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Evictions tripled in the three months after ban ended
evictions
Housing

Evictions tripled in the three months after ban ended

Sir Geoffrey Cox ‘should resign’ over two homes revelations
Politics

Sir Geoffrey Cox ‘should resign’ over two homes revelations

Gove: Leaseholders shouldn't pay to remove flammable cladding from homes
Housing

Gove: Leaseholders shouldn't pay to remove flammable cladding from homes

EU citizens in Britain are three times more likely to sleep rough than everyone else
homelessness Stefan Crisis
Housing

EU citizens in Britain are three times more likely to sleep rough than everyone else

All housing doesn’t mean good housing. We can't let people live in squalor
Kwajo Tweneboa, a young social housing campaigner.
Kwajo Tweneboa

All housing doesn’t mean good housing. We can't let people live in squalor

These zero-carbon homes for homeless people offer a future for green housing
green housing
Housing

These zero-carbon homes for homeless people offer a future for green housing

COP26: Climate campaigners take over council building to offer beds to activists
Climate activists take over council building
Housing

COP26: Climate campaigners take over council building to offer beds to activists

25,000 Section 21 eviction notices have been handed out since Theresa May vowed to scrap them
Theresa May eviction promise
Housing

25,000 Section 21 eviction notices have been handed out since Theresa May vowed to scrap them

Climate change means ending homelessness is even more important. Here’s why
homelessness climate change
Housing

Climate change means ending homelessness is even more important. Here’s why

Number of people living on the street in London is highest since 2019
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
Housing

Number of people living on the street in London is highest since 2019

'We must act now': The number of households threatened with homelessness doubled after lockdown
homelessness eviction
Housing

'We must act now': The number of households threatened with homelessness doubled after lockdown

Leaseholders caught up in cladding crisis call for homegrown solution to sky-high bills
Housing

Leaseholders caught up in cladding crisis call for homegrown solution to sky-high bills

Family left with sewage running down kitchen walls for months
Renting Dawn Page
Housing

Family left with sewage running down kitchen walls for months

Government announces £65m fund to support struggling renters
rent
Housing

Government announces £65m fund to support struggling renters

How you can make your home energy efficient
home energy efficient
Housing

How you can make your home energy efficient

Moving private renters into social homes could save the government £2billion a year
social homes
Housing

Moving private renters into social homes could save the government £2billion a year

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life
Child with asthma
Social Justice

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life

'My parents tried to pray for me': How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness
LGBTQ+ homelessness
Social Justice

'My parents tried to pray for me': How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness

Michael Gove must create a national Housing First programme
Alex Smith

Michael Gove must create a national Housing First programme

Meet the campaigner launching the 'Uber for homelessness'
Amy Varle homelessness
Housing

Meet the campaigner launching the 'Uber for homelessness'