The number of rough sleepers known to be living on London’s streets has risen by almost a quarter in three months, figures show. There were 412 rough sleepers deemed to
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Single men were the largest group owed homelessness support in the six months following the first coronavirus lockdown, figures show. Around half (50.6%) of homeless households owed help in England
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The former head of the Government’s Covid-19 rough sleeping taskforce has called for staff in the homelessness sector to be prioritised for vaccines. Dame Louise Casey, who was appointed to
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More than a quarter of a million adults and children in England are homeless and living in temporary accommodation during the pandemic, according to a new report. Standing at 253,000,
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Domestic abuse is the “main cause” of women becoming homeless, according to a new report by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland and Scottish Women’s Aid. With not all
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The founder of The Big Issue has described 2020 as “the worst of all years” but also a year of great social kindness, as vendors prepare to return to the
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Calls are being made for tens of thousands more social homes to be built in Scotland amid concerns the lack of it stops people leaving an abusive partner. Figures from
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More than 3,300 homes for rough sleepers have been approved and are set to be ready by March as part of efforts to take people off England’s streets during the
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Women are being released from prison with just £46, a bin bag for their belongings and nowhere to live, a report has claimed. Research by a group of organisations known
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The lives of homeless people will be lost this winter without Government action to keep them off the streets and in accommodation where they can socially distance, a coalition has
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