Homelessness and Housing

This Council Is Being Taken To Court For Allegedly Denying Shelter To Homeless People

Shelter Scotland is seeking a judicial review into the council’s "unlawful" failure to provide temporary accommodation.
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Drugs To Blame For Biggest Rise In Homeless Deaths Since Records Began

“Behind these statistics are human beings, who like all of us, had talents and ambitions,” Crisis chief says.
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Number Of Homeless Households In England Rises By 10%

New figures were released this morning by the Ministry of Housing.
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Suspended Minister Mark Field Called Homeless Charity 'A Magnet For Undesirables'

Fresh scrutiny for MP who grabbed climate protestor.
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Homeless Woman In Wheelchair Found Dead Outside House Of Fraser

Almost 600 homeless people died on the streets of England and Wales last year.
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Homeless In Britain: Sleeping In A Shopping Centre

Stratford Centre in Newham, London has become a homeless shelter in recent months as the rates of homeless rise across the city. One local group entire funded by donations is Hope for Newham, they have gone from providing meals every Tuesday night to 35 people to now feeding over 130 each Tuesday.
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The Community Groups Tackling the Housing Crisis

Homelessness in the UK has reached a record high while there are more than 227,000 empty homes around the country. Community groups like Canopy Housing, in Leeds are bringing empty homes back into use for people in housing need.
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We Need To Speak With Our Children About Homelessness – They Can Fight It In The Future

Our children are the ones who will either effectively tackle, or effectively ignore the homeless crisis in the future.
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Thousands Sleeping Rough In Cars As Homelessness Soars To Record High

The scale of homelessness was 13% higher last year compared to 2012.
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Quarter Of Prisoners Released Last Christmas Were Left Homeless

"Yet more evidence of a broken system."
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