A £360 million “wall” of rental debt built during the coronavirus crisis is set to get worse amid imminent Universal Credit cuts, a charity is warning. About half a million
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Councils paid out nearly £28 million in total due to evictions from social housing in 2019-20, new research estimates. A study by Liverpool University, commissioned by homelessness charity Shelter Scotland,
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COVID-19 has been described as a “housing disease”. Overcrowded living conditions make it easier for the virus to spread, and statistics show a link between overcrowding and mortality from COVID.
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Women experiencing domestic violence should be given more help to stay in their homes if they wish to do so while their abuser is moved away to prevent them being
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Temporary measures to house people who were homeless during the coronavirus pandemic have been extended for three months. Public health measures allowing local authorities to use hotels or bed and
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“Damaging” immigration rules will deter some rough sleepers from seeking help and could push them into modern slavery and other exploitative work, charities have warned. Sixty homelessness and human rights
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A council has been criticised for missing five opportunities to house a teenage boy who was left sleeping rough and sofa-surfing for two months during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Local
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has set out plans to end homelessness. Describing homelessness as a national scandal, Mr Rennie questioned why it took a pandemic for the Scottish
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The number of Scots being housed in temporary accommodation increased by more than a quarter during the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest homelessness figures show. Scottish Government statistics showed that as
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One in seven (14%) adults in England are more worried about becoming homeless due to the coronavirus pandemic, Shelter has found. More than a quarter (27%) of private renters in
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