The deaths of over 100 children have been linked to temporary accommodation, reports the Independent. The government has been warned by MPs over the “devastating” state of temporary accommodation in the UK. New figures show that a total of 104 children died with temporary accommodation as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill-health, or death, […]
Single Homeless Project and Solace Women’s Aid are joined by partners across the homelessness and Violence Against Women and Girls sectors to write to Alison McGovern MP, Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, calling for stronger action on women’s homelessness. The letter, sent by the National Women’s Homeless Coalition alongside the National Domestic Abuse […]
Empty homes are ‘a sign of what is wrong with the housing crisis’, campaigners say. Here’s how many homes are being left empty in the UK, reports the Big Issue. The UK has been gripped by a housing crisis for decades and empty homes mean that properties are lying vacant while record numbers of people […]
From 1 May 2026, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 will give tenants new rights and introduce new rules for private landlords. This information sheet explains how the new rules may affect your current tenancy. These changes only affect you if you are a tenant in the private rented sector with an assured or assured shorthold tenancy. […]
Social Bite has opened its second homeless village in Scotland and the charity believes it could be a blueprint to helping councils address rising homelessness, reports the Big Issue. Residents have moved into a new homeless village that organisers believe could offer councils an affordable way to address rising homelessness. Social Bite’s new £3 million […]
Richard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many in the UK hit by rising costs and a lack of social housing, reports the Guardian. When Richard Hewett’s relationship broke down, he was forced to leave his partner’s council house – but found his disability […]
A man who was once homeless is now running a successful pizzeria thanks to a chef at a soup kitchen who taught him the art of making pizza, reports the BBC. Mark Clarey, of Blackpool, said his life had “spiralled” and “he lost everything” in 2019, including his home and his events company, after the […]
A study by Habitat for Humanity found that empty council properties have soared in the last five years while empty privately owned, non-residential buildings could yield 500,000 homes, reports the Big Issue. Empty council properties are up by a third in England in just five years, research has found, with a charity explaining that half […]
Embassy Village offers 40 canal-side flats and support with budgeting, cooking and finding work, to help men start new lives and rediscover community, reports the Guardian. It costs a lot to live by the canal in central Manchester, with even the pokiest of studios renting for £1,000. But in Embassy Village, the city’s newest waterside […]
Councils failed to assess over a third of homeless young peoples’ needs, reports the Big Issue. Councils in England are failing to provide assessments for over a third of young people facing homelessness, with many forced to sleep rough as a result, a youth homelessness charity has found. Centrepoint reported that of the 107,585 young people […]
