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Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

Homelessness is on the rise all around the UK. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership
John Bird

The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership

Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to
ROUGH SLEEPING

Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to

Homelessness system in Scotland 'at breaking point' as rough sleeping surges
Homelessness

Homelessness system in Scotland 'at breaking point' as rough sleeping surges

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Alison McGovern named as new homelessness minister after Rushanara Ali rent scandal
homelessness minister Alison McGovern
Homelessness

Alison McGovern named as new homelessness minister after Rushanara Ali rent scandal

This 'life-changing' project is transforming the bedrooms of children living in poverty
Child bedroom before and after
Child poverty

This 'life-changing' project is transforming the bedrooms of children living in poverty

Opake on his boundary-pushing art: 'I don't think there's anything more taboo than hentai porn'
Opake sitting on a table in his studio
Opake takeover

Opake on his boundary-pushing art: 'I don't think there's anything more taboo than hentai porn'

Dear Steve Reed: We must do better at tackling homelessness – and fast
Homelessness
Duncan Shrubsole

Dear Steve Reed: We must do better at tackling homelessness – and fast

How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers
a row of UK houses
RENTING

How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers

Zarah Sultana calls for MPs to be banned from being landlords
placards reading 'Power to the Renters' and 'Homes 4 All'
Housing

Zarah Sultana calls for MPs to be banned from being landlords

Renters' Rights Bill must become law 'as soon as possible', housing minister says
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook in a Renters' Rights Bill parliamentary debate
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill must become law 'as soon as possible', housing minister says

Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK
Homelessness

Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK

Inside the Big Issue: Spinal Tap vs HUNTR/X
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Spinal Tap vs HUNTR/X

'Soap opera politics?': Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

'Soap opera politics?': Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill
Labour deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner
RENTING

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill

Single-parent families almost four times more likely to be homeless than families with two parents
a father and daughter washing hands
Homelessness

Single-parent families almost four times more likely to be homeless than families with two parents

'Cruel' housing benefit 'quirk' forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work
Housing benefit

'Cruel' housing benefit 'quirk' forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work

Revealed: How Lifetime ISAs block some young people from buying their first home
Housing

Revealed: How Lifetime ISAs block some young people from buying their first home

DJ Charlie Sloth: 'Our elders spent their lives in and out of jail. I've always thought I'm worth more'
Culture

DJ Charlie Sloth: 'Our elders spent their lives in and out of jail. I've always thought I'm worth more'

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it's facing an urgent financial crisis
a person in a wheelchair at a home with a chalkboard
Suzannah Young

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it's facing an urgent financial crisis

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Home Office halves time for new refugees to find a home in move 'guaranteed to increase homelessness'
a tent on the street
Homelessness

Home Office halves time for new refugees to find a home in move 'guaranteed to increase homelessness'

This charity converts shipping containers into homes for homeless people
Homelessness

This charity converts shipping containers into homes for homeless people

BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors
Our vendors

BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors

Superstar DJ James Hype is turning house music into homes: 'Let's see what we can do'
Music

Superstar DJ James Hype is turning house music into homes: 'Let's see what we can do'