Voicebox: Life on the streets

London has a housing crisis, yet every new-build housing development that goes up treats addressing the situation as an afterthought.

Jim talks about his 23 years at The Big Issue, its growth and expansion, and his views on eradicating homelessness

How can someone who has a roof over their head be considered homeless? The underrepresented temporarily homeless culture that is rampant in our communities but no one is talking about.

“We are doing this to feed the homeless, not to feed egos.”

In the UK homelessness is an ongoing issue with 64,960 homeless assessments being made between April and June 2018, so to reduce the number of the homeless Crisis, a national charity for homeless people, are tackling the issue with help from volunteers, campaigners and the wider public. By supporting Crisis someone can leave homelessness for good.  

Society's outdated and flawed notion of choice correlating to consequence needs to be radically overhauled

“We’ve got a humanitarian crisis on our hands” - Invisible Voices

There are certain stigmas surrounding homeless people that dictate how the rest of society treats them. These are outdated, callous, and hypocritical, and we should do better

19-year-old Georgia shares her experience of being homeless in the most expensive city in the UK.