Former home secretary David Blunkett has warned the Government against “deception of the worst order” as a crisis fund for councils hangs in the balance. The Labour peer (pictured) argued
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Safeguards to protect tenants in social housing from damp and mould in the wake of the death of a two-year-old child should be considered for the private rented sector too,
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The Government insisted it remains “determined” to fulfil its promise to end rough sleeping by the end of this parliament, as it announced details of millions of pounds in funding
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Rough sleepers have been physically attacked, verbally abused, had bricks and beer cans thrown at them, and some have even been urinated on, according to a survey by a homelessness
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Levels of homelessness in England this Christmas are likely to be 14% higher than last year, according to analysis by Shelter, which blamed a housing emergency it said is out
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The Government is attempting to criminalise homelessness “via the back door” under proposed criminal justice reforms, a Conservative former minister has warned. Tracey Crouch (pictured) also described some of the
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A total of 244 people died while homeless in Scotland in 2022, figures have revealed. The National Records of Scotland said the latest estimate was similar to 2021, although the
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More than 6,000 16 and 17-year-olds were homeless or at risk of homelessness in England in the year to March, according to figures obtained by the Children’s Commissioner. Dame Rachel
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Vulnerable people are increasingly being placed in poor-quality supported housing in a system left open to “unscrupulous landlords” and in need of reform, MPs have warned. Fraud is also still
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The social housing sector saw a more than four-fold increase in the most serious findings of failures or delays by landlords in the past year in what the ombudsman branded
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