With thousands already struggling in hostels and homeless shelters, the release of prisoners into uncertain housing leaves many in a state of limbo. What next for already overstreched resources?
With developments moving so fast, the city is leaving some residents behind.
What's the Big Issue?
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What’s the real story behind the Big Issue sellers and how have they fared through the pandemic?
Hare Krishnas helping to tackle food poverty
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We explore what Food for Life is and how they manage to feed over 200 people a day.
Battling homelessness in lockdown
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Homeless charities make an urgent call for more resources to help support London’s rough sleepers this winter amid a second national lockdown in England
Thousands of women and men are made homeless fleeing domestic abuse every year. More must be done to help those in need.
Big Sleep Out: 'It's a mandate for action'
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More than 100 million people around the world have no place to call home. The World’s Big Sleep Out aims to make a difference.
Less visible but more at risk
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How Barcelona’s charities are giving the city’s homeless women a new lease of life
New York City, where poverty meets greed
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New York’s homelessness problem has its roots in the American welfare system
Forced out on to Barcelona's streets
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The city’s housing emergency is leaving squatters and immigrants without homes