All homelessness articles
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NewsCIH welcomes extra £84m homelessness funding but warns long-term plan needed
MHCLG announces funding for councils to help prevent people from sleeping rough
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NewsScotland to introduce rent controls as housing bill passed by parliament
The Housing (Scotland) Bill will cap rent and protect tenants against eviction
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NewsNew building safety and homelessness ministers named
Appointments follow government reshuffle triggered by Angela Rayner resignation
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NewsMPs urge permanent link between LHA rates and 30th percentile of rents
Group also argues for a nationally-scaled Housing First programme
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NewsCIH and homelessness charities criticise Home Office decision to halve refugee “move-on” period
Change will make it “impossible” for people to secure housing, institute warns
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NewsCSJ calls on government to implement four-year £103m Housing First programme to tackle rough sleeping
A national scheme would be expected to support more than 10% of rough sleepers out of homelessness by 2030
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NewsHomelessness presentations and acceptances drop 10% in Northern Ireland
CIH Northern Ireland say figures paint ‘mixed picture’ with private sector rental sales still driving homelessness
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NewsGovernment to decriminalise rough sleeping by next spring
200-year-old Vagrancy Act will be repealed
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NewsEdinburgh councillors approve plan to halt lettings policy in bid to tackle temporary accommodation shortage
Pause will allow officers to turn roughly 120 void homes into homes for homeless people as it seeks to regain compliance with legislation
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NewsHounslow Council rejects Ombudsman’s request to house young mother and baby
Watchdog’s investigation finds “catalogue of errors” in dealing with applicant
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News£330m expected overspend on homelessness services could bankrupt us, London boroughs warn
London Councils describes housing crisis as “single biggest risk” to boroughs’ finances
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NewsMPs call for shake-up of funding and support to tackle ‘rough sleeping emergency’
Florence Esholami says soaring rough sleeping figures are a ‘source of national shame’ and calls on ministers to act
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NewsGovernment sets out details of billion pound investment in homelessness prevention
Extra funds initially announced in last month’s Budget
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NewsVoluntary sector ‘at capacity’ housing record 4,146 migrants in 2023/24
The No Accommodation Network has warned of a “shocking increase in destitution and homelessness” over the past year
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News‘Focus on funding homelessness prevention’, irate Big Issue founder tells MPs before leaving hearing early
Lord John Bird says that until government spends money on prevention “we’re screwed” before walking out of rough sleeping inquiry session
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NewsHomelessness charities warn National Insurance changes could take £60m away from frontline services
More than 100 CEOs call for a rebate and warn closure of services would be “poor start” in bid to tackle homelessness under Labour
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NewsBirmingham City Council calls for increased grant funding for temporary accommodation alternatives
The local authority will write to Angela Rayner urging her to create a long-term homelessness strategy that includes more funding for social housing and temporary accommodation alternatives
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In FocusThe strain of temporary accommodation: are local authorities’ innovative solutions enough?
With council spending on temporary accommodation reaching more than £2bn last year and still climbing, some local authorities are tackling the issue head-on. But will there efforts be enough? OIivia Barber reports
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NewsNumbers of people rough sleeping in London increases by 18% compared to last year
The homelessness sector has welcomed the additional £233m funding for homelessness in the budget but says long-term funding is needed.
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NewsGovernment allocates extra £230m to tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in Autumn Budget
Total spending on homelessness to rise to £1bn in 2025/26