Subscribe
£ Support
Buy a Kit
Limited-time offer: Save 50% off a full year of Big Issue magazine
SUBSCRIBE HERE

Housing

How people are turning to converted vehicles and DIY homes to beat UK's housing crisis
A man stands with his hand on his hip beside a green and white bus
Housing

How people are turning to converted vehicles and DIY homes to beat UK's housing crisis

Sharing is caring: How co-housing could be another piece of the puzzle in solving UK housing crisis
Illustration of three people talking
Housing

Sharing is caring: How co-housing could be another piece of the puzzle in solving UK housing crisis

Seasalt: Meet the student housing co-operatives rejecting rip-off landlords
Illustration of students
Housing

Seasalt: Meet the student housing co-operatives rejecting rip-off landlords

Youth homelessness and unemployment are rising – but there's a simple solution
Young people are at high risk of homelessness and exploitation.
Opinion

Youth homelessness and unemployment are rising – but there's a simple solution

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like
Illustration of a house
Housing

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like

Applications open for Big Issue Invest's fourth Social Impact Investment Fund
Big Issue Invest

Applications open for Big Issue Invest's fourth Social Impact Investment Fund

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
nutrient neutrality rules protect developments from introducing river pollution
River pollution

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses

Man left severely disabled after sudden stroke. Now he's homeless and trapped in a 'vicious circle'
Gary, who is now disabled
Disability

Man left severely disabled after sudden stroke. Now he's homeless and trapped in a 'vicious circle'

Affordable housing straight from the factory floor: Could modular homes help end homelessness?
Modular housing blocks
Housing

Affordable housing straight from the factory floor: Could modular homes help end homelessness?

Are empty offices the answer to UK's housing crisis?
Illustration of buildings
Housing crisis

Are empty offices the answer to UK's housing crisis?

Our housing crisis has been building for years
The Interior of slum housing
John Bird

Our housing crisis has been building for years

How do we end homelessness once and for all?
A man sitting on the pavement in a sleeping bag
Homelessness

How do we end homelessness once and for all?

How we can end the housing crisis and fix the UK, explained
Illustration of people and houses
Rachael Williamson and John Perry

How we can end the housing crisis and fix the UK, explained

Big Issue urges prime minister to protect renters with bold Rishi's Removals stunt
Big Issue launches End Housing Insecurity Now with Rishi Sunak removals van stunt
End Housing Insecurity Now

Big Issue urges prime minister to protect renters with bold Rishi's Removals stunt

Rise in rough sleeping is a 'great concern'. But we're still aiming to end it for good
rough sleeping and homelessness
Rough sleeping

Rise in rough sleeping is a 'great concern'. But we're still aiming to end it for good

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar
Changing river pollution to boost housebuilding has enraged the RSPB
Environment

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
People with assistance dogs are being illegally discriminated against when trying to find a home
Kitto Haywood and Starry, their assistance dog
Housing

People with assistance dogs are being illegally discriminated against when trying to find a home

Disabled people are disproportionately affected by homelessness – and getting support feels ‘nearly impossible’
homelessness and disability
Homelessness

Disabled people are disproportionately affected by homelessness – and getting support feels ‘nearly impossible’

John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change
A man cuddles a small jack russell dog
Homelessness

John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change

Capitalism is the root of all our problems. We need to stop focusing on profit and listen to nature
Capitalism: Skyscrapers in the city of London
Letters

Capitalism is the root of all our problems. We need to stop focusing on profit and listen to nature