Housing

Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool
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Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool

Deadpool & Wolverine star Rob Delaney was thrilled to talk to Big Issue about elections, blockbuster movie sets, saving the NHS, and the serious business of being a piece of handsome furniture
Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness 'swept under the rug' and rough sleepers removed from Paris
Paris 2024 Olympics

Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness 'swept under the rug' and rough sleepers removed from Paris

How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
Housebuilding

How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
RENTING

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?
Homelessness

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here's how
A woman's hands holding a cup of tea
Caitlin McCullough

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here's how

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds
A woman who is experiencing homelessness holding her daughter
Homelessness

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds

How to get help with rent
A hand holding house keys. Thousands of Brits need help with rent during the housing crisis
Renting

How to get help with rent

Help with rental arrears
A pair of hands holding open an empty wallet. Thousands of Brits are in need of help with rental arrears
Renting

Help with rental arrears

How much can a landlord increase rent?
Six small red wooden houses in a row on a wooden surface. How much can a landlord increase rent?
renting

How much can a landlord increase rent?

What is a guarantor for rent?
The arms of two people sat across a wooden table from each other. What is a guarantor for rent?
renting

What is a guarantor for rent?

What is the meaning of home? It's complicated...
A rendering of what a converted flat could look like in the year 2049
Sonia Solicari

What is the meaning of home? It's complicated...

How to rent from a private landlord
A man and woman surrounded by cardboard packing boxes. How to rent
renting

How to rent from a private landlord

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
A sign advertising the use of public toilets for £3
Public toilets

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments

Rob Delaney: 'Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long'
Politics

Rob Delaney: 'Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long'

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness
Barbed wire on a wall at a prison
Prisons

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness

Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool
The cover of The Big Issue, 22/07/2024
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back
Paris Olympics 2024

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that's the definition of racism
Homelessness

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that's the definition of racism

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election
Keir Starmer during the 2024 general election campaign
Democracy

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech
The King addresses the House of Lords at the State Opening of Parliament
King's Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech

This pioneering and 'beautiful' idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
Care leaver Bayley Tubman with her 'aunties'
Care leavers

This pioneering and 'beautiful' idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness

What will be in King's Speech? Here's 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy
King's speech

What will be in King's Speech? Here's 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a 'game-changer'
A homeless person is interviewed on the streets of Sutton
Rough sleeping

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a 'game-changer'