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Can modular housing help solve London's homelessness crisis?
Homelessness

Can modular housing help solve London's homelessness crisis?

With rough sleeping at record levels, City Hall unveils modular homes as a stopgap for families in temporary accommodation
Tarot, Thames and the Red Arrows: This is London as seen through the eyes of homeless photographers
a man playing flute sat in a frame
Homelessness

Tarot, Thames and the Red Arrows: This is London as seen through the eyes of homeless photographers

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: 'Our future is secure'
Food banks

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: 'Our future is secure'

Rough sleeping in London 'nowhere near on track' to end by 2030
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London 'nowhere near on track' to end by 2030

Prince William's Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters
Homelessness

Prince William's Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I bought Brixton Academy for £1
Live music

I bought Brixton Academy for £1

Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City
Books

Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: 'He would always help everybody'
a photo of the tributes left on Big Issue vendor Neil Smith's pitch and his pet dog Honey
Our Vendors

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: 'He would always help everybody'

This project offers homeless people a home for life: 'We want to end homelessness one person at a time'
Homelessness

This project offers homeless people a home for life: 'We want to end homelessness one person at a time'

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?
Regeneration

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Two activists pictured with a Youth Home Owner Award
Housing

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis

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

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Renters Jules Zakolska and her partner are facing a no-fault eviction in Lambeth
Renting

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'
Food banks

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
school children at desks
Schools

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart
Rough Sleeping

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not
An aerial shot of central London
Rebecca Montacute

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not

Mum's fury after baby son is bitten by bed bugs in London horror home: 'It makes me feel hopeless'
Alleged bed bug bites on an arm
Social housing

Mum's fury after baby son is bitten by bed bugs in London horror home: 'It makes me feel hopeless'

Covent Garden's iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future
Covent Garden street performers pose together
Melvyn Altwarg and Peter Kolofsky

Covent Garden's iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future

My Master Builder review – it's the women who shine in Ewan McGregor's West End return
Kate Fleetwood and Ewan McGregor in My Master Builder.
Theatre

My Master Builder review – it's the women who shine in Ewan McGregor's West End return

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London's streets surges almost 40% in just a year
a man with a suitcase walking past a man sleeping rough
Rough sleeping

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London's streets surges almost 40% in just a year

These activists are putting parking tickets on homeless tents to make an important point
Humans Parked Illegally Vagrancy Act installation showing fake parking fines on a sleeping bag
Rough sleeping

These activists are putting parking tickets on homeless tents to make an important point

I've been priced out of living in London – it shouldn't take extraordinary luck just to live here
social housing resident G15
David Kingsley

I've been priced out of living in London – it shouldn't take extraordinary luck just to live here

London councils face bankruptcy over £330m overspend on homelessness
London Councils' Grace Williams holding up a chart in parliament to demonstrate London homelessness funding
Homelessness

London councils face bankruptcy over £330m overspend on homelessness