Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

With temperatures set to rise, people sleeping on the streets are at risk of dehydration and sunstroke. Here’s how you can help.

Up to 250,000 ‘forgotten’ unpaid young adult carers facing homelessness
Carers

Up to 250,000 ‘forgotten’ unpaid young adult carers facing homelessness

Young people looking after older relatives are being left without the support they need to avoid homelessness, warn charities behind innovative housing project

Deliveroo is offering free meals to LGBTQ+ people facing homelessness
Pride Month

Deliveroo is offering free meals to LGBTQ+ people facing homelessness

People will be able to get a free meal at 11 restaurants across London, Brighton, Bristol and Norwich by saying “I’m a friend of Dorothy” at the till

‘I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up’
real stories

‘I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up’

‘I’m worried where these people will sleep’ says MP after riot police evict homeless shelter in a squat
Squatters' rights

‘I’m worried where these people will sleep’ says MP after riot police evict homeless shelter in a squat

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The cost of living crisis is hurting frontline homelessness services
Homelessness

The cost of living crisis is hurting frontline homelessness services

Has Manchester found an innovative way to tackle begging?
Homelessness

Has Manchester found an innovative way to tackle begging?

‘Is this a hotel or a prison?’: Life as an asylum seeker in Home Office accommodation
Migrant hotels

‘Is this a hotel or a prison?’: Life as an asylum seeker in Home Office accommodation

Reality star Vicky Pattison slept out in homelessness charity’s award-winning garden filled with weeds
Homelessness

Reality star Vicky Pattison slept out in homelessness charity’s award-winning garden filled with weeds

The Illegal Migration Bill will ‘create a new homeless population’
Illegal Migration Bill

The Illegal Migration Bill will ‘create a new homeless population’

Vincent Kompany tackles homelessness: ‘I don’t think any of us should accept it’
Football

Vincent Kompany tackles homelessness: ‘I don’t think any of us should accept it’

Section 21 evictions more than double in a year as government lays out Renters Reform Bill to scrap them
RENTING

Section 21 evictions more than double in a year as government lays out Renters Reform Bill to scrap them

Big Issue founder wants to ‘redesign’ government to end poverty
Poverty

Big Issue founder wants to ‘redesign’ government to end poverty

An Ordinary Eden: Intimate photos tell stories of home and homelessness
Photography

An Ordinary Eden: Intimate photos tell stories of home and homelessness

The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England is now at the highest point on record
Homelessness

The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England is now at the highest point on record

The climate crisis is making it harder for councils to protect rough sleepers from extreme weather
Rough sleeping

The climate crisis is making it harder for councils to protect rough sleepers from extreme weather

Vincent Kompany is ready to get back to tackling homelessness in Manchester
Rough sleeping

Vincent Kompany is ready to get back to tackling homelessness in Manchester

Social Bite serves up a solution to homelessness with new flagship café
Social Justice

Social Bite serves up a solution to homelessness with new flagship café

Surging number of rough sleepers in London shows ‘full impact of the cost of living crisis’
Rough sleeping

Surging number of rough sleepers in London shows ‘full impact of the cost of living crisis’

BBC Three’s Evicted shows the grim reality for young renters
Renting

BBC Three’s Evicted shows the grim reality for young renters

‘I’ve had two eviction notices while battling cancer’: How Cornwall’s renters are facing homelessness
Homelessness

‘I’ve had two eviction notices while battling cancer’: How Cornwall’s renters are facing homelessness

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End Friday releases for prisoners so they can access housing and health services, Big Issue founder tells Lords
Criminal justice system

End Friday releases for prisoners so they can access housing and health services, Big Issue founder tells Lords

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2023
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2023

A person died while homeless every 6.5 hours in the UK last year
Homelessness

A person died while homeless every 6.5 hours in the UK last year

How councils cutting homelessness funding could be damaging their communities in the long run
Homelessness

How councils cutting homelessness funding could be damaging their communities in the long run