The mayor of London has said he will end the “trauma” of people who have to be sleeping on the streets before they can access support, reports the BBC. He aims to ending rough sleeping by 2030, and has secured £17m in capital funding from central government for his strategy. Sir Sadiq Khan said when […]
Thousands of families are trapped in what charities describe as “a broken system”, reports the BBC. “He was asking questions about why we were moving again.” Khadija, a mum from south London, recalls how she struggled to answer the questions her son asked her when they were living in temporary accommodation. Why we were sharing […]
The number of homeless children living in temporary accommodation in Merseyside has continued to rise under the new Labour government, reports the Liverpool Echo. A total of 1,548 children in our region were homeless and living in temporary housing such as hotels and B&Bs between October and December 2024. That’s up from 1,419 children in […]
Tackling homelessness is too focused on emergency measures rather than prevention. Labour’s homelessness strategy must redesign how the issue is treated in England, writes Centre for Homelessness Impact’s Dr Lígia Teixeira in the Big Issue. Systems are intricate and organic things – they grow and they change. Often the system that exists now doesn’t have […]
More than 60,000 disabled households in England faced homelessness last year, an increase of nearly 75% since 2019, reports the BBC. Analysis of government data by the homelessness charity Crisis shows the amount of social housing given to disabled people has gone down. The numbers are likely to add to unease in the Labour Party […]
A new charity that will ‘help the hundreds of people sleeping rough’ on Liverpool’s streets is set to launch in a former Royal British Legion club on VE Day, reports the Liverpool Echo. Kind-hearted Scouser Paul Melia, from Formby, is well known for helping homeless people across Merseyside. In fact, it was only five years […]
Almost 100 new one-bed units are to be created to help support those across Liverpool facing homelessness, reports the Liverpool Echo. With more people across the city year on year having to countenance the possibility of rough sleeping, efforts are being made to stem the flow of those being forced onto the streets. The local […]
London is Europe’s wealthiest city, yet for many living in the capital, having a place to call home feels out of reach, reports the BBC. Earlier this week, the Centre for London (CfL) an independent think tank hosted the London Housing Summit, highlighting the challenges of – and possible solutions to – the housing crisis, […]
Rohan Mehta started developing his initiative In The Bag when he was 15, reports MyLondon. A West London teenager has turned his parents’ living room into a makeshift processing centre for toiletry bags after his initiative that provides hygiene kits to homeless people took off. Rohan Mehta was given the Young Achiever award by Kensington […]
Florence Eshalomi MP said at least 90,000 social homes need building per annum to tackle the crisis, reports MyLondon. A South London MP in charge of a parliamentary housing committee says the biggest change needed to address the housing crisis is building more family-sized properties. Florence Eshalomi MP, who runs the Housing, Communities and Local […]
