Homelessness

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

Some people are not considered for social housing due to fears they will not be able to sustain tenancies because of low incomes or insecure finances – but where else are people meant to live?
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

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
Maeve McGoldrick

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it

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
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
TV

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires

Three ways we can make a radical shift to prevent violence against women and girls
the silhouette of a women in a flat in front of the sun
Polly Neate

Three ways we can make a radical shift to prevent violence against women and girls

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
a person sleeping rough in a doorway
Homelessness

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

'Shocking' number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections
Stock image of tents on the side of a road
Homelessness

'Shocking' number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections

How Eastbourne became the face of England's temporary accommodation crisis
Eastbourne councillor Peter Diplock outside The Salvation Army
Homelessness

How Eastbourne became the face of England's temporary accommodation crisis

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets
a homeless man sleeping rough
Homelessness

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness
empty homes in Bradford
Empty homes

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic
Nuuk in Greenland
homelessness

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic

Homes for Ukraine helped save thousands of people. But life for Ukrainian refugees is still uncertain
Carly Whyborn

Homes for Ukraine helped save thousands of people. But life for Ukrainian refugees is still uncertain

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness

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'

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future
Lifetime Training foundation apprentice Nick Marshall
Nick Marshall

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'. Here's why
a person rough sleeping under a blue blanket on the street
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'
Posy Sterling
Film

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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?

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