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Social housing went from a source of pride to a place of prejudice. It's time to smash the stigma
London homes
Michael Verrier

Social housing went from a source of pride to a place of prejudice. It's time to smash the stigma

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Big Issue vendor André Rostant and Dom Joly in conversation
Our vendors

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me
Streetwise Opera

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
Two Peckham residents
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

‘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

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

'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

'There's a war against buskers': Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

'There's a war against buskers': Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people
Houses on a street in England
Housing crisis

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I'm working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I'm working in a London fine-dining restaurant

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  
Kristian Jackson

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners
Media shot of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
Housing

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners

'This is the dream': These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices
Couple Ahmad Dayes and Lisa de Liema built their own home to beat London house prices
Housing

'This is the dream': These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices

Cuts on our children's faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services
Bruce Houlder

Cuts on our children's faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
homelessness

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix 'houses of horror'
Homeless families at a protest about council housing
Homelessness

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix 'houses of horror'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'It should incense us all': Rough sleeping in London hits new record high
A rough sleeper's tent
Rough sleeping

'It should incense us all': Rough sleeping in London hits new record high

'I'm sorry': London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels
Homelessness

'I'm sorry': London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels

'Infuriating and disgraceful': Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row
Labour MP Jas Athwal speaking in the House of Commons
Social care

'Infuriating and disgraceful': Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row

'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners
An aerial photo of London
Housing crisis

'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners

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