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Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
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Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Refugees were given 56 days to find an income and a place to live under a Home Office pilot. Refugee Council warns reducing that time to 42 days risks more refugees ending up homeless
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

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

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools
Prince William on a visit to Bournemouth
Homelessness

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools

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Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning
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Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here’s what happened next
Homelessness

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here’s what happened next

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
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Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Why are homeless people being excluded from social housing? There has to be a better way
Social housing
Francesca Albanese

Why are homeless people being excluded from social housing? There has to be a better way

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools
Prince William on a visit to Bournemouth
Homelessness

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it
Crisis Scotland representatives show cabinet secretary for housing Mairi McAllan the roadmap to end homelessness by 2040
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There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it

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

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

Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears
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Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears

Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show
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Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban
Reform UK Richard Tice
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Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban

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Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
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Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires
Millionaire Anthony and barmaid Tilly handcuffed together on Channel 4's Handcuffed
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Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather
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Homelessness

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather

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Renting with pets: Know your rights
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Renting with pets: Know your rights

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person
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Homelessness

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?
A plumber is reaching up into the bottom of a boiler in a white room
Renting

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?

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Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
a man with a Refugees Welcome sign in his backpack
Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

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?

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools
Prince William on a visit to Bournemouth
Homelessness

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning
damp and mould
Damp and mould

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning