Empty Homes

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use
boarded up empty homes
Housing

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use

The Labour government will reform empty dwelling management orders to allow councils to act on vacant properties after six months instead of two years after Big Issue called for action
Big Issue founder leads call for a national empty homes strategy: 'A completely wasted resource'
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird at a House of Lords debate on empty homes
Housing

Big Issue founder leads call for a national empty homes strategy: 'A completely wasted resource'

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'
Lord John Bird in the House of Lords
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'

Why are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up?
Housing

Why are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up?

Letters: Repeal squatting laws. The crime is leaving homes empty, not their occupation 
Letters

Letters: Repeal squatting laws. The crime is leaving homes empty, not their occupation 

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Half a million empty homes are 'hiding in plain sight'. Here's how to unlock them
Stock image of a row of houses
Housing

Half a million empty homes are 'hiding in plain sight'. Here's how to unlock them

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness
empty homes in Bradford
Empty homes

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness

The first-ever World Vacant Homes Day is putting focus on bringing empty homes back into use
boarded-up empty homes
Adam Cliff and Tom Gilligan

The first-ever World Vacant Homes Day is putting focus on bringing empty homes back into use

Empty council-owned buildings 'could pave way for 25,000 new homes'
an empty shop in London
Housing

Empty council-owned buildings 'could pave way for 25,000 new homes'

Empty buildings are a housing resource waiting to be tapped – so why don't we?
Henrietta Blackmore

Empty buildings are a housing resource waiting to be tapped – so why don't we?

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them
boarded up empty homes
Empty homes

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them

Rob Delaney: 'Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long'
Politics

Rob Delaney: 'Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long'

Letters: Who will administer end-of-life care if assisted dying becomes law?
Letters

Letters: Who will administer end-of-life care if assisted dying becomes law?

Here's a radical idea to let communities buy empty homes and get rid of dodgy landlords
Housing crisis

Here's a radical idea to let communities buy empty homes and get rid of dodgy landlords

How many empty homes are there in the UK?
How many empty homes are there in the UK? The Big Issue investigates. Image credit: Estate Agent Networking / Pixabay
Housing

How many empty homes are there in the UK?

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem
empty homes, hastings
Activism

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem

Housing activists launch campaign calling for Airbnb regulation
Airbnb

Housing activists launch campaign calling for Airbnb regulation

Major building society says it will stop offering mortgages on second homes
second homes
Second homes

Major building society says it will stop offering mortgages on second homes

Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots
holiday lets
Holiday homes

Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots

Why second homes are a problem for housing in the UK
second homes
Second homes

Why second homes are a problem for housing in the UK

Concern grows that rise in holiday lets is depriving communities of much-needed housing
The rooftops and sandy beaches of St Ives in Cornwall are set against the blue background of the sea
Renting

Concern grows that rise in holiday lets is depriving communities of much-needed housing

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap
East Marsh United gone from litter picking to renting
Community activism

These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap

This tool will tell you how many empty homes there are in your area
Empty homes

This tool will tell you how many empty homes there are in your area

Meet the builders turning London's empty houses into affordable homes
Cost of Living Heroes

Meet the builders turning London's empty houses into affordable homes

There are as many families waiting for social housing in Cornwall as there are holiday lets
A street of homes in Cornwall
Second homes

There are as many families waiting for social housing in Cornwall as there are holiday lets