The numbers of rough sleepers and those living in temporary accommodation in the city is soaring, with charities and services at breaking point: A Special Report by the Liverpool Echo. In a cramped first floor room of a church building in Toxteth, a young woman is sat quietly on a chair, a look of anguish […]
People were brought in from freezing conditions on the first night of Liverpool’s emergency weather programme, reports the Liverpool Echo. Almost two-dozen rough sleepers were brought in from freezing conditions on the first night of Liverpool’s emergency weather programme. As temperatures drop right across the city, the local authority is gearing up to support those […]
Landlords are moving fast to force out tenants as the government’s ban on Section 21 evictions looms, with government figures revealing a spike in evictions by bailiffs, reports Property Industry Eye. Labour has pledged to abolish Section 21 evictions, with the ban expected to be implemented by next summer. And Ministry of Justice figures showed […]
New figures show reality of housing and homelessness crisis in Liverpool as city council launches major new plan to tackle it, reports the Liverpool Echo. New figures have revealed the staggering number of people who are homeless right now in Liverpool as the city council sets out a major new plan to tackle the crisis. […]
The average number of people found sleeping this year has increased on 2023, reports the Liverpool Echo. An increase in people seeking asylum and prisoners being released early risks adding to Liverpool’s already climbing rough sleeping figures, new council documents have warned. As the temperatures begin to drop, the city council is beginning to prepare […]
Spending on rough sleeping has risen 12,000% over the last five years in Liverpool, reports the Echo. Liverpool Council is to receive almost £200,000 from the government to protect rough sleepers from cold weather this winter. As part of an emergency £10m fund launched by Angela Rayner, deputy Prime Minister, the city council is to […]
Homeless and vulnerable people in the North West are set to benefit this winter from a new mobile catering van that will be touring the streets handing out a delicatessen of dishes, reports St Helens Star. The state of the art van has been donated to charity Bolton Nice, which helps the homeless and families […]
A woman and her daughter have been left in temporary accommodation, reports the Liverpool Echo. A family have spoken of the “upheaval” of receiving a no fault eviction and the pressure it has placed on vulnerable individuals in a city centre flat. Earlier in the autumn, a 64-year-old woman from Orrell Park – who asked […]
Our investigation with Channel 4 Dispatches has found that some of Prince William’s tenants are at risk of fuel poverty and living in hard to heat homes with mould and damp issues, reports the Mirror. Scores of rental properties owned by Prince William fail to meet the minimum legal energy efficiency standards for landlords, we […]
Aged 75, Susan Curtis would like to be living a comfortable and dignified life, reports the BBC. But homeless and hopeless, she spends her days struggling to serve her basic needs in a tiny hotel room in Romford, east London. Homelessness is, by some measures, at record levels. The number of rough sleepers in England stood […]
