Rough Sleeping
Volunteer-led homeless outreach team having to expand as crisis worsens
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Volunteer-led homeless outreach team having to expand as crisis worsens
London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough
![London mayor Sadiq Khan and Change Please CEO Cemal Ezel on one of the Driving For Change buses. Image: Cachella Smith](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DrivingforChange3-scaled-e1633611796128.jpg?w=768)
London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough
Homelessness charity launches VR game to show kids the reality of life without a home
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Homelessness charity launches VR game to show kids the reality of life without a home
Robert Jenrick says ending rough sleeping 'isn’t high enough on the government's agenda’
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Robert Jenrick says ending rough sleeping 'isn’t high enough on the government's agenda’
Arsonist jailed for setting fire to sleeping bags of rough sleepers as they slept
![Arsonist Montel Nowhia-Job, in the top right of the image, about to set fire to a homeless man's belongings. Image: CPS](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Arson-attack.jpg?w=768)
Arsonist jailed for setting fire to sleeping bags of rough sleepers as they slept
'Act now or street homelessness will skyrocket', ministers warned
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'Act now or street homelessness will skyrocket', ministers warned
Fury over video showing rough sleepers sprayed with jet washer in Camden
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Fury over video showing rough sleepers sprayed with jet washer in Camden
9,000 people could fall into homelessness without national Housing First plan
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9,000 people could fall into homelessness without national Housing First plan
Rough sleepers are still being prosecuted under a law ministers want to scrap
Rough sleepers are still being prosecuted under a law ministers want to scrap
London rough sleeping figures drop is ‘calm before the storm’
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London rough sleeping figures drop is ‘calm before the storm’
Extra £82m a year needed to end rough sleeping for good
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Extra £82m a year needed to end rough sleeping for good
England needs a nationwide Housing First programme to end rough sleeping
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England needs a nationwide Housing First programme to end rough sleeping
‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19
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‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19
‘True picture of rough sleeping is needed’ to prevent people living on street
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‘True picture of rough sleeping is needed’ to prevent people living on street
Homeless groups brand Home Office rough sleeping deportation plans ‘inhumane’
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Homeless groups brand Home Office rough sleeping deportation plans ‘inhumane’
Rough sleeping drops in locked-down London but experts warn of long-term rise
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Rough sleeping drops in locked-down London but experts warn of long-term rise
Plans to deport rough sleepers could ‘put lives at risk’
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Plans to deport rough sleepers could ‘put lives at risk’
Vagrancy Act to be scrapped ‘at a pace’, says minister
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Vagrancy Act to be scrapped ‘at a pace’, says minister
Let's scrap the Vagrancy Act and help rough sleepers, not criminalise them
![Nickie Aiken wants the Vagrancy Act to be scrapped](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Nickie-Aiken-hero-parliament.jpg?w=768)