More than 100,000 children in England face spending Christmas in temporary accommodation after a sharp annual rise in homelessness, official figures showed. The number of households without a permanent roof
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An exhibition of art by the homeless is being organised to counter negative attitudes to rough sleepers and to help them regain their voice and dignity. University of Brighton psychologist
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Councils across England dealt with more than 200,000 cries for help over the last year from people on the brink of homelessness, according to analysis by Shelter. The charity pointed
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More than 352,000 rental sector tenants in England have faced the threat of losing their home over the last year – equating to one tenant every 90 seconds – according
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A greedy public housing chief who abused his well-paid position to steal £325,000 to buy a sandwich shop franchise has been jailed for three years. Lakhbir Jaspal, who as deputy
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George Clooney has swapped the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for a humble sandwich shop which helps the homeless. Rather than the red carpet, he walked the cobbles of Edinburgh’s
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A pioneering partnership which has helped improve the lives of homeless young people in Wales has won a UK ‘Best of the Best’ award Representatives from Cardiff University and leading
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A Labour MP has accused the Government of doing “absolutely nothing” to tackle the “disgrace” of increasing homelessness and rough sleeping in the UK. Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich
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The Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), formerly responsible for managing the Department of Health’s (DH) Extra Care Housing capital programme, is a leading ‘knowledge hub’ for a growing network
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Scottish Local Authorities received around 8,500 applications for homelessness assistance during April to June 2015, 7% lower than in the same period in 2014. However, the number of children in
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