UK Homelessness

A community soup kitchen in Brixton has changed its role during the coronavirus lockdown. Brixton Soup Kitchen was set up to help the homeless but since lockdown has also been providing for the elderly and vulnerable families with delivery of hot food.
Thousands of rough sleepers now have a roof over their heads. But the challenges faced by the community don't vanish once they're inside a hotel room.
Coronavirus is a daunting prospect for most of us. But for those with no home to self-isolate in, nowhere to stay clean, and no stockpile of food, the risks are so much greater.
As the illness spreads across the UK, charities want to make sure homeless people are safe.
New figures show 4,266 people were counted sleeping rough on a single night last year. A former rough sleeper tells us how he's helping those most in need.
Hospitals? No. Schools? No. Homelessness? No. Brexit Bongs are the only thing that matter now.
When two homeless people are dying a day, ending homelessness must be our government's New Year's resolution, writes Shelter CEO Polly Neate.
Discharged after dedicating my life to my career, I wasn’t ready to live a ‘normal’ life out of uniform, writes Amber Guymer-Hosking.
Housing charity Shelter debunks chancellor's claims that homelessness peaked in 2008 and has dropped ever since.