Posts Tagged ‘homeless’
Shelter responds to new ONS stats on the number of people who have died homeless.
Greg Beales, campaign director at Shelter said, “This appalling loss of life should be a source of national shame. There is nothing inevitable about homelessness or about these tragic deaths which are a consequence of a housing system which fails too many people. “This new research from the ONS shows 597 people died homeless in one…
Read MoreRLA Response to announcement on funding to support homeless people into rented housing
Responding to the announcement of that the Government is formally launching its fund to support councils to house those who are or are at risk of becoming homeless in private rented housing, David Smith, Policy Director for the Residential Landlords Association said: “With over one million households waiting for a social rented home, increasing numbers…
Read More128,000 children in Britain will be homeless on Christmas day according to a new report by Shelter
A shocking 128,000 children in Britain will wake up homeless and in temporary accommodation this Christmas, a new report by Shelter reveals today. One in every 111 children is currently homeless, and with the country still at the mercy of a worsening housing crisis, 2017 has seen the highest numbers of homeless children in a…
Read MoreShelter reveals more than 300,000 people in Britain homeless today
The number of people recorded as homeless has reached a staggering 307,000 – more than the entire population of Newcastle – a shocking new report by Shelter reveals today. In the most extensive review of its kind, the housing charity combined official rough-sleeping, temporary accommodation and social services figures. This showed the number of…
Read MoreIncreased funding for Rough sleeping fund
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. They are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. As part of the Autumn statement the Chancellor announced a further 10 million funding over two years to the Rough Sleeping Fund. Jon Sparkes, Chief Executive of Crisis, said: _We welcome the Government_s…
Read MoreIncrease in Number of households reporting to be homeless
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…
Read MoreHomeless children this Christmas
According to estimates from the Charity Shelter more than 100,000 children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day in Britain this year, that is an increase of almost 15,000 over last year they say. The survey was carried out using Government figures and by carrying out interviews of homeless families in Hostel and B&B accomodation,…
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