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‘I can be a role model’: How dance helped a young woman out of homelessness
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‘I can be a role model’: How dance helped a young woman out of homelessness

StreetVet vows to end ‘impossible choice’ between a pet and a home
Street Vet's Jade Statt helps man and pet staffie
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StreetVet vows to end ‘impossible choice’ between a pet and a home

Rural homelessness: How we can help 'hidden' rough sleepers
Rural homelessness is on the rise. Image: Mendhak / Flickr
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Rural homelessness: How we can help 'hidden' rough sleepers

Legal challenge launched to stop ‘cruel’ deportation of rough sleepers
A rough sleeper in London
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Legal challenge launched to stop ‘cruel’ deportation of rough sleepers

Westminster's rough sleepers offered 'around the clock support' this winter
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Westminster's rough sleepers offered 'around the clock support' this winter

Sadiq Khan launches online tool to root out London's 'rogue landlords'
London's City Hall is lit up in the evening with Tower Bridge in the background
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Sadiq Khan launches online tool to root out London's 'rogue landlords'

Government social housing plans promise more rights but not more homes
Social housing in London
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Government social housing plans promise more rights but not more homes

Brighton man 'slept in van' after police-enforced eviction on eve of lockdown
A car speeds along the seafront road in Brighton at night
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Brighton man 'slept in van' after police-enforced eviction on eve of lockdown

George Clarke: “I wish The Big Issue was not needed but it is”
George Clarke's Council House Scandal
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George Clarke: “I wish The Big Issue was not needed but it is”

Ridley Scott joins forces with youth homelessness charities for new film
Ridley Scott teams up with End Youth Homelessness. Image: End Youth Homelessness
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Ridley Scott joins forces with youth homelessness charities for new film

No repeat of Everyone In efforts to help rough sleepers, says minister
Homeless person
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No repeat of Everyone In efforts to help rough sleepers, says minister

Number of pensioners in rented homes has doubled in the last decade
housing crisis
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Number of pensioners in rented homes has doubled in the last decade

Renters’ lockdown protections will ‘only delay homelessness crisis’
Eviction letter Shutterstock
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Renters’ lockdown protections will ‘only delay homelessness crisis’

Trump has been ‘disastrous’ for US homeless, say street papers
Real Change vendor
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Trump has been ‘disastrous’ for US homeless, say street papers

Charities call for new eviction ban for second English lockdown
The worst-affected areas were London, the south west and the east of England, where the poorest households shelled out over 50% of their monthly income on even the cheapest available rents.
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Charities call for new eviction ban for second English lockdown

Government announces £15 million to help rough sleepers in lockdown
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
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Government announces £15 million to help rough sleepers in lockdown

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Covid-19 lockdown: ‘Bringing rough sleepers into hotels helps everybody’
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Covid-19 lockdown: ‘Bringing rough sleepers into hotels helps everybody’

Government must avoid homeless 'tragedy in the making' during lockdown
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
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Government must avoid homeless 'tragedy in the making' during lockdown

UK is wasting the skills of homeless veterans, says ex-soldier turned artist
Bran Symondson
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UK is wasting the skills of homeless veterans, says ex-soldier turned artist

Youth homelessness ‘a real, real issue’ as furlough scheme ends
rough sleeper
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Youth homelessness ‘a real, real issue’ as furlough scheme ends

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