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I fled home 477 days ago and came back to find rubble

World February 10, 2025 By Tarek

Why are so many young LGBTQ+ people in the UK homeless?

UK February 11, 2025 By Josh Milton

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 09: A homeless person sits outside a shop in London, United Kingdom on January 09, 2023. According to Streets Kitchen volunteers, people living on London streets will face a difficult winter as some will freeze to death, as more sub-zero temperatures are predicted this winter. (Photo by Dinendra Haria/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How to help a homeless person after rare cold weather health warning issued

UK February 7, 2025 By Katie Boyden

Elvis Summers, founder of The Tiny House Project in Los Angeles, takes a selfie in front of a tiny home he's constructing.

I build 20ft tiny homes for homeless people (and they only cost £12,000)

Property February 4, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

7 June 24: homelessness; an increase in rough sleepers on oxford street . homeless individuals on oxford street can be seen lying side-by-side, often using duvets and sleeping bags outside the iconic shops.

Rough sleeping 'almost ended' over lockdown - what has gone wrong since?

Politics February 2, 2025 By Craig Munro

Bulldozer kills man in tent while clearing homeless camp for Martin Luther King celebration Eric Mock @EricMockTV While city officials and APD investigators won?t confirm exactly what happened. Activists and witnesses say the man was run over by a truck that was being used to clear out the tents. You can still see some smashed tents on Old Wheat Street. @FOX5Atlanta

Man killed by bulldozers clearing homeless camp ahead of Martin Luther King Day

US January 19, 2025 By Katie Boyden

AFC Bournemouth fans lauded for helping homeless man at World Darts Championship

Sport January 2, 2025 By Liam Grace

How to help a homeless person in the cold after two die in freezing conditions Getty

How to help a homeless person after rare cold weather health warning issued

UK February 7, 2025 By Katie Boyden

‘I lost £860 in one day at my food truck and my life changed forever’

UK December 27, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson

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Map shows areas in England where the most children are homeless this Christmas

UK December 20, 2024 By Jasper King

Prince William puts on apron to serve Christmas dinner at the Passage homeless charity he first visited with Princess Diana

Prince William keeps Princess Diana tradition alive

UK December 6, 2024 By Josh Milton

Shopping centre blasts Baby Shark on loop to deter homeless people

UK November 29, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Fire destroyed a central London homeless camp. These heroes are rebuilding it

UK November 21, 2024 By John Dunne

Prince William ‘desperately trying to help’ on serious issue affecting UK

UK October 16, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Nigel, 52, lives in a clothes bank in the Erdington area of Birmingham. Heartbreaking footage lays bare Britain's homelessness crisis after a man was discovered living - inside a CLOTHES BANK. Release date - September 24, 2024. The man, known only as Nigel, 52, has set up home inside a clothes bin near a church car park in the Erdington area of Birmingham. Nigel said; "I've been living in the clothes bin for four / five weeks. I realised it was open. It's warm inside and its waterproof. "It's more comfortable than any bed I've ever had?

Man evicted from clothes bank where he had ‘comfiest bed he had ever slept in’

UK September 25, 2024 By Lucia Botfield

Inside London’s secret slums taken over by squatters

UK July 3, 2024 By Sarah Ingram

Queer refugees face homelessness and abuse on road to asylum in Britain

UK June 15, 2024 By Danny Rigg

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - MAY 17: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO BOOK COVERS Taylor Swift performs at Friends Arena on May 17, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Michael Campanella/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

Edinburgh council slammed for 'removing' rough sleepers to make way for Taylor Swift fans

Music May 30, 2024 By Danni Scott

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Thousands of UK renters face homelessness every month when landlords do this

Property May 17, 2024 By Gregory Robinson

Destiny Mitchell, 26, is homeless and has turned a bus stop into a temporary home on the Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham. April 23, 2024. Release date ??? April 23, 2024. A homeless couple turned a disused bus stop into a temporary home - complete with cupboards, chairs, carpet, bins, bedding and Super Mario Bros-themed makeshift curtains. In a stark illustration of Birmingham's homelessness crisis, the pair have lived inside the bus stop in Selly Oak, for around seven months. Support charity Trident Reach said it was working with them to find 'appropriate accommodation' but that they had so far refused offers.

Homeless couple move into bus stop after refusing to be separated by council

UK April 23, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

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