A lack of early legal advice is causing unnecessary homelessness at huge government expense, writes John Gallagher of Shelter. Legal aid is the neglected arm of the welfare state. At Shelter, we depend on legal aid to advise and represent people facing court actions for possession of their homes or who are homeless but cannot […]
Homeless people in Hastings now have access to medical treatment and support thanks to an innovative digital health care outreach project. So far, the project has helped 122 homeless people in Hastings by using technology to improve how outreach workers respond to the healthcare needs of their clients. The team communicates with St John’s ambulance […]
An MP has organised a parliamentary debate for next week on the law used to criminalise rough sleepers. Oxford West and Abingdon’s Layla Moran says the 1824 Vagrancy Act is outdated, Dickensian and should be scrapped. Ms Moran, who has previously raised the issue at Prime Minister’s questions, says the law is used thousands of […]
A councillor who called for tents where homeless people in Cardiff are sleeping to be “torn down” has been suspended from the city’s Conservative group. Councillor Kathryn Kelloway has been suspended from Cardiff’s Conservative Group hours after urging council leader Huw Thomas to take action over tents on Queen Street. On Friday, the councillor was branded […]
Two flagship night shelters for the homeless are in trouble, only months after opening to media fanfare. In Liverpool, Signature Living’s ‘Big Brother’-style homeless shelter still doesn’t have planning permission – and likely won’t get it until just before it is due to close. The shelter on Cotton Street, just north of the city centre, […]
Ministers are facing calls to shelve Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy scheme after a devastating analysis revealed that more than 40% of council houses sold under its terms in London are now privately rented. According to a report in the Guardian, the damning findings of an analysis of Freedom of Information data also show that: Tens of […]
Hundreds of people are to be ordered out of their homes this week, a buy-to-let magnate has announced. Fergus Wilson, 70, said he hopes to sell his portfolio of 300 homes by the end of the year and advised tenants to start looking for other properties, reports KentOnline. His wife, Judith Wilson, was ordered to […]
The rations include packs of beans, pasta and peas and contain 4,000 calories’ worth of food – enough for more than two days. Up to 20,000 unused “operational ration packs” are to be donated to citizens in need in the UK over the next few years and will be distributed by charities reports The Telegraph. The […]
Street stores that give free clothes to the homeless are popping up all over the world. A couple of minds came together and thought up a dignified and humane way to connect the people who have too much with the people who have nothing – The Street Store, a charity that donates clothing to the […]
The body of a 30 year-old woman, named by friends as Aimee Teese, was found in the early hours of Tuesday morning in a tent near Eldon Grove, Vauxhall. Tributes have poured in for Aimee, who has been described as ‘hilarious’ by pals, reports the Liverpool Echo. And now one of her final interactions – […]
