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Rough Sleeping

The campaign to scrap the almost 200-year-old Vagrancy Act has launched
Homeless person
Housing

The campaign to scrap the almost 200-year-old Vagrancy Act has launched

How street papers have been battling against a Vagrancy Act for decades
Guest Columnist

How street papers have been battling against a Vagrancy Act for decades

Councils doubt government will hit target of ending rough sleeping by 2027
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
Housing

Councils doubt government will hit target of ending rough sleeping by 2027

Sadiq Khan visits Big Issue-backed Change Please amid £7m rough sleeping fund
Sadiq Khan Change Please
Housing

Sadiq Khan visits Big Issue-backed Change Please amid £7m rough sleeping fund

Manchester launches Housing First scheme as rough sleeping row erupts
Housing

Manchester launches Housing First scheme as rough sleeping row erupts

How can we make the annual rough sleeping count more effective in the UK?
homeless
Housing

How can we make the annual rough sleeping count more effective in the UK?

David Holmes-Brown’s drawings express the humanity of rough sleeping
David Holmes Brown sketch
Housing

David Holmes-Brown’s drawings express the humanity of rough sleeping

How has Hungary’s rough sleeping ban impacted homelessness in the country?
Viktor Orban Getty
Housing

How has Hungary’s rough sleeping ban impacted homelessness in the country?

It just got easier to see a snapshot of rough sleeping in London online
rough sleeper
Housing

It just got easier to see a snapshot of rough sleeping in London online

A trade union turns its headquarters into an emergency homeless shelter
Unite trade union
Housing

A trade union turns its headquarters into an emergency homeless shelter

Cardiff Tory councillor under fire for 'tear tents down' comments
Housing

Cardiff Tory councillor under fire for 'tear tents down' comments

The government is launching 11 new rough sleeping hubs across England
Homeless man on bench
Housing

The government is launching 11 new rough sleeping hubs across England

Social Bite mass sleepout raises more than £3.2 million
Social Bite Sleep in the Park
Housing

Social Bite mass sleepout raises more than £3.2 million

The government's new £100m rough sleeping strategy "tip of the iceberg"
James Brokenshire Housing Secretary
Housing

The government's new £100m rough sleeping strategy "tip of the iceberg"

The number of rough sleepers is down in London for the first time in a decade
Housing

The number of rough sleepers is down in London for the first time in a decade

Thermo Shelter is trying to transform emergency shelter for rough sleepers
Thermo Shelter
Housing

Thermo Shelter is trying to transform emergency shelter for rough sleepers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The government's housing minister can't explain the rise in rough sleepers
Housing

The government's housing minister can't explain the rise in rough sleepers

Homeless saved from 'certain death' during Beast from the East face eviction
homelessness and rough sleeping
Housing

Homeless saved from 'certain death' during Beast from the East face eviction

Big Issue Cymru helps Welsh government investigate rough sleeping
Housing

Big Issue Cymru helps Welsh government investigate rough sleeping

John Bird joins panel stepping up the fight against rough sleeping
Housing

John Bird joins panel stepping up the fight against rough sleeping

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