Housing

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Ghulam Qasim
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

Islamic Relief worked with photographer Khaula Jamil to reveal the realities of the lives of farmers devastated by flood in Pakistan
Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'
Lord John Bird in the House of Lords
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
a homeless person on the street
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

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

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

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’
Langmead House in Bromley-by-Bow
Housing

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis
a data centre
Artificial Intelligence

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis

Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance

When the Vagrancy Act is finally gone, its replacement must be driven by compassion
a mamkeshift bed outside a home where someone may sleep rough
Steven MacKenzie

When the Vagrancy Act is finally gone, its replacement must be driven by compassion

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'
child at window
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'

Homeless people will be given free flu jabs this year. Here's why it could save lives
A woman receiving a vaccine. Image: Unsplash
Sharon Hodgson

Homeless people will be given free flu jabs this year. Here's why it could save lives

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn
a person sleeping rough on the street
Homelessness

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep'
a woman walking at night
homelessness

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep'

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’
a polling station sign
Politics

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis
AT&T Stadium in Arlington is home of the Dallas Cowboys and will host World Cup 2026 fixtures
World Cup

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street
An NHS mural on a pavement
Health

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy
Brighton and Hove
Housing

A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by 'rule-breaking' letting agents
An electrician holding cut wires
Housing

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by 'rule-breaking' letting agents

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases
London renter Pete Ely pictured outside
Renting

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases

Keir Starmer exclusive: 'There's always that challenge of getting good news out there'
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Politics

Keir Starmer exclusive: 'There's always that challenge of getting good news out there'

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Debunked

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world
A protest against the £3 billion Thames Water bailout at the Royal Courts of Justice in February 2025
Opinion

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
St Ives harbour and beach, Cornwall.
Coastal poverty

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities

Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?
social housing

Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?
The Airbnb logo struck through
Short-term lets

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?