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Val McDermid: 'If homelessness were an illness, we'd be demanding a cure'
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Val McDermid

Val McDermid: 'If homelessness were an illness, we'd be demanding a cure'

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media - and why they are wrong
homelessness
Homelessness

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media - and why they are wrong

Home Office rough sleeping scheme ‘put people in danger of detention and deportation’
rough sleeping
homelessness

Home Office rough sleeping scheme ‘put people in danger of detention and deportation’

Rough sleepers are being offered legal advice to protect against 'misused' police powers
rough sleepers legal advice
Rough sleeping

Rough sleepers are being offered legal advice to protect against 'misused' police powers

Why Māori women in New Zealand are disproportionately likely to be homeless
Vanda Symon
Books

Why Māori women in New Zealand are disproportionately likely to be homeless

How does homelessness differ for women?
Homeless women
Homelessness

How does homelessness differ for women?

Meet Nicôle Lecky, the mind and muse behind Mood
TV

Meet Nicôle Lecky, the mind and muse behind Mood

Why the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is the perfect opportunity to axe the Vagrancy Act
The Vagrancy Act will be axed in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Vagrancy Act

Why the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is the perfect opportunity to axe the Vagrancy Act

Robert Jenrick: Conservatives got it 'wrong' on rough sleeping
Robert Jenrick on rough sleeping
Homelessness

Robert Jenrick: Conservatives got it 'wrong' on rough sleeping

We know how to end rough sleeping – now we must grasp the opportunity to do it
rough sleeping
Steve Douglas

We know how to end rough sleeping – now we must grasp the opportunity to do it

The number of people sleeping rough in England falls for the fourth straight year
rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

The number of people sleeping rough in England falls for the fourth straight year

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act is just the start – now we must end rough sleeping for good
vagrancy act rough sleeping
Layla Moran

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act is just the start – now we must end rough sleeping for good

The 'archaic' Vagrancy Act is officially being scrapped after 200 years
vagrancy act rough sleeping
News

The 'archaic' Vagrancy Act is officially being scrapped after 200 years

'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

Government finally set to repeal ‘obscene’ Vagrancy Act that criminalises homelessness
Vagrancy Act is set to be repealed
Rough sleeping

Government finally set to repeal ‘obscene’ Vagrancy Act that criminalises homelessness

Four things you can do to help homeless people during Storm Eunice
homeless people at risk during Storm Eunice
Storm Eunice

Four things you can do to help homeless people during Storm Eunice

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New rules could stop domestic abuse victims from having to live near abusers
domestic abuse
Domestic Abuse

New rules could stop domestic abuse victims from having to live near abusers

Homelessness charity unveils new 'innovative' houses with capped rent
CGI rendering of Centrepoint's new build
Affordable housing

Homelessness charity unveils new 'innovative' houses with capped rent

'Temporary' accommodation shows the government is failing homeless children
Alex Firth

'Temporary' accommodation shows the government is failing homeless children

Homeless people were social distancing long before Covid - and it may have saved lives
homeless Covid
Andrew Guise

Homeless people were social distancing long before Covid - and it may have saved lives