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Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you’d think
Homelessness

Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you’d think

It is not as unusual as you might think for someone with no other alternative but to sleep on the streets to request going to prison

Property inflation divided Britain – this is what needs to be done to fix it
Rowan Moore

Property inflation divided Britain – this is what needs to be done to fix it

Property inflation has been celebrated and promoted by both government and the media. Now it’s time to change

Sadiq Khan gives councils new powers to buy 10,000 homes and take on social housing crisis
Housing crisis

Sadiq Khan gives councils new powers to buy 10,000 homes and take on social housing crisis

The London mayor’s Council Homes Acquisition Programme is set to secure more affordable homes as thousands of Londoners live in temporary accommodation

Revolving door of housing ministers is making housing crisis worse – this has to change
Muyiwa Oki

Revolving door of housing ministers is making housing crisis worse – this has to change

‘Yet more chaos’: 15th housing minister axed since 2010 in cabinet reshuffle
Housing

‘Yet more chaos’: 15th housing minister axed since 2010 in cabinet reshuffle

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Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home
Climate crisis

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home

Homelessness is never a lifestyle choice: Big Issue’s reaction to Suella Braverman comments
Homelessness

Homelessness is never a lifestyle choice: Big Issue’s reaction to Suella Braverman comments

Four things the next government can and must do to end homelessness once and for all
Rick Henderson

Four things the next government can and must do to end homelessness once and for all

Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it’s making UK’s housing crisis worse
Tom Archer, Ian Cole

Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it’s making UK’s housing crisis worse

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building
Architecture

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building

Labour vs Conservatives: Who has the right plan to end the UK housing crisis?
Rachael Williamson

Labour vs Conservatives: Who has the right plan to end the UK housing crisis?

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 
The Future of Housing

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how
Housing

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how

Woman became homeless after fleeing domestic abuse. Nobody helped when she slept on streets
Domestic abuse

Woman became homeless after fleeing domestic abuse. Nobody helped when she slept on streets

One in 50 Londoners are homeless. So this faith group decided to do something about it
Declan Flynn and Bex Keer

One in 50 Londoners are homeless. So this faith group decided to do something about it

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it’s genius
Environment

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it’s genius

Power Up London: Big Issue Invest opens applications for new investment programme
Big Issue Invest

Power Up London: Big Issue Invest opens applications for new investment programme

‘Profoundly worrying’: Could Tories drop much-needed Renters Reform Bill like its net zero promises?
Renters Reform Bill

‘Profoundly worrying’: Could Tories drop much-needed Renters Reform Bill like its net zero promises?

Tories will fail to end rough sleeping by 2024, experts warn, breaking manifesto pledge
Homelessness

Tories will fail to end rough sleeping by 2024, experts warn, breaking manifesto pledge

How people are turning to converted vehicles and DIY homes to beat UK’s housing crisis
Housing

How people are turning to converted vehicles and DIY homes to beat UK’s housing crisis

Sharing is caring: How co-housing could be another piece of the puzzle in solving UK housing crisis
Housing

Sharing is caring: How co-housing could be another piece of the puzzle in solving UK housing crisis

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Youth homelessness and unemployment are rising – but there’s a simple solution
Opinion

Youth homelessness and unemployment are rising – but there’s a simple solution

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like
Housing

Comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient: This is what the house of the future will look like

Applications open for Big Issue Invest’s fourth Social Impact Investment Fund
Big Issue Invest

Applications open for Big Issue Invest’s fourth Social Impact Investment Fund

Lords kills off ‘hatchet job’ Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
River pollution

Lords kills off ‘hatchet job’ Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses