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13 Sep 19
The number of homeless households in England rose 11% between the last quarter of 2018 and the first three months of this year, government figures have revealed.
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6 Sep 19
The government is looking for an organisation to run pilots to help it improve local authority data collection on homelessness.
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21 Aug 19
Homeless children are being housed in shipping containers because councils do not have enough temporary accommodation for them to live in.
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14 Aug 19
An average of one homeless person died every 19 hours in the last six months in the UK, research has found.
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13 Aug 19
Director of operations for care and support at housing association Riverside Lee Buss looks at progress on the government’s rough sleeping strategy one year on.
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21 Jun 19
A comprehensive national strategy backed by proper funding and infrastructure is required to tackle the growing crisis of homelessness, according to a report from the Local Government Information...
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24 May 19
A new family in England was found to be homeless, on average, every five minutes over a recent six-month period, analysis of government data has found.
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17 May 19
The government must look further and aim higher if it wants to end youth homelessness says Reform’s Aidan Shilson-Thomas.
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17 May 19
Nearly all councils in England think the benefits freeze will push more people into homelessness, a study has found.
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9 May 19
Greater Manchester’s mayor has called on public bodies to prevent a “homelessness emergency”.
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24 Apr 19
The Homelessness Reduction Act is being undermined by a “chronic” shortage of affordable housing, MPs have heard.
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24 Apr 19
A £1bn drop in annual council spending on homelessness support in England should be a “wake-up call” for the government, charities have warned.
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15 Apr 19
Proposals to scrap unfair ‘no-fault’ tenant evictions in England have been outlined by the government.
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4 Apr 19
Up to 67% of councils feel they lack the funding to meet new duties to tackle homelessness, analysis has found.
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3 Apr 19
Today marks one year since the Homelessness Reducation Act came into force. John Glenton from The Riverside Group housing association suggests how councils can meet their duties under this act....
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1 Apr 19
A year on from the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, Neil Merrick looks at what’s changed on the streets.
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25 Feb 19
Areas in England and Wales with high levels of deprivation see nine times more deaths of homeless people than better-off regions, government figures have shown.
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31 Jan 19
The number of people sleeping rough on England’s streets has soared by 165% since 2010, government figures have shown.
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29 Jan 19
Councils face a spending gap of £8.7bn in their bid to provide services aimed at preventing social problems in areas as diverse as homelessness, debt and crime.
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21 Dec 18
The total number of deaths of homeless people in England and Wales has shot up by almost a quarter over the last five years, official data has shown.
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10 Dec 18
Councils will be expected to publish official plans to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness by winter 2019, the government has announced.
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13 Nov 18
Help offered by councils to young homeless people is ineffective half the time because of inadequate funding, analysis by the Centrepoint charity has revealed.
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13 Aug 18
A £100m homelessness strategy to help end rough sleeping in the UK by 2027 has been announced by the government.
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24 Jul 18
Expensive rents and a lack of social homes have caused a 73% rise in homelessness among working people, a charity has said.
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6 Jul 18
A commission has been launched to help English councils halt the “runaway train of increasing homelessness”.
13 Sep 19The number of homeless households in England rose 11% between the last quarter of 2018 and the first three months of this year, government figures have revealed.
6 Sep 19The government is looking for an organisation to run pilots to help it improve local authority data collection on homelessness.
21 Aug 19Homeless children are being housed in shipping containers because councils do not have enough temporary accommodation for them to live in.
15 Apr 19Proposals to scrap unfair ‘no-fault’ tenant evictions in England have been outlined by the government.
1 Apr 19A year on from the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, Neil Merrick looks at what’s changed on the streets.
25 Feb 19Areas in England and Wales with high levels of deprivation see nine times more deaths of homeless people than better-off regions, government figures have shown.
31 Jan 19The number of people sleeping rough on England’s streets has soared by 165% since 2010, government figures have shown.
24 Jul 18Expensive rents and a lack of social homes have caused a 73% rise in homelessness among working people, a charity has said.
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