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Homelessness

How do people become homeless?
homeless and homelessness
Homelessness

How do people become homeless?

‘I’m paying £9k a year to sofa surf’ The university students facing homelessness
University students homeless
Homelessness

‘I’m paying £9k a year to sofa surf’ The university students facing homelessness

Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck among 500 restaurants raising money for homeless people
Homelessness

Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck among 500 restaurants raising money for homeless people

Rough sleeping in London up 25% in one year - and outreach workers fear it will get worse
rough sleeping London
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London up 25% in one year - and outreach workers fear it will get worse

Rogue landlords are profiting from leaving vulnerable people in horror housing
exempt accommodation is leaving people at the mercy of rogue landlords
Rogue landlords

Rogue landlords are profiting from leaving vulnerable people in horror housing

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives
Opake
Art

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives

Here's how to make a winter coat donation to help people in need
coat donation
Charity

Here's how to make a winter coat donation to help people in need

Ikea staff will soon be offering housing advice to help prevent homelessness
Ikea housing
Housing crisis

Ikea staff will soon be offering housing advice to help prevent homelessness

What are the solutions to homelessness?
solutions to homelessness
Homelessness

What are the solutions to homelessness?

Meet Britain's Evicted Kids: How the housing crisis is driving children out of their homes
Bella from Britain's Evicted Kids
Homelessness

Meet Britain's Evicted Kids: How the housing crisis is driving children out of their homes

Government told to fix broken temporary accommodation system as homelessness crisis set to worsen
temporary accommodation London
Temporary accommodation

Government told to fix broken temporary accommodation system as homelessness crisis set to worsen

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws
homeless public spaces protection orders
Rough sleeping

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws

'It's about making the invisible visible': A day at the UK's only festival for homeless people
Homelessness

'It's about making the invisible visible': A day at the UK's only festival for homeless people

The number of working people facing homelessness is rising sharply
Homelessness

The number of working people facing homelessness is rising sharply

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people
Chef Adam Simmonds is opening a restaurant staffed by homeless people
homelessness

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people

Eviction ban needed to prevent rough sleeping 'catastrophe', government told
rough sleeper experiencing homelessness in London
Homelessness

Eviction ban needed to prevent rough sleeping 'catastrophe', government told

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5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces
anti-homeless architecture
Homelessness

5 ways anti-homeless architecture is used to exclude people from public spaces

These walking tours with a twist let homeless people show you their city
Invisible Cities, walking tours
Cities

These walking tours with a twist let homeless people show you their city

Fears homeless people will be moved out of Westminster ahead of the Queen's funeral
homeless London
Queen Elizabeth

Fears homeless people will be moved out of Westminster ahead of the Queen's funeral

Food from cancelled Mercury Prize will feed homeless people after nominee Self Esteem steps in
Mercury Music Prize

Food from cancelled Mercury Prize will feed homeless people after nominee Self Esteem steps in