Increase in Number of households reporting to be homeless

By Allen Walkey | September 29, 2016

Governement figures released yesterday showed that Local authorities accepted 15,170 households as being statutorily homeless between 1 April and 30 June 2016, up 3% on the previous quarter and 10% on the same quarter of last year. These are households that are owed a main homelessness duty to secure accommodation as a result of being…

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New High for Tenant Evictions

By Allen Walkey | May 19, 2016

According to a most recent blog from Central Housing Group “tenant evictions reach highest level on record” The number of tenants evicted from their homes by bailiffs reached a record high in 2015, according to official figures for England and Wales showing that 42,728 households in rented accommodation were forcibly removed. Housing campaigners blamed welfare…

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Repossessions and Evictions.

By Allen Walkey | November 25, 2015

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent organisation working to inspire social change through research, policy and practice. In their annual report posted only this week they reveal the definitive picture of poverty in the UK. The topic from the report we are spotlighting is on housing and specifically on repossessions and evictions. In their…

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