Housing crisis

Haunted houses are a classic horror trope – but are they scarier than damp, mould and landlords?
Horror homes

Haunted houses are a classic horror trope – but are they scarier than damp, mould and landlords?

Haunted houses have appeared in Gothic literature and horror films for centuries. We look into how the trope has changed in the modern day, from horrific Airbnbs to paranormal activity in a rental crisis
Dad of boy who died due to mould in flat says he's 'proud' of his son for saving lives
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Awaab's Law

Dad of boy who died due to mould in flat says he's 'proud' of his son for saving lives

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland

Bath is one of Britain's most beautiful cities. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?
Housing crisis

Bath is one of Britain's most beautiful cities. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich
Housing

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?
An aerial shot of Beaulieu Park station
Railways

Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?

Here's what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight
Renters angry at no-fault evictions, Renters Reform Bill delay and a lack of rent controls
Landlords

Here's what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight

Where are Labour's new towns going to be built?
housing secretary Steve Reed
New towns

Where are Labour's new towns going to be built?

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

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?

Empty council-owned buildings 'could pave way for 25,000 new homes'
an empty shop in London
Housing

Empty council-owned buildings 'could pave way for 25,000 new homes'

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Two activists pictured with a Youth Home Owner Award
Housing

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis

Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour's housebuilding plan on track?
Housing

Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour's housebuilding plan on track?

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner and housing minister Matthew Pennycook
Right to buy

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here's what he's not telling you
Conservative MP Robert Jenrick
RENTING

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here's what he's not telling you

Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis
Tourism

Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis

One in five social workers have removed a child from their family due to horror homes
Housing

One in five social workers have removed a child from their family due to horror homes

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: 'Owning a home is a distant dream'
London skyline
Housing crisis

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: 'Owning a home is a distant dream'

Inside the Big Issue: Jeff Goldblum and his keys to life
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Jeff Goldblum and his keys to life

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis
An empty church
Housing crisis

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis

This council is turning to the private sector to fix Britain's draughty homes and reach net zero
Housing

This council is turning to the private sector to fix Britain's draughty homes and reach net zero

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here's why
Cost of living

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here's why

MPs and voters agree that there is a housing crisis – but they're split on how to solve it
chancellor Rachel Reeves
Housing crisis

MPs and voters agree that there is a housing crisis – but they're split on how to solve it

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: 'It's a festival of giving'
metal band Evil Scarecrow at UK music festival Beat the Streets
Homelessness

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: 'It's a festival of giving'

'It's deeply upsetting': 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year
A child at home
Temporary accommodation

'It's deeply upsetting': 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year