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Landlords are threatening an 'exodus' by selling up. What will happen to renters' homes if they do?
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Renting

Landlords are threatening an 'exodus' by selling up. What will happen to renters' homes if they do?

Housing First must expand in 2025 to create a national homelessness strategy that works for all
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Alex Smith

Housing First must expand in 2025 to create a national homelessness strategy that works for all

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
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2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

Here's how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025
a person sleeping on a dark street
Bridget Young

Here's how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025

The Renters' Rights Bill is a moment for celebration – but we can’t afford to stop here
placards reading 'Power to the Renters' and 'Homes 4 All'
Ben Twomey

The Renters' Rights Bill is a moment for celebration – but we can’t afford to stop here

Homelessness doesn't have to rise in 2025 – here's what can be done to turn the tide
The Salvation Army worker with a man who has experienced homelessness
Nick Redmore

Homelessness doesn't have to rise in 2025 – here's what can be done to turn the tide

I'm in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home
person in the snow
Rose

I'm in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes
homeless tents on Oxford Street in London
Homelessness

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes

Homeless woman reunites with couple who 'changed her life' when they gave her a bed for the night
Mark Bryant greets Yasmina at the door of his Whitley Bay home
Homelessness

Homeless woman reunites with couple who 'changed her life' when they gave her a bed for the night

A young mum was left to rot in a home not fit for animals – and everyone needs to know about it
Daniel Hewitt

A young mum was left to rot in a home not fit for animals – and everyone needs to know about it

'This could be a lifesaver': Homeless pods equipped with heart monitors open for Christmas
HOMELESSNESS

'This could be a lifesaver': Homeless pods equipped with heart monitors open for Christmas

The Traitors winner Harry Clark: 'I wish I hadn't signed an NDA'
My Big Year

The Traitors winner Harry Clark: 'I wish I hadn't signed an NDA'

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords
A row of houses in the UK
Renting

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords

Keir Starmer: 'This Christmas I am pledging to make sure no one faces homelessness'
Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer: 'This Christmas I am pledging to make sure no one faces homelessness'

Government buys back military homes after 'disastrous' privatisation deal cost taxpayer billions
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Military homes

Government buys back military homes after 'disastrous' privatisation deal cost taxpayer billions

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: 'I lost everything'
Woman in prison
Criminal justice

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: 'I lost everything'

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'It's heartbreaking': More than 56,000 primary school children homeless in England this Christmas
schoolchildren sat at desks
Homelessness

'It's heartbreaking': More than 56,000 primary school children homeless in England this Christmas

Labour must scrap controversial 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleeping: 'We're still waiting'
A homeless person's tent on the street
Rough sleeping

Labour must scrap controversial 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleeping: 'We're still waiting'

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: 'It's time to turn the tide'
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner
Homelessness

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: 'It's time to turn the tide'

'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest
Renters march down London's Oxford Street holding a banner demanding 'rent controls now'
RENTING

'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest