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Homelessness
This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
From today (10 July) youngsters aged under 25 who have left care and survivors of domestic abuse will not be subject to the local connection test when applying for social housing
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed
This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
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
Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says
Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse
Prince William's bid to end homelessness in 'delivery mode' as it hits second anniversary

Prince William's bid to end homelessness in 'delivery mode' as it hits second anniversary
More than half of PIP claimants say Labour's benefit cuts could make them homeless

More than half of PIP claimants say Labour's benefit cuts could make them homeless
Benefit cuts are not a 'pathway to work' – they risk making people homeless

Benefit cuts are not a 'pathway to work' – they risk making people homeless
If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness
Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing 'will literally save lives'

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing 'will literally save lives'
'This has been my shelter': Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing

'This has been my shelter': Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing
Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won't end the criminalisation of rough sleeping

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won't end the criminalisation of rough sleeping
Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness
Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples' lives

Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples' lives
Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: 'People don't know their rights'

Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: 'People don't know their rights'
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of 'cruel' 200-year law

Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of 'cruel' 200-year law
I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around

I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around
This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the 'inhumane' way mothers are cut off from their children

New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the 'inhumane' way mothers are cut off from their children
'Explain to me why I'm homeless': Rough sleeper's rage tells us a lot about what's keeping people homeless

'Explain to me why I'm homeless': Rough sleeper's rage tells us a lot about what's keeping people homeless
Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit

Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit
Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: 'People have no other option'
