Charities welcome ‘overdue’ £115m package to tackle homeless crisis
At least 2,000 places will be created to help rough sleepers leave hostels under moves to tackle the UK’s rising homeless crisis. Most of a £115 million package will be
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Crowdfunder for big-hearted homeless man raises more than £10,000
A woman who was helped by a homeless man when she became stranded after a night out has raised more than £10,000 to say thank you. Nicole Sedgebeer, from Milton
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Richard Gere visits Glasgow to promote new film on homelessness
Hollywood actor Richard Gere has been in Glasgow promoting a film in which he plays a homeless man in New York. The star attended the closing night of the city’s
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Charity in plea for action as rough sleepers increase 30% over a year
Rough sleeping has increased by almost a third in England over the past year and has doubled since 2010, according to new statistics. “Snapshot” figures published by the Department for
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Government urged to tackle ‘homelessness trap’ with rental deposit scheme
More people could be helped out of the “homelessness trap” if they were given similar help to get into the rental sector as first-time buyers receive to get on to
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Judge rejects claims council ‘systemically’ turning away homeless applicants
A High Court judge has rejected claims that Birmingham City Council – the largest housing authority in England – is “systemically” turning away homeless applicants. Four homeless people had taken
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Professor Green speaks out about severity of homelessness
Professor Green has said his latest documentary on homelessness made him realise that he had “no idea of the severity of the situation” or how “difficult it is to get
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Alex Neil warns of impact of benefit changes on women’s refuges
Changes to housing benefit could have a “catastrophic impact” on domestic abuse victims living in women’s refuges, Alex Neil has warned. The Social Justice Secretary said refuges had been “left
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Private rental sector insecurity has caused fourfold increase in homelessness
“Chronic” insecurity in the private rented sector in England has led to a fourfold increase since 2010 in the number of households forced into homelessness when tenancies end, according to
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Children’s temporary accommodation plight revealed in new report
Children living in Scotland suffered nearly 1 million days of homelessness last year, according to a new report from Shelter Scotland. Analysis of statistics (following a Freedom of Information request
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