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Crisis

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
a homeless person on the street
Matt Downie

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

The UK government is finally repealing the Vagrancy Act. Crisis chief exec Matt Downie explains why it's a 'watershed moment'
This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'
A woman holding a banner reading 'Justice'
Homelessness

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?
a group of different coloured tents are pitched on the street in a city environment
Homelessness

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?

'I will never forget the day it all changed': This is what life is like as an aid worker in Gaza
Salwa Al-Tibi

'I will never forget the day it all changed': This is what life is like as an aid worker in Gaza

The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain: 'No one is talking about it'
Nitazenes

The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain: 'No one is talking about it'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
There is no single image of a 'homeless person'. Let's bust the myths about homelessness
Housing

There is no single image of a 'homeless person'. Let's bust the myths about homelessness

A homelessness charity desperately needs help to feed 1,200 vulnerable people over Christmas
Crisis at Christmas
Activism

A homelessness charity desperately needs help to feed 1,200 vulnerable people over Christmas

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

Lack of affordable housing leaves councils struggling to help families facing homelessness
tent for person facing homelessness
Homelessness

Lack of affordable housing leaves councils struggling to help families facing homelessness

‘We can't say we don’t know how to solve homelessness’: Charity says lockdown success leaves no excuses
homelessness
Homelessness

‘We can't say we don’t know how to solve homelessness’: Charity says lockdown success leaves no excuses

The government is cutting support for struggling renters at the ‘worst possible time’
rent
Renting

The government is cutting support for struggling renters at the ‘worst possible time’

'We're expecting a tidal wave': Councils fear homelessness will rise by a third
homelessness
Homelessness

'We're expecting a tidal wave': Councils fear homelessness will rise by a third

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