Housing

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

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

With record rent rises becoming the norm, The Big Issue looks at whether renters face more surges or if the tide is starting to turn in the favour of tenants
More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’
London skyline
Housing

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’

Why were young people barely mentioned in Labour's homelessness strategy?
Prime minister Keir Starmer hosting a press conference with school children.
Phil Kerry

Why were young people barely mentioned in Labour's homelessness strategy?

Renting with pets: Know your rights
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Renting with pets: Know your rights

Labour’s homelessness strategy is a good start. It will take the right leadership to have an impact
Duncan Shrubsole

Labour’s homelessness strategy is a good start. It will take the right leadership to have an impact

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Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion 'risks thousands losing their home'
a homeless person sleeping rough on the streets
homelessness

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion 'risks thousands losing their home'

Everything you need to know about Labour's homelessness strategy
a person experiencing homelessness lying down on the street
Homelessness

Everything you need to know about Labour's homelessness strategy

'The only reason I got a place is I was set on fire': The voices behind Labour's homelessness plan
homeless tents on the street
Katy Savage

'The only reason I got a place is I was set on fire': The voices behind Labour's homelessness plan

More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour's strategy mean for them?
a homeless person lying on the street with their belongings
homelessness

More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour's strategy mean for them?

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
homelessness minister Alison McGovern alongside Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
homelessness

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
homelessness

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Lurcher dog Wilbur
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague's life – then rebuilt his home
Unsung heroes

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague's life – then rebuilt his home

Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: 'I definitely took it for granted'
Dogs

Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: 'I definitely took it for granted'

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour's child poverty strategy
a girl in the front room of a home in front of the window
Homelessness

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour's child poverty strategy

Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: 'Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs'
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern

Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: 'Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs'

What a row over a tent village in London's West End says about the homelessness crisis
A man and a woman with their two dogs in a tent
Homelessness

What a row over a tent village in London's West End says about the homelessness crisis

Sadiq Khan condemns 'unfair profiteering' from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Sadiq Khan superimposed over a tower block
Yo-yo Homes

Sadiq Khan condemns 'unfair profiteering' from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'
housing secretary Steve Reed with a red line over his face next to a block of flats
Yo-yo Homes

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'

I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
Homelessness

I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me

Where is 'home' for a dog? It's in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant
Andrew Gardiner

Where is 'home' for a dog? It's in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant

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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

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
Exclusive

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits

There are challenges when caring for a homeless person in palliative care – but there's hope too
Two hands holding together
Briony Hudson

There are challenges when caring for a homeless person in palliative care – but there's hope too

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
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Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year