The former Labour MP, who is setting up the new left-wing Your Party with Jeremy Corbyn, is sticking the boot into her former party after homelessness minister Rushanara Ali was forced to quit over a rent hike scandal, reports the Big Issue. The Coventry South MP tabled an early day motion (EDM) on Monday (8 […]
A watchdog has called on the government to intervene after a city council refused to compensate a family it had failed, who were fleeing domestic abuse, reports the BBC. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman ruled in November a mother was not given the correct support when she asked Leicester City Council for help. […]
A woman living in a new women-only accommodation service has said it has enabled her to “feel safe” and helped her to “rebuild” her life, reports the BBC. Charmaine turned to alcohol to cope with trauma after experiencing domestic violence and became homeless. She is one of 22 women living in the facility run by […]
Data gathered by Generation Rent shows 37 councils spent £31m in 2024-25 in one-off payments to individual landlords, reports The Guardian. Councils across England are increasingly spending millions of pounds a year in incentive payments to private landlords to persuade them to house homeless families, with campaigners describing it as a “senseless waste of public […]
Shelter research found there has been a 10% increase in families facing homelessness over the last five years with single-parent families more likely to fall into difficulty, reports The Big Issue. Single-parent families are almost four times as likely to experience homelessness than those with two parents, Shelter has warned, as more adults and children […]
… and it says it’s working, reports the BBC. When Laura Burns was asked to leave her flat as her landlord was selling up, she discovered she didn’t have enough money to move. Energy debts and removal costs meant she needed hundreds of pounds to get a new flat. Feeling trapped and facing eviction, the […]
Refugees will have less time to try and find new accommodation when evicted from Home Office hotels, reports The Independent. Thousands of refugees could face homelessness this winter after the Home Office reversed a policy wing migrants more time to find accommodation before they are evicted from hotels. Asylum seekers are housed in hotels around […]
More than a decade of funding cuts has pushed specialist homes to the brink, with 50,000 at risk of closing their doors, a survey by the National Housing Federation (NHF) found, reports the Mirror. One in 10 homes for vulnerable or disabled people face closure, leaving tens of thousands at risk of homelessness or being […]
The Big Issue asks: ‘While campaigners, the government and anti-immigration protesters all want to see the end of asylum hotels, what does it mean for the people inside?’ The need to end the use of asylum hotels is seemingly the only thing that all sides of the immigration debate agree on. But it remains to […]
David Kennedy is one of a hand-picked squad representing England at the Homeless World Cup in Oslo, reports The Mirror. A team of formidable footballers are striking out for England and hoping to replicate the success of the Lionesses at the 20th annual Homeless World Cup in Oslo next week. Finishing second to Mexico last […]
