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Housing

Labour's rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that's still too much
placards reading 'Power to the Renters' and 'Homes 4 All'
Renting

Labour's rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that's still too much

Millions of Brits 'outvalued' by their own home as Labour urged to tackle 'big wealth'
London skyline shows financial district
Wealth

Millions of Brits 'outvalued' by their own home as Labour urged to tackle 'big wealth'

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?
a group of different coloured tents are pitched on the street in a city environment
Homelessness

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
looking down on a table that has a notebook open on it alongside a pen, calculator and an apple // housing benefit
Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

What are the causes of homelessness?
a black and white image of a rough sleeper while people walk past in the street
Homelessness

What are the causes of homelessness?

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?
A plumber is reaching up into the bottom of a boiler in a white room
Renting

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property
a horizontal view of the top floors on a row of terraced houses
Housing

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property

Letters: Our US 'special relationship' could be dangerous if there's a world war
Letters

Letters: Our US 'special relationship' could be dangerous if there's a world war

'We must remove the shackles of stigma': Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy
Labour deputy prime minister abd housing secretary Angela Rayner
Right to Buy

'We must remove the shackles of stigma': Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy

Mum-of-three hit with 'revenge eviction' after asking for repairs: 'It felt like the end of the world'
Hazell and her three kids faced homelessness until Shelter stepped in
Renting

Mum-of-three hit with 'revenge eviction' after asking for repairs: 'It felt like the end of the world'

Housing minister admits Labour's 1.5 million homes promise will be 'more difficult than expected'
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
Housebuilding

Housing minister admits Labour's 1.5 million homes promise will be 'more difficult than expected'

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need 'bold' thinking to bring it back down
Stacks of twenty pound notes at the bank of england
Inflation

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need 'bold' thinking to bring it back down

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it
To Let signs to attract renters
RENTING

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it

More than 16 million people in poverty, report finds – with deprivation at highest level in decades
Social Justice

More than 16 million people in poverty, report finds – with deprivation at highest level in decades

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis
A group of people protest in Hastings
Temporary Accommodation

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them
boarded up empty homes
Empty homes

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump's US election victory
US president-elect Donald Trump
Donald Trump

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump's US election victory

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'
a person sleeping on a dark street
Homelessness

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'

Renters' Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high
Renters could face a further wait to see no-fault evictions scrapped through Renters Reform Bill
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high

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