Liverpool city council will spend £948,000, over two years, from a Government grant to help prevent people from ending up in a position where they are at risk of losing their home. According to the Liverpool Echo, a report to the council this Friday (August 4th) will recommend using the money to increase the number […]
A group of students have pledged to spend their summer helping homeless women in the North East. According to a report in Chronicle Live, the friends from St Wilfred’s College in South Shields have launched ‘NE Flow’ and aim to collect donations of sanitary products to give to women in the region who are struggling. The […]
In a bizarre turn of events, rough sleepers in Oxford have been warned they must remove their possessions from doorways or face fines of up to £2,500. Community protection notices were placed on homeless people’s possessions last week, ordering that they must remove their belongings or be prosecuted for “unreasonable” conduct. The notice, issued under […]
The number of homeless children in temporary accommodation went up by a third whilst evictions increase, according to reports. The Local Government Association (LGA) said councils are providing temporary housing for around 120,540 children with their families – a net increase of 32,650 or 37% since the second quarter of 2014. It said the increase […]
Having gained royal assent in April the Homeless Reduction Act is poised to have a major bearing on how local authorities tackle one of this decade’s biggest social issues. Compared with seven years ago, more people are sleeping rough, more are in temporary accommodation and, it’s thought, more people are ‘sofa surfing’ or simply coping without […]
Plans are being made to get long-term rough sleepers into their own home as quickly as possible by adopting the Housing First approach. Research, commissioned by Crisis with funding from the UK government and the Housing First Europe Hub, looked at the potential costs and benefits of rolling out Housing First across the Liverpool City […]
A group of housing providers on Merseyside have teamed up with local authorities to combat cannabis use in rented accommodation. They have launched a campaign – ‘Use it? Lose it!’ – to warn tenants they risk being evicted from their home if they use or grow the illegal drug. Registered housing providers including Riverside, Liverpool […]
Idyllic images of rolling hills, countryside pursuits and village life can hide significant experiences of inequality and deprivation to which rural communities are vulnerable. As depicted in last night’s episode of the BBC TV series Countryfile, homelessness, traditionally thought of as an inner-city problem, is notably absent in people’s understanding of rural life. Homelessness across […]
A Cardiff cafe is selling vouchers to customers that can be used to buy a homeless person a meal – and so far hundreds have been sold! Granny Mac’s, on City Road in Cardiff, has sold hundreds of the vouchers that customers can pass onto a homeless person to use in the café. The scheme […]
Dozens of people in Bristol have come forward to help a homeless couple after learning that they were victims of an arson attack. Samantha Carpenter and Glen Baker were left with just the clothes they were wearing when their tent and all their belongings were razed to the ground. Police and firefighters said they were […]
