Homelessness
Charities warn of a "huge number of people to be sleeping on the streets at any time, let alone during a pandemic".
With five months until the delivery of 3,300 supported homes for rough sleepers, government is unable to say whether a single brick has been laid.
Even before the pandemic, I knew what it was like to live without support networks.
Shelter, Streets Kitchen and The Outside Project hit out over new rules that "criminalise" those on the street, and raise fears for LGBTQ+ homeless people.
LGBTQ+ youth homelessness skyrocketed under lockdown – but know you are never alone and help is available.
Black and Asian LGBTQ+ people are uniquely disadvantaged when trying to find a safe, stable home. In collaboration with charity AKT, we shine a light on their appalling treatment.
The number of people sleeping rough is expected to rise dramatically in the winter months as a result of the pandemic.
A second wave of both the virus and homelessness would be a disaster on our streets. I’m campaigning for the government to make sure that doesn't happen.
Project Q offers free gender-affirming haircuts and workshops to LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness, as a form of social justice. Workshops include providing life skills, in place of absent parents, like financial planning and nutrition on a budget.
Campaigners have called for “unorthodox” measures to tackle the impending "tsunami" of homelessness.