The number of households in England in temporary accommodation has increased by nearly two thirds since the start of the decade, Government figures show. On December 31 last year 78,930
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An older woman was left in temporary accommodation that was ‘at best shabby, dirty and in disrepair,’ miles away from her GP and social networks because Rother District Council had
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A housing minster has promised to resign if the problem of rough sleeping gets worse on her watch. Heather Wheeler insisted there would be improvements after the plight of England’s
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A blast of intense cold weather dubbed the “Beast from the East” has reached the UK, with temperatures expected to dip below freezing throughout the week. The extreme temperatures mean
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Prisons and NHS Trusts are among the public sector organisations that will soon have a legal duty to refer people at risk of becoming homeless to a housing authority. Heather
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A project to take 600 people out of homelessness by offering them a secure home is being launched by a social enterprise. Social Bite said the programme is being largely
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More than half of mental health practitioners say the proportion of time they are spending on patients’ non-health issues such as money problems and housing has increased over the past
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A new national strategy to deal with the housing needs of older people has been called for by MPs. More emphasis should be put on the links between homes and
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The recent rise in homelessness has its roots in welfare reform and the housing market, almost entirely accounted for by an increase in families losing their privately-rented housing, experts have
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A third Conservative councillor from the local authority caught up in a row over rough sleepers and the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has quit the party
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