Housing

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion 'risks thousands losing their home'
a homeless person sleeping rough on the streets
homelessness

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion 'risks thousands losing their home'

The government’s strategy has opted not to make Housing First a central part of plans to reduce homelessness despite the success of pilot programmes
Is Labour really going to end homelessness?
housing secretary Steve Reed
homelessness

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?

Everything you need to know about Labour's homelessness strategy
a person experiencing homelessness lying down on the street
Homelessness

Everything you need to know about Labour's homelessness strategy

More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour's strategy mean for them?
homelessness

More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour's strategy mean for them?

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
homelessness

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
homelessness

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Lurcher dog Wilbur
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague's life – then rebuilt his home
Unsung heroes

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague's life – then rebuilt his home

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour's child poverty strategy
a girl in the front room of a home in front of the window
Homelessness

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour's child poverty strategy

What a row over a tent village in London's West End says about the homelessness crisis
A man and a woman with their two dogs in a tent
Homelessness

What a row over a tent village in London's West End says about the homelessness crisis

Sadiq Khan condemns 'unfair profiteering' from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Sadiq Khan superimposed over a tower block
Yo-yo Homes

Sadiq Khan condemns 'unfair profiteering' from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'
housing secretary Steve Reed with a red line over his face next to a block of flats
Yo-yo Homes

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: 'Why would they try and hide this?'
The mayor of Swindon
Yo-yo Homes

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: 'Why would they try and hide this?'

Homelessness stagnated in Labour's first year – but ministers warned not to mistake it for progress
a homeless man pictured in his temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Homelessness stagnated in Labour's first year – but ministers warned not to mistake it for progress

How Reeves' autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour's 1.5 million new homes pledge
housing secretary Steve Reed in hard hat and high vis
Housebuilding

How Reeves' autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour's 1.5 million new homes pledge

Rachel Reeves unveils new 'mansion tax' on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?
A mansion
Mansion tax

Rachel Reeves unveils new 'mansion tax' on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?

Labour's choice to freeze local housing allowance will 'condemn thousands to another grim winter'
house keys
Renting

Labour's choice to freeze local housing allowance will 'condemn thousands to another grim winter'

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills
Ferndale Rise in Cambridge before and after renovation
Housing

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: 'I thought I was going to be there forever'
Andre Hopkins at his new home
homelessness

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: 'I thought I was going to be there forever'

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: 'Now is the worst time to be homeless'
Homelessness

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: 'Now is the worst time to be homeless'

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

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