Housing crisis

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?

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
Can apprenticeships fix the housing crisis? ‘I worked in childcare, now I fix social homes’
apprentices at PfP Thrive
Housing

Can apprenticeships fix the housing crisis? ‘I worked in childcare, now I fix social homes’

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes
Damp and mould campaigner Lisa Malyon with her daughter and son
Damp and mould

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes

'It's outrageous': Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard
Renting

'It's outrageous': Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard

I'm Gen Z and can't afford to move out of my family home. People of my generation need action now
Bismah Naqui

I'm Gen Z and can't afford to move out of my family home. People of my generation need action now

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Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

The housing crisis is going nowhere. 2026 must offer a better vision for the future
a construction worker measuring a wall
Mark Washer

The housing crisis is going nowhere. 2026 must offer a better vision for the future

How Reeves' autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour's 1.5 million new homes pledge
housing secretary Steve Reed in hard hat and high vis
Housebuilding

How Reeves' autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour's 1.5 million new homes pledge

Rachel Reeves unveils new 'mansion tax' on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?
A mansion
Mansion tax

Rachel Reeves unveils new 'mansion tax' on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

Mayors to get greater powers to build social homes in their regions: 'Go big, go bold, go build'
Housing secretary Steve Reed in high-vis and a hard hat
Social housing

Mayors to get greater powers to build social homes in their regions: 'Go big, go bold, go build'

Here's how Rachel Reeves can help end the 'moral stain' of homelessness in the autumn budget
rachel reeves making a speech
Matt Downie

Here's how Rachel Reeves can help end the 'moral stain' of homelessness in the autumn budget

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?

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
a row of homes in the UK
Housing

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

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?

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'

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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

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