One year on from the floods that forced Bootle residents out of their homes, the Liverpool ECHO visited the street to speak to the people affected and examine the impact on the community. “It was like living in Beirut!” says Linda Crilly, 70, as she tries to describe the aftermath of the Bulwer Street flood […]
The housing crisis has reached catastrophic new levels, and Labour is planning to slash affordable housing even further. It doesn’t have to be this way, reports Isra Sulevani for the Guardian. Something that often takes me by surprise is how people react to finding out I was homeless growing up. They have a picture of […]
Hidden homelessness is unseen, hard to define and even more difficult to measure, reports the Big Issue. While homelessness might conjure up the image of someone bedding down in a shop doorway, the reality is that they are the minority. Thousands of people live in temporary accommodation supplied by local authorities. Others have called on […]
The number of people who died while homeless in the UK reached a record high last year, reports the BBC. The Museum of Homelessness, which compiles the data, said that 1,611 homeless people died in 2024. The figure is 9% higher than the year before, with the majority of deaths being linked to suicide or […]
The cash boost is to help prevent homelessness and support families this winter and immediate help for children and families in temporary accommodation, reports Gov.Uk. Thousands of people facing homelessness will be supported by a new £84 million cash injection to councils up and down the country – ahead of winter. Children and families in […]
Sefton Council are set to purchase The Salfordian Hotel in Southport and said it has a statutory duty to prevent and relieve homelessness, reports the Liverpool Echo. ‘Homeless people are friends and family’, said Cllr Liz Dowd today (October 2) as she addressed some of the concerns raised about Sefton Council’s plans to purchase The […]
Sefton Council’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-29 lays bare the scale of homelessness across the borough, reports the Liverpool Echo. A man from Bootle said he is ‘trapped’ after waiting more than ten years on the housing list. Despite his health needs and mobility issues, Wayne Berry, 52, said he has been forced into […]
Local authorities stepped in at least 149 times by mid-July this year compared to 93 times across the entirety of summer in 2024, reports the Big Issue. People experiencing homelessness on the street were given shelter from extreme heat a record number of times this year, an investigation has found. Carbon Brief submitted freedom of information […]
Scientists found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the brains of people who had experienced homelessness – the first time the disease had been found in a European non-athlete population, reports the Big Issue. An illness linked to repetitive head injuries seen in contact sports such as boxing and American football has been found in […]
Homeless women calling for more female-only services have said they avoid mixed-sex hostels because they can be “ruthless” and “terrifying”, reports the BBC. One, who found herself in a mixed-sex hostel in Sunderland, said three men “were taken out in body bags” during the first week she stayed there. The housing charity Shelter believes the […]
