Homeless refugees who face being forced to leave a camp of tents in a city centre have told of enduring freezing temperatures for months after escaping war-torn countries, reports the BBC. Many of the group of mainly young men have been staying in the tents in St Peter’s Square in Manchester after successfully applying for […]
Academics and campaigners have proposed a new basic income for Greater Manchester after mayor Andy Burnham vowed to introduce one in the city region, reports the Big Issue. Academics and campaigners have claimed a new basic income pilot in Greater Manchester could “end absolute poverty” in the city region, starting with people experiencing homelessness – if […]
MPs have urged the government to step up its efforts to prevent rough sleeping after branding the state of street homelessness in England as a “source of national shame”, reports the Big Issue. Florence Eshalomi, chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, wrote to housing secretary Angela Rayner and homelessness minister Rushanara Ali […]
A night shelter is set to open in Lancashire after a city council bought a property to help get rough sleepers off the streets, reports the BBC. The building at an undisclosed location will have cubicles for up to 14 people and will open its doors next month, Preston City Council said. The authority said […]
Lib Peck says London’s lack of homes is a “long-term driver” for violent incidents in the capital, reports the Standard. London’s homelessness crisis is helping to fuel violence among young people, the director of Sir Sadiq Khan’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has warned. Lib Peck, the former Lambeth Council leader who has headed up the […]
A £2m donation has been made to two charities to help end youth homelessness in Coventry and Manchester, reports the BBC. The money will be split between the charities Centrepoint and St Basils which will get £1m each. It has been donated by the Coventry Building Society and Co-operative Bank. Ashley West from St Basils […]
The owners of thousands of empty homes across Glasgow are being urged to sell or rent out their properties to help combat the city’s housing emergency, reports the Glasgow Times. Councillor Ruairi Kelly, convener for Housing and Development at Glasgow City Council, is encouraging the owners of more than 2500 vacant properties to help the council bring […]
Analysis by the Big Issue analysis shows low-income tenants in virtually every type of property across England will face a real-terms housing benefits cut. Labour’s decision to freeze local housing allowance rates could see renters in two-bedroom homes lose almost £1,000 a year on average. Labour’s decision to impose real-terms cuts on housing benefit will […]
Harrowing story highlights danger of city’s homelessness crisis during treacherous winter, reports the Liverpool Echo. The city continues to face a crisis of homelessness and rough sleeping, which has become particularly dangerous during the freezing winter weather we have seen in recent weeks. Staff working at the city’s rough sleeper night hub shared one experience […]
Children from deprived areas overrepresented in figures from all-party parliamentary group, reports the Guardian. Temporary accommodation has been cited as a possible contributing factor in the deaths of 74 children – predominantly babies – in recent years in England. Of those who died between April 2019 and March last year, 58 were aged under one, […]
