Housing

'My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him'
Michelle's father holding her as a baby.
Homelessness

'My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him'

Michelle says she believes the stigmas around gambling, addiction and homelessness led her father to hide his situation
London's walk-in homelessness services are closing. It's driving homeless people to hospital instead
A hospital waiting room
homelessness

London's walk-in homelessness services are closing. It's driving homeless people to hospital instead

The failure to build enough social housing is leaving families £8,000 a year worse off
house keys in someone's hand
Housing

The failure to build enough social housing is leaving families £8,000 a year worse off

The Conservatives want to cut housing benefit to fund defence spending. But will it work?
Housing

The Conservatives want to cut housing benefit to fund defence spending. But will it work?

We are paying for the climate crisis with lives and homes. The Nepal-Tibet floods must spark action
Shreya K.C.

We are paying for the climate crisis with lives and homes. The Nepal-Tibet floods must spark action

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Are Andy Burnham’s affordable homes plans a 'council housing revolution' or a 'massive backtrack'?
Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government visit Alex's Place.
Housing

Are Andy Burnham’s affordable homes plans a 'council housing revolution' or a 'massive backtrack'?

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
Danny Beales walks down a street in Ruislip Manor with a blue bridge in the background spelling the name of the area
Danny Beales

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

Why building homes around railway stations is ‘far from an assault on the countryside’
a train at a station in the UK
Russell Curtis

Why building homes around railway stations is ‘far from an assault on the countryside’

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 
Keely Dalfen (second from right) with some of the team at The Brick
Housing

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 

Not every pensioner lives in a mortgage-free home. Rising rents mean more are facing homelessness
Pensioner Rob can't retire because he's renting
Morgan Vine

Not every pensioner lives in a mortgage-free home. Rising rents mean more are facing homelessness

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’
Vendor Bob Sheppard wears a Big Issue bucket hat from our summer support kit and holds our Oasis issue outside Big Issue's Bristol offices.
Housing

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’

'RIP Jane. You’ve been a fixture of everyday Wimbledon life forever'
Letters

'RIP Jane. You’ve been a fixture of everyday Wimbledon life forever'

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’
Lisa Farmer OBE is chief executive of Royal British Veterans Enterprise
Lisa Farmer

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’

Inside the Big Issue: 128 days to end rough sleeping
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 128 days to end rough sleeping

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'
Acorn protesters occupied offices to protest the cost of living crisis
Protest

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'

Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Housing

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’
Prime minister Andy Burnham cooking at homelessness charity The Passage
Housing

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Rough sleeping

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham

Renters still face living in draughty homes – even if their landlord is the King
King Charles III
Nye Jones

Renters still face living in draughty homes – even if their landlord is the King

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here's why it won't work
A housing estate in England
Housing crisis

Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here's why it won't work

I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going
Louise Reed hugging a man facing homelessness in Leeds
Louise Reed

I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going

Andy Burnham wants to prevent homelessness. But can he do it in 'landlord-class Britain'?
The silhouette of a homeless person sat in front of a house illustrated as a calculator
Investigation

Andy Burnham wants to prevent homelessness. But can he do it in 'landlord-class Britain'?

Labour 'turning the tide' on homelessness but Burnham 'must go further' to help homeless kids
Prime minister Andy Burnham pictured with a child in Sheffield
Housing

Labour 'turning the tide' on homelessness but Burnham 'must go further' to help homeless kids