HOUSING
The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to keep people in their homes. Here’s how to get involved
END HOUSING INSECURITY NOW
The UK is in the grip of a housing crisis. And those in society with least are bearing it most. The soaring cost of simply remaining in our homes is leading a march towards homelessness and a dark future. This is why Big Issue is launching the End Housing Insecurity Now campaign.
For over 30 years we have been committed to helping those who were homeless or at risk of homelessness to work their way back to society. It has become clear the need to help a greater volume of society, who in the past were not impacted, has arisen. And now it is renters, some nine million people, who are being hit with the steepest bills and toughest ways to survive.
Renters face a crippling toll of cost increases. As food, fuel and rent spiral, it is estimated that more than half of people receiving universal credit and housing benefit cannot cover their rent at the current levels. Renters are being driven into debt and homelessness, just to afford the basics. Urgent action is needed to prevent even more people being pushed into homelessness. Some 242,000 households
