Posts Tagged ‘homelessness’
New government grant to tackle homelessness
Announcement from the Department for Communities and Local Government and Marcus Jones MP yesterday 15th March on the Gov.UK website headlined ‘New grant for council homelessness services’. The government is transforming the way councils fund homelessness services, giving them greater flexibility to prioritise homelessness prevention, Communities Minister Marcus Jones has confirmed. The new grant will…
Read MoreFunding to prevent and reduce Homelessness
The Government website GOV.UK this week announced ‘Government backs Homelessness Bill with £48 million for councils’. Councils are to receive a further £48 million funding to help them deliver new and expanded services to prevent and reduce homelessness, Local Government Minister Marcus Jones has confirmed. This new funding will be available to councils in England…
Read MoreGovernment support to help reduce homelessness
Announcement on the Gov.UK website from Department for Communities and local government, The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP and Marcus Jones MP headlines ‘Government to support new legislation to reduce homelessness’ The Homelessness Reduction Bill will significantly reform England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need to prevent them from becoming…
Read MoreHouseholds at Risk of Eviction in England
A recent report from the Charity Shelter used various data and analysis exploring the number of rented households put at risk of eviction in England over the past year at a local, regional and national level. Their analysis shows that there are ‘hotspots’ of eviction, where as many as one in every 23 renting…
Read MoreFoxtons to remove spikes.
Foxtons are set to remove anti-homeless spikes from outside a West End branch of their estate agents after a change.org petition achieved 20,000 signatures, the petition was set up by Zahira Patel after noticing similar spikes outside the Holborn branch of Foxtons. As spokesperson from Foxtons reportedly said ‘We understand that the studs outside our…
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