Housing

Mum and daughter to spend Christmas in hotel after waiting months for sewage leak to be fixed
Renting Dawn Page
Housing

Mum and daughter to spend Christmas in hotel after waiting months for sewage leak to be fixed

Grenfell campaigners step up calls for criminal charges
Grenfell Tower
Grenfell

Grenfell campaigners step up calls for criminal charges

Manchester City fans can now get housing advice at home games
Manchester City
Activism

Manchester City fans can now get housing advice at home games

Find out how many people in your area faced eviction during Covid
Rudy Bozart eviction
Evictions

Find out how many people in your area faced eviction during Covid

The Omicron variant could leave people out on the street this winter, charity warns
Omicron variant
Homelessness

The Omicron variant could leave people out on the street this winter, charity warns

'We’re starting to see the reality now’: Nearly 170,000 people are homeless in London
homelessness
Homelessness

'We’re starting to see the reality now’: Nearly 170,000 people are homeless in London

One no-fault eviction every 32 minutes this winter unless evictions ban returns
evictions
Renting

One no-fault eviction every 32 minutes this winter unless evictions ban returns

Why are homeless people still dying without dignity?
homelessness dying with dignity
Andrew Knee

Why are homeless people still dying without dignity?

Almost 700 homeless people died in 2020 - and real figure could be higher
Homelessness

Almost 700 homeless people died in 2020 - and real figure could be higher

The innovative 'nap pads' that could save the lives of homeless people
Homelessness

The innovative 'nap pads' that could save the lives of homeless people

Homeless deaths surge by almost 20 per cent in Scotland
Homeless deaths tribute London
Homelessness

Homeless deaths surge by almost 20 per cent in Scotland

Wales is paying landlords to give up their empty properties to homeless people
Homelessness

Wales is paying landlords to give up their empty properties to homeless people

Councils back The Big Issue's Stop Mass Homelessness campaign
Stop Mass Homelessness
Housing

Councils back The Big Issue's Stop Mass Homelessness campaign

Social housing tenants block roads in protest outside £345-a-head UK Housing Awards
Social housing

Social housing tenants block roads in protest outside £345-a-head UK Housing Awards

This man was sleeping at Heathrow's Terminal 5 when Covid hit. Now he's made a film about it
homeless in Heathrow
Homelessness

This man was sleeping at Heathrow's Terminal 5 when Covid hit. Now he's made a film about it

Smoke alarms will finally be required in social housing - almost five years after Grenfell
smoke alarms social housing Grenfell
Fire Safety

Smoke alarms will finally be required in social housing - almost five years after Grenfell

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Revealed: Thousands of homes being built on floodplains ignore climate change risk
flooding climate change
Housing

Revealed: Thousands of homes being built on floodplains ignore climate change risk

Police arrest 119 people at protest to support jailed Insulate Britain activists
Insulate Britain

Police arrest 119 people at protest to support jailed Insulate Britain activists

Homelessness could cost the government £2.6bn a year without action
Stop Mass Homelessness
Stop Mass Homelessness

Homelessness could cost the government £2.6bn a year without action

Robert Jenrick's 'unlawful' approval of Tory donor's £1bn development is reversed
Housing

Robert Jenrick's 'unlawful' approval of Tory donor's £1bn development is reversed

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