Homelessness

Wales homeless football team faces race against time to survive: ‘We’re at breaking point’
Wayne Ellaway Homeless World Cup
Homelessness

Wales homeless football team faces race against time to survive: ‘We’re at breaking point’

Street Football Wales is aiming to raise £15,000 by the end of April after encountering ‘critical cashflow issues’ that could see it close its doors
Why are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up?
Boarded-up empty homes in Bradford
Housing

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

New homeless village offers 'brilliant solution' that organisers want to bring to a town near you
Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn on the steps of one of the modular homes at the new Harriet Gardens village
Homelessness

New homeless village offers 'brilliant solution' that organisers want to bring to a town near you

Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents
Morgan Vine

Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents

Reform UK housing spokesperson sacked over 'deeply dehumanising' Grenfell comments
Politics

Reform UK housing spokesperson sacked over 'deeply dehumanising' Grenfell comments

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Homeless young people 'left to sleep rough' after councils failed to assess their needs
Stock image of a homeless woman
homelessness

Homeless young people 'left to sleep rough' after councils failed to assess their needs

Coroners are increasingly pointing to the housing crisis in their reports – but can it save lives?
protesters hold up a placard calling for leaders to axe the bedroom tax
Homelessness

Coroners are increasingly pointing to the housing crisis in their reports – but can it save lives?

OffWestEnd's Denholm Spurr: 'I slept in saunas while homeless. Now I champion independent theatre'
Denholm Spurr
Theatre

OffWestEnd's Denholm Spurr: 'I slept in saunas while homeless. Now I champion independent theatre'

London’s first homeless detox centre set to close: ‘We’re pushing problems back onto the streets now’
St Thomas' Hospital
homelessness

London’s first homeless detox centre set to close: ‘We’re pushing problems back onto the streets now’

Why are homeless people being excluded from social housing? There has to be a better way
Social housing
Francesca Albanese

Why are homeless people being excluded from social housing? There has to be a better way

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
a man with a Refugees Welcome sign in his backpack
Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools
Prince William on a visit to Bournemouth
Homelessness

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it
Crisis Scotland representatives show cabinet secretary for housing Mairi McAllan the roadmap to end homelessness by 2040
Maeve McGoldrick

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here's what happened next
Aeryn, a care leaver who took part in a trial where she was given £2,000 to spend on whatever she wanted
Homelessness

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here's what happened next

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires
Millionaire Anthony and barmaid Tilly handcuffed together on Channel 4's Handcuffed
TV

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires

Three ways we can make a radical shift to prevent violence against women and girls
the silhouette of a women in a flat in front of the sun
Polly Neate

Three ways we can make a radical shift to prevent violence against women and girls

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather
a person sleeping rough in a doorway
Homelessness

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather

'Shocking' number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections
Stock image of tents on the side of a road
Homelessness

'Shocking' number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections

How Eastbourne became the face of England's temporary accommodation crisis
Eastbourne councillor Peter Diplock outside The Salvation Army
Homelessness

How Eastbourne became the face of England's temporary accommodation crisis

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets
a homeless man sleeping rough
Homelessness

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic
Nuuk in Greenland
homelessness

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic

Homes for Ukraine helped save thousands of people. But life for Ukrainian refugees is still uncertain
Carly Whyborn

Homes for Ukraine helped save thousands of people. But life for Ukrainian refugees is still uncertain

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness