Homelessness
How activists have fought back against the escalating housing crisis
The last five years have seen astronomical rises in rents, evictions and spiralling rates of homelessness but communities have been organising, fighting back and, whisper it, winning.
Written by: Micha Frazer-Carroll
The world through the eyes of war photographer Don McCullin
Don McCullin covered countless conflicts but never lost his humanity or his anger with the injustices he documented internationally or at home in the UK.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The activist museum fighting back against homelessness
The Museum of Homelessness is using the stories of those often forgotten to reclaim their humanity and campaign for an end to homelessness.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The students left homeless amid the accommodation crisis
Nowhere to turn — Across the UK students are being denied accommodation by their universities, leaving them in precarious living situations – from rough sleeping, to sofa surfing and Airbnb, reports Siân Bradley.
Written by: Sian Bradley
How landlords are exploiting London’s homelessness crisis
Broken system — As the pandemic forces droves more people into hardship, landlords and letting agents are capitalising on our worsening housing emergency.
Written by: Alex Norris
An intimate portrait of NYC's Black, queer, homeless youth
West Village kids — In Pier Kids, filmmaker Elegance Bratton returns to Christopher Street Pier – an area steeped in LGBTQ+ history and the place where he spent 10 years of his life homeless – to connect with its current inhabitants.
Written by: Matt Turner
How austerity targeted... homeless people
Cut out: a decade of destruction — In the final instalment of Cut Out, writer and activist Tom Balderstone recalls how Tory cuts led to an unprecedented rise in homelessness.
Written by: Tom Balderstone
How austerity targeted… the LGBTQ community
Cut out: a decade of destruction — From HIV prevention to domestic abuse: in the latest instalment of Cut Out, writer Louis Staples explores how Tory cuts have gutted LGBTQ support networks.
Written by: Louis Staples
Inside the incredible story of the Skid Row Marathon
Running is power — For the last seven years, LA Judge Craig Mitchell has been leading the Skid Row Running Club – a program that has helped hundreds of ex-convicts, recovering addicts and homeless people find salvation in long-distance running.
Written by: Adam White
Neville Southall tackles... Britain's homelessness crisis
Neville Knows Best — In his new regular column, footballing legend turned Twitter sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. For his debut, the unlikely activist takes on the homelessness crisis in Britain, accompanied by an original poem.
Written by: Neville Southall
It’s time to talk about how Britain treats its homeless
From Where I Stand — A society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable – and as it gears up for 2018’s Royal Wedding, the UK is already showing its true colours, writes Dawn Foster.
Written by: Dawn Foster
Battling depression and addiction at London’s homeless boxing club
Step into the ring — Members of Caris Boxing Club might be marked out as anti-social, dirty and unsafe on the street, but at London's homeless boxing club they're standing up and fighting back.
Written by: Matt Broomfield