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Housing
Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’

Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’
Labour has promised to build 1.5 million homes with councils tasked with delivering 370,000 homes a year. But some of the highest housing targets are in areas of poor public transport, analysis from Transport for Homes has found
Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel

Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
Top Stories
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Homelessness
If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness
Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
‘This has been my shelter’: Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing

‘This has been my shelter’: Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing
Renting
Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’

Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’
Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it
Rough sleeping
Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won’t end the criminalisation of rough sleeping

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won’t end the criminalisation of rough sleeping
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples’ lives

Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples’ lives
Housing advice
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Understanding the issues
Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’

Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’
Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel

Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
