More young people could end up on the streets after the government delayed a crucial benefits shake-up. Ministers vowed in March to restore housing benefit for people aged 18 to 21 – a U-turn on a policy they announced one year earlier. But the U-turn has still not taken effect – and will not do […]
A man has been convicted of begging in the city of York, despite living in a fully-funded council house and receiving £900 benefits each month. Roy Finch, 40, of Thief Lane, had been a council tenant since 2004, but admitted two offences of begging in the city centre on June 22 and July 18 this […]
The contractor said it would not begin enforcing the orders until on-going court action had clarified its position. Campaigners are challenging Serco’s plans to evict 330 asylum seekers from their homes in Glasgow. The issue has prompted days of demonstrations at a Home Office building by protesters in Glasgow. In a statement issued after the […]
An idea to provide overnight accommodation for rough sleepers in car parks and other public spaces has been met with a cool response by Liverpool City Council. The plan is the brainchild of two young construction professionals, Soran and Saman Shanapur, and could be rolled out in major cities in the North West. That is […]
Hundreds of asylum seekers are set to be made homeless in Scotland when a public services contractor begin changing the locks on their homes. A report in the Sunday Mail reveals Serco – who supply accommodation to refugees – are to trigger a programme codenamed Move-on. It will target up to 300 people in Glasgow […]
A landlord who made headlines by saying he was banning ‘coloured tenants’ because they left behind a ‘curry smell’ has new targets in his sights. Fergus Wilson has warned he will evict single women who become pregnant and single mums with newborn babies. The 69-year-old is one of the UK’s largest buy-to-let investors and owns […]
The annual fundraising event for the Whitechapel is at St James in the City Church, close to the Baltic Triangle, on Friday 12th October. The sleepout opens at 7pm and there will be entertainment and prizes awarded for the Best Cardboard Shelter, Best Onesie, Best Individual Fundraiser, and Best Team Fundraiser, before everyone beds down for the […]
Homeless charity Shelter says 33,000 families are living in temporary accommodation, over half of whom are in employment – a figure that has increased by 73 per cent since 2013, when it was 19,000 families. Shelter blames a mix of expensive private rents, a housing benefit freeze and a chronic lack of social housing. Their […]
A homeless man who refuses to beg for change has come up with a novel way of raising cash – he decided to use his creative talents in order to work his way off the streets. Mark, who became homeless after a relationship breakdown and losing his job, has been on the streets for the […]
The debate about the legalisation of cannabis has been raging in the USA for over 50 years, and the decision by the state of Colorado to legalise it for recreational use was seen as revolutionary by those on both sides of the argument. Since that decision was made nearly four years ago, the state of […]
