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The International Network of Street Papers

A global community fighting poverty & homelessness, empowering people to earn an income and have their story heard.

20/08/2026

Content about helping people experiencing poverty and homelessness is trending on social media. But is that a good thing? Iso Numero reports: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/lived-experience/the-kindness-influencers

12/08/2026

Perhaps the most powerful thing we can do in divided times is not speak more persuasively, but listen with more cultural intelligence, argues Lucy Butters: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/opinion/listening-with-cultural-intelligence-the-power-skill-we-need-in-divided-times

06/08/2026

Street Sense Media vendor and artist Erica Downing reflects on this year’s National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference, held in Washington DC, US: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/lived-experience/beyond-the-sidewalk-the-reality-of-the-underworld-of-us-homelessness

04/08/2026

Circo Volador, a renowned arts and cultural centre, is one of Mexico City’s most iconic spaces for underground culture. Founded in 1995 by UNAM researcher Héctor Castillo Berthier, it has become a landmark social project, widely recognised as the city’s “cathedral of metal and rock” for its concerts, workshops, and community outreach. On this occasion, its Art Gallery became the home of a very special photography exhibition: The Other Side of the Pitch. Mi Valedor reports: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/lived-experience/football-from-the-margins-circo-volador-and-mi-valedor-open-the-other-side-of-the-pitch

23/07/2026

With 80 percent rental apartments and heavy subsidies for low-income earners, the Vienna Model has for decades been the model for an affordable and fair housing policy. Since 2010, it has been strengthened with a national Housing First programme. In spite of that, more and more people in Austria are registered as homeless. Tidningen Faktum reports: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/lived-experience/housing-first-austria-has-the-model-but-not-the-solution

22/07/2026

The climate crisis is a social crisis. Globally, the impact hits people living in poverty much harder and further exacerbates social inequality. bodo reports: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/lived-experience/climate-crisis-as-social-crisis

15/07/2026

Social networks are full of videos of people experiencing homelessness, addiction and poverty – often without the consent of those affected. It is difficult to take action against it. Hinz&Kunzt reports: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/lived-experience/poverty-goes-viral

02/07/2026

A cross-section of MPs gathered at Portcullis House at Westminster on Wednesday 24 June, when INSP hosted a special parliamentary drop-in session to gather support for independent journalism as part of the charity’s mission of tackling homelessness and poverty: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/insp-impact/mps-show-support-for-street-paper-journalism

01/07/2026

In conversation with representatives from the Mexican street paper Mi Valedor and the Colombian Revista La Calle, it becomes clear that while locations and circumstances may vary, many of their aims are similar: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/street-paper-news/thinking-outside-the-box-street-papers-in-latin-america

17/06/2026

"When Slanj launched the Homeless Tartan in 2019, it began with a simple idea rooted in a growing crisis. With one in 200 people in the UK experiencing homelessness, we wanted to use what we knew best: tartan design. Now, our new International Homeless Tartan is supporting the International Network of Street Papers," writes Calum Grant: https://www.insp.ngo/articles/street-paper-news/how-slanj-s-international-homeless-tartan-is-supporting-insp

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