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Housing

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

Homelessness is on the rise all around the UK. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know
Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Renting

Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high
A sad child
Homelessness

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high

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Renters’ Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers’ ‘tenant and landlord battle’

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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

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high
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Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high

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Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Renting

Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high
A sad child
Homelessness

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high

Renters’ Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers’ ‘tenant and landlord battle’
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers’ ‘tenant and landlord battle’

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Renters protest high rents in London
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The Renters’ Rights Bill promises more security – but it won’t tackle high rents crippling renters

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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

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
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Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
the silhouette of a woman in a flat
Homelessness

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says
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Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says

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

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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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

Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Renting

Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high
A sad child
Homelessness

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high

Renters’ Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers’ ‘tenant and landlord battle’
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers’ ‘tenant and landlord battle’

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