The scale of the spike in local authority homelessness spend over the past 15 years makes for sobering reading, writes Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran.
Social housing provider Riverside has called for long-term sustainable funding to address homelessness after data showed rough sleeping in England reached a record high.
Government subsidies have failed to cover the rising cost of temporary accommodation to councils across England since 2017-18 to the tune of £1.5bn, analysis by the Local Government Association has...
The government is investing £3.5bn over the next three years in a homelessness strategy, with a pledge to halve the number of long-term rough sleepers and end the unlawful use of B&Bs for...
Nearly £1bn of homelessness service funding is set to end next year, sector organisations have warned chancellor Rachel Reeves, asking for the money to be rolled over in the upcoming Budget.
The housing crisis will push Newham Council’s temporary accommodation bill to more than ten times its recent size, piling further pressure on an authority already looking for £70m of savings to cover...
Local authorities are being put under unsustainable financial pressure by their duty to tackle homelessness, with some warning that the demand for temporary accommodation risks pushing them into...
The government must develop a flexible long-term funding strategy if it is to meet its target of eliminating rough sleeping by 2024, according to experts.
The government’s initiative to find emergency accommodation for rough sleepers during the pandemic offers an opportunity to make this the beginning of the end of homelessness, argues Crisis chief...
More than half of frontline services have reported an increase in the need to provide support relating to homelessness since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from charity...
The government has launched a taskforce to help ensure that homeless people moved into accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic do not return to sleeping rough once the crisis is resolved.
The prime minister has announced an extra £236m of funding as official figures show rough sleeping in England has fallen by 9% in a year but remains 141% higher than a decade ago.
Increasing homelessness, parliament ‘misled’ over HS2 costs, 2019 bumper year for public procurement, 18 million health workers wanted - all in Numbers Game from the February...
The number of households assessed by local authorities as either homeless or threatened with homelessness has increased by 11.4% over the past year, official figures have shown.
