With heavy hearts we release our findings of our annual investigation into the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2024.
We've recorded a 9% increase on 2023.
55% of the people died 'deaths of despair'
We recorded 11 children who died, although we suspect the real figure is much higher.
49 % of people were in temporary accomodation when they died.
We are calling for urgent action on this devastating situation.
May they all Rest in Peace.
You can read the full report on our website now.
Artwork by Matt Bonner
Huge thanks to our team who have worked tirelessly on this.
Announcing our next exhibition opening for 10 WEEKS ONLY from 21st May.
We are psyched to present Criminal: An untold history of homelessness, resistance and survival.
Criminal is a historical exhibition exploring the causes and criminalisation of homelessness from the 1600s to today and featuring new works by @10foot10foot10foot10foot , @gemmathepoet , @spellingmistakescostlives@mattbonner.art and @surfingsofas
This exhibition has been cooked up by our crew, community and our artists over this winter and we cannot wait to share it with you.
The exhibition, staged in an English perennial meadow at the museum’s site in Finsbury Park, will show that how we think about homelessness today comes from ideas that were created long ago.
When people talk about the criminalisation of homelessness, it’s usually the Vagrancy Act of 1824 that is the focus. But there is much more to this story.
Researchers at Museum of Homelessness have identified the Homelessness Big Bang in the early 1600s and the exhibition starts there. Criminal explores the intertwined histories of people made homeless and transported from England, Ireland and Africa to the early plantations. Visitors will be taken on a journey exploring land enclosure, rebellion in the colonies, Elizabethan Rogue literature, Victorian institutions, resistance movements and modern-day disinformation.
The museum’s interior will be transformed into a space of resistance, with Surfing Sofas Publishing House offering people an alternative to social media.
The rise of the far right all over the world is being matched by increasing rates of homelessness. This exhibition matters today because criminalisation as a ‘solution’ to homelessness has never gone away. Right now, in 2026, it is ramping up in many places on earth. We have put this exhibition on as a cautionary tale and an act of resistance.
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Featuring some of the UK’s foremost activists and artists including a new sculpture by the UK's most prolific graffiti writer 10Foot, Criminal will give you the facts and the feelings for what is really going on right now. We can't wait to welcome you all in May.
More info on link in bio.
Graphic design by @mattbon
Our Winter Appeal 2025 is live.
We are raising funds for food, cosy activities at the museum, emergency cold weather shelter, respite accomodation, move in kits for if people get housed and essential supplies!
Link in bio! ❤️🙏
Please donate if you can or if not please share the appeal with others.
We are also looking for cook crew! If you can spare some time each month to cook for our community, please email [email protected]
Thanks to all our amazing pals and supporters!
Love MoH crew x
✨️ 6 days to go. ✨️
It started with us planting an English perennial meadow in front of the museum last September.
What has happened since we couldn't have dreamed. The Making of MoH criminal has been a blast.
Biggest thanks to our legendary crew and artists @10foot10foot10foot10foot@spellingmistakescostlives@gemmathepoet@surfingsofas@mattbonner.art
We cant wait to share with you all next week
OPEN FOR 10 WEEKS ONLY FROM 21ST MAY
Criminal: an untold history of homelessness, resistance and survival
Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays 1230 - 430
📣 #MoHcriminal opens 1 week today!!
We have worked with the brilliant @studioboloz on the outdoor elements of the show.
William, one of the exhibition crew who designed, curated and commissioned the show responds to the arrival of the units from Poland where they were fabricated.
The jury is in: we love them and we can't wait to open this show and share it with you all.
10 WEEKS FROM 21ST MAY
THURSDAYS FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS
COME VISIT 🥰
A new painting that will be part of some new work I've been making for the Museum of Homelessness (@our_moh ) exhibition CRIMINAL which opens 21st may → 25th july 2026 also featuring work from @10foot10foot10foot10foot , @gemmathepoet , @mattbonner.art and @surfingsofas
Thatcher started the privatisation of social housing in the UK. Since 1979 over 2 million council houses have been lost to privatisation, with local authorities heavily restricted by law from building social homes to replace them.
A nuclear war on the other hand would only destroy 1.6 million council houses (i.e every remaining council house in the UK).
So in fact we lost more council houses to Thatcherism than we would to a nuclear war.
Today in MoH land.
Squirrel rescue by @captain.hope.84 after a crow smashed these babies out of their nest
The first but definitely not the last Tie dye session of summer 26
Lasagne legends
Bin stomping
Greenhouse washing lines
Lolita's exquisite scarf making
And much more 💜
✨️We are really pleased that we have Jack Cornish joining us on our Human Rights Night walk on 20th June! ✨️
Jack is the author of The Lost Paths: Modern journeys along ancient footpaths. In 2017, he walked across the country from Land's End to John O'Groats, and he has dedicated the last seven years of his life to walking and recording the forgotten routes of England and Wales. Jack is fifteen years into an attempt to walk every street in London, where he lives. ❤️
To walk from Brixton to Finsbury Park on solstice weekend with Jack (and us) and raise vital funds for MoH please register at our linktree.
PHEWPH we are working hard on build and prep across our museum site!
#MoHcriminal is now into 2 weeks of intensive final production before we open to you on 21st May
Thanks to the crew making it happen ✨️🔥
Invisible People took on London last week 🇬🇧
We kicked it off with some powerhouse podcast guests for the Homeless Unfiltered podcast. These guests were absolutely amazing. The conversations are ones you are not going to want to miss.
From policy to poetry to opera and even the Museum of Homelessness—the topics were extremely interesting.
We’re so excited to share them with you in the coming months, as we gained new perspectives from our friends across the pond.
Follow here for future clips and follow wherever you get your full podcast episodes.
MoH has got some last minute places for the sold out Hackney Half! 17th May. Fancy it?
Our pals at The People’s Recovery Project have very kindly gifted us up to 10 places in the Hackney Half Marathon. The deadline for entries is midnight tomorrow FRIDAY so please get in touch asap and mention that you want to run for MOH.
Please email [email protected]
To secure your place.
