12 October 2026

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Lack of council ASBO evictions during Covid spells misery for local residents

A quiet Bedford street has been ‘devastated’ by people ‘dumped’ in temporary housing by the council and ‘left to their own devices’, a ward councillor has claimed. The borough council...

Guest editor: Homeless for 15 years but now housed and happy

I first became homeless when I was 15. At 16 I was put in a bedsit by social services and left to it – I had no idea of what to do. Then I spent the next 15 years living in hostels and...

Introducing our new guest editors: JustUs homelessness charity

This month, we welcome a new series from our latest Guest Editor - or in this case, Editors. Throughout the next eight weeks, we are handing over these pages to JustUs, an advocacy charity...