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Housing

Rise of the good landlords: Inside the movement to make the private rental sector tackle homelessness
Good Place Lettings boss Ben Rayner
RENTING

Rise of the good landlords: Inside the movement to make the private rental sector tackle homelessness

This new opera influenced by homeless children shines light on UK's housing crisis
Opera

This new opera influenced by homeless children shines light on UK's housing crisis

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Debt

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

The housing crisis isn't a competition between helping 'our own' and supporting others
A housing estate in England
Nosheen Malik

The housing crisis isn't a competition between helping 'our own' and supporting others

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say
a tent on the street
Refugees

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say

Black and minority households 'forced to cut their hair and hide their accents' to get social housing
A black woman sitting on a sofa speaking to a psychologist
Racism

Black and minority households 'forced to cut their hair and hide their accents' to get social housing

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire' – adding billions to the benefits bill
an old woman sat on a bed looking stressed
RENTING

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire' – adding billions to the benefits bill

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
care leavers hand in petition at Downing Street
Social housing

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed
A furnished bedroom
Homelessness

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
the silhouette of a woman in a flat
Homelessness

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets

Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: 'Don't deny children their rights'
A child holding a globe
Poverty

Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: 'Don't deny children their rights'

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

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says
A woman on the street
Rough sleeping

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner
Social housing

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse
a homeless man sitting on the street with his dog
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Huge student blocks are transforming city skylines. But is there a darker motive behind the boom?
Student accommodation

Huge student blocks are transforming city skylines. But is there a darker motive behind the boom?

Prince William's bid to end homelessness in 'delivery mode' as it hits second anniversary
Prince William
Homelessness

Prince William's bid to end homelessness in 'delivery mode' as it hits second anniversary

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won't happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice
Community

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won't happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice

More than half of PIP claimants say Labour's benefit cuts could make them homeless
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

More than half of PIP claimants say Labour's benefit cuts could make them homeless