Housing

'Care leavers are far more likely to become homeless. As a minister, I want to change that'
Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister

'Care leavers are far more likely to become homeless. As a minister, I want to change that'

Josh MacAlister, minister for children, families and wellbeing, writes about how the government plans to protect young people leaving care from being plunged into homelessness
Prison leaver warns he is days away from homelessness despite Andy Burnham's rough sleeping pledge
A man walking with bags
Homelessness

Prison leaver warns he is days away from homelessness despite Andy Burnham's rough sleeping pledge

Will Andy Burnham's rough sleeping promise bring homeless veterans off the streets?
Lee Buss-Blair

Will Andy Burnham's rough sleeping promise bring homeless veterans off the streets?

I went to Andy Burnham's rough sleeping summit. The government has a task ahead but we live in hope
John Bird

I went to Andy Burnham's rough sleeping summit. The government has a task ahead but we live in hope

Andy Burnham won't end rough sleeping with Shabana Mahmood’s brutal immigration reforms
Bethan Lant

Andy Burnham won't end rough sleeping with Shabana Mahmood’s brutal immigration reforms

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Bristol Big Issue vendor Mike Turner: 'The shortage of housing in this city is a moral injustice'
Big Issue vendor Mike Turner
Housing

Bristol Big Issue vendor Mike Turner: 'The shortage of housing in this city is a moral injustice'

No domestic abuse survivor should miss out on a safe home because an abusive partner left them with debt
The silhouette of a woman in front of sun streaming through blinds
Polly Neate and Katherine Brickell

No domestic abuse survivor should miss out on a safe home because an abusive partner left them with debt

How disused garages are being turned into affordable homes to tackle London's housing crisis
Designs demonstrating how Naked House turns disused garages into homes
Housing

How disused garages are being turned into affordable homes to tackle London's housing crisis

Young people urgently need a stake in the future. Does the autumn budget deliver it?
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey prepares to deliver the Budget at 11 Downing Street
Autumn budget

Young people urgently need a stake in the future. Does the autumn budget deliver it?

Autumn budget 2026: Keeping housing benefit freeze 'puts rough sleeping promise at risk'
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey opted not to unfreeze local housing allowance at the 2026 autumn budget
Housing

Autumn budget 2026: Keeping housing benefit freeze 'puts rough sleeping promise at risk'

Gherkins, Dolly Parton and £100 off energy bills: What does the autumn budget mean for you?
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey prepares to deliver the Budget at 11 Downing Street
Autumn budget

Gherkins, Dolly Parton and £100 off energy bills: What does the autumn budget mean for you?

How the housing crisis turned into a political football 
Graffiti in Barcelona of Maricarmen Abascal
Housing crisis

How the housing crisis turned into a political football 

Can Labour still hit their 1.5 million homes target?
Lion Green Road won the RIBA Stirling Prize
Housing

Can Labour still hit their 1.5 million homes target?

How can we end rough sleeping when frontline workers are facing burnout?
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Housing

How can we end rough sleeping when frontline workers are facing burnout?

What Mr Skelly can teach us about the housing crisis
Steven MacKenzie

What Mr Skelly can teach us about the housing crisis

Andy Burnham: 'I'm not naive. You can't say there will be nobody sleeping rough after Christmas'
Andy Burnham at Connection at St Martin-in-the-fields
Interview

Andy Burnham: 'I'm not naive. You can't say there will be nobody sleeping rough after Christmas'

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping while prisons are in crisis?
prime minister Andy Burnham
Homelessness

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping while prisons are in crisis?

Everyone agrees we need more homes. So why aren’t they being built?
Advertorial

Everyone agrees we need more homes. So why aren’t they being built?

If Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping he must close the revolving door in prisons
a prisoner behind prison bars
Pavan Dhaliwal

If Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping he must close the revolving door in prisons

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act
Charles Booth's 1889 colour-coded map of poverty in London
Ben Rogers

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act

'I’m a councillor. Temporary accommodation costs are forcing me to bring in brutal cuts'
Natalie Thomas
Natalie Thomas

'I’m a councillor. Temporary accommodation costs are forcing me to bring in brutal cuts'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise
a woman sitting on the side of a road
Homelessness

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use
boarded up empty homes
Housing

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use

Should renters have a triple lock to cap sky-high rents? Zack Polanski thinks so
Zack Polanski
rent controls

Should renters have a triple lock to cap sky-high rents? Zack Polanski thinks so

Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: 'I showed Prince William around the city'
Invisible Cities tour guide showing a tour group a mural by Sheffield artist Phlegm at Holborn Junction, Aberdeen
Travel

Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: 'I showed Prince William around the city'