Sitting near Leicester Square in central London trying to scrape together £9 from passers-by in order to get a hostel room, Steve is just one of thousands sleeping rough on
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Almost 100 families whose homes were destroyed in the Grenfell Tower fire remain stuck in hotels seven months on from the disaster, new figures show. The Royal Borough of Kensington
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More people are sleeping rough on the streets of England than at any point this decade, new figures suggest. Local authorities estimated there were around 4,751 rough sleepers on a
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A council has been criticised for erecting posters that make passers-by “suspicious of homeless people”. The poster, by Gloucester City Council, states: “Are you really helping homeless people? “In some
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Loreburn Housing Association has been given the go-ahead by Dumfries and Galloway Council to redevelop the site of the former Garrick Hospital in Stranraer by building dementia-friendly housing alongside an
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Hundreds of millions of pounds from dormant accounts are to be used to help the homeless and boost good causes. The £330 million windfall is to come from bank and
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The Prime Minister has said she disagrees with a Tory council leader who called on police to clear rough sleepers from Windsor before the royal wedding. Simon Dudley said beggars
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A charity has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first vending machine for the homeless. Action Hunger installed the device in the Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham to provide food,
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Homelessness in England is a “national crisis” and the Government’s approach to tackling the problem has been an “abject failure”, according to a damning report. More than 9,000 people are
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Survivors of domestic violence will be given more support to move home under a new housing scheme. The scheme will ensure those with lifetime tenancies in social housing who flee
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