Homelessness

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
Danny Beales walks down a street in Ruislip Manor with a blue bridge in the background spelling the name of the area
Danny Beales

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

Labour MP Danny Beales experienced homelessness as a child. He says Andy Burnham must harness the power of the impact economy if he is to prevent rough sleeping for good
Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 
Keely Dalfen (second from right) with some of the team at The Brick
Housing

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 

Shane Torres: 'My dad was homeless. It's sobering to see your model of a man failing completely'
Comedian Shane Torres
Culture

Shane Torres: 'My dad was homeless. It's sobering to see your model of a man failing completely'

Ending rough sleeping is the goal, but taking bars off benches is a good start
John Bird

Ending rough sleeping is the goal, but taking bars off benches is a good start

Not every pensioner lives in a mortgage-free home. Rising rents mean more are facing homelessness
Morgan Vine

Not every pensioner lives in a mortgage-free home. Rising rents mean more are facing homelessness

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’
Vendor Bob Sheppard wears a Big Issue bucket hat from our summer support kit and holds our Oasis issue outside Big Issue's Bristol offices.
Housing

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’
Lisa Farmer OBE is chief executive of Royal British Veterans Enterprise
Lisa Farmer

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’

In pictures: What it's like to sleep in your car while homeless in a heatwave
Sam Singleton's car parked next to a tent in the shade
Sam Singleton

In pictures: What it's like to sleep in your car while homeless in a heatwave

Inside the Big Issue: 128 days to end rough sleeping
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 128 days to end rough sleeping

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'
Acorn protesters occupied offices to protest the cost of living crisis
Protest

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Housing

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’
Prime minister Andy Burnham cooking at homelessness charity The Passage
Housing

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Rough sleeping

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham

'Mum's no longer with us. I know she'd be proud that my job is helping people into a secure home'
Florence Eshalomi
Florence Eshalomi

'Mum's no longer with us. I know she'd be proud that my job is helping people into a secure home'

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'

Inside the Big Issue: Amelia Dimoldenberg's opportunity issue
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Amelia Dimoldenberg's opportunity issue

I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going
Louise Reed hugging a man facing homelessness in Leeds
Louise Reed

I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going

Andy Burnham wants to prevent homelessness. But can he do it in 'landlord-class Britain'?
The silhouette of a homeless person sat in front of a house illustrated as a calculator
Investigation

Andy Burnham wants to prevent homelessness. But can he do it in 'landlord-class Britain'?

Labour 'turning the tide' on homelessness but Burnham 'must go further' to help homeless kids
Prime minister Andy Burnham pictured with a child in Sheffield
Housing

Labour 'turning the tide' on homelessness but Burnham 'must go further' to help homeless kids

Britain needs a new system to tackle homelessness. Here's how Andy Burnham can change it
Prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Ligia Teixeira

Britain needs a new system to tackle homelessness. Here's how Andy Burnham can change it

Bradley Foxwell: the homeless artist showing off his work on the side of canal boats
Canal Boat Contemporary uses London's network of waterways to bring the art to the people
Art

Bradley Foxwell: the homeless artist showing off his work on the side of canal boats

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires in France. This is what it felt like to be evacuated from my home
wildfires
Soraya Fettih

I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires in France. This is what it felt like to be evacuated from my home

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up'
Children's Laureate Patrice Lawrence
Books

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up'

Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces
Andy Burnham volunteering at London homelessness charity The Passage on the day he was named prime minister
Homelessness

Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces

‘The reality in Ukraine is stark. But there is hope in addressing homelessness’
a homeless man is offered support at Depaul International's Kyiv shelter
Guest Columnist

‘The reality in Ukraine is stark. But there is hope in addressing homelessness’