homeless every day in England and Wales last year
homeless deaths
Homelessness

Two people died while homeless every day in England and Wales last year

Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time
homeless deaths
Homelessness

Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time

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‘It's a big worry’: Michael Gove hints government could miss target to end rough sleeping
Michael Gove rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

‘It's a big worry’: Michael Gove hints government could miss target to end rough sleeping

‘I’ve asked for a dehumidifier for Christmas’: The renters living with damp and mould
Eleanor Crabb damp and mould
Housing

‘I’ve asked for a dehumidifier for Christmas’: The renters living with damp and mould

Why we need to create decent and affordable homes for all
affordable homes
Big Futures

Why we need to create decent and affordable homes for all

Social housing rent rise cap still ‘inflicts hardship’ on most vulnerable, say campaigners
Jeremy Hunt Autumn Statement on social housing rents
Autumn Statement

Social housing rent rise cap still ‘inflicts hardship’ on most vulnerable, say campaigners