Housing benefit payments for young Universal Credit recipients are not enough to cover the average rent of a room in a shared house in almost all of England’s local authorities,
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Listen and learn were the watchwords for a new review which aims to transform how Scotland deals with the consequences of family breakdown, writes Ewan Aitken. On 5 February, the
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More than half of people think the Government should prioritise scrapping a law which makes rough sleeping illegal, according to a homeless charity. Crisis has described the Vagrancy Act, which
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Prince Charles visited a project aiming to turn an art installation into blankets for homeless people. He met those learning to knit parts of the project, including a rugby team.
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An estimated two million renters in England have been left feeling physically ill or sick over the past year due to housing worries, Shelter has found. Some 24% said housing
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People campaigning against poverty and homelessness, and those helping refugees and asylum seekers are among a list of 100 so-called “changemakers” highlighted by The Big Issue. The magazine said it
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Thousands of Good Samaritans across the UK and Ireland are supporting the homeless over Christmas. Homeless people can enjoy the festive period in a B&B in Bradford, tuck into a
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Sofa surfing is having “horrific” effects on people’s mental and physical health, a new report has revealed. National homelessness charity Crisis published new research on Monday which found 80% of
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Front-line healthcare services need adapting to better support the often chaotic lives of people living rough on the street, according to a new study. The report, which involved researchers spending
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More than 68,000 households in England have been assessed as homeless or facing homelessness during a three-month period this year, an increase of more than 11% compared to the same
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