Housing

Anyone should be able to become an architect. But apprenticeship funding is shaking the foundations
architect apprentice Isha
Chris Williamson

Anyone should be able to become an architect. But apprenticeship funding is shaking the foundations

National Apprenticeship Week should be a chance to celebrate the positive impact that apprentices bring to individuals, businesses and the economy. But, for architecture apprentices, there is a dark cloud over the future, writes Royal Institute of British Architects president Chris WIlliamson
Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Film

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

Susan Carol won a Grammy. A year later, she was homeless. But she's 'not giving up'
Susan Carol

Susan Carol won a Grammy. A year later, she was homeless. But she's 'not giving up'

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'. Here's why
Homelessness

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'. Here's why

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'
Film

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Can apprenticeships fix the housing crisis? ‘I worked in childcare, now I fix social homes’
apprentices at PfP Thrive
Housing

Can apprenticeships fix the housing crisis? ‘I worked in childcare, now I fix social homes’

Mayors urged to follow Andy Burnham in giving free bus passes to kids in temporary accommodation
Andy Burnham with Bee Network buses
Transport

Mayors urged to follow Andy Burnham in giving free bus passes to kids in temporary accommodation

Family want justice after great-grandma's body found badly decomposed despite welfare checks
Justice

Family want justice after great-grandma's body found badly decomposed despite welfare checks

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here's how they can do it
Ben Cooper

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here's how they can do it

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses
a horizontal view of the top floors on a row of terraced houses
pneumonia

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses

New Labour, new Britain? What did Tony Blair really do for housing?
Glen O’Hara

New Labour, new Britain? What did Tony Blair really do for housing?

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes
Damp and mould campaigner Lisa Malyon with her daughter and son
Damp and mould

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing 'normalised emergency' on capital's streets
a man sleeping rough on the street
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing 'normalised emergency' on capital's streets

'It's outrageous': Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard
a UK street with a blue sky
Renting

'It's outrageous': Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard

I live with regret that I did not take my health seriously. A stroke changed everything
Claire and her son Ozzy.
Claire

I live with regret that I did not take my health seriously. A stroke changed everything

How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Emma Haddad

How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping

'Bickering between neighbours' but cash saved: What Labour's ground rent cap really means
service charges, flats, UK
Housing

'Bickering between neighbours' but cash saved: What Labour's ground rent cap really means

If homelessness was a country, it would rival the United States. We must invest more to end it
Onward Home in Manila, Phillipines
Matthew Carter

If homelessness was a country, it would rival the United States. We must invest more to end it

More and more women are being released from prison into homelessness. It's an ongoing cruelty
A woman facing homelessness in Leeds city centre.
Fraser Maclean

More and more women are being released from prison into homelessness. It's an ongoing cruelty

New video game Fable allows players to live out their evil landlord fantasies
Fable video game
Gaming

New video game Fable allows players to live out their evil landlord fantasies

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

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

I'm Gen Z and can't afford to move out of my family home. People of my generation need action now
a person dropping house keys into another person's hand
Bismah Naqui

I'm Gen Z and can't afford to move out of my family home. People of my generation need action now

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here's what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband visit an energy provider training centre
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here's what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
A family supported by Platform for Social Housing in the Czech Republic looking out their balcony
Housing

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future