The figures identified that 4,840 households with newly granted refugees were homeless between January and March this year, 348.1% more than over the same period last year, reports Inside Housing. An additional 1,270 refugee households were at risk of homelessness, after qualifying to receive homelessness prevention duty in the first quarter of 2024. This is […]
The number of rough sleepers in Liverpool has increased by 141% over six years, reports the BBC. Liverpool City council has said it wants to make homelessness across a city “rare, brief and non-recurring”. The number of people sleeping rough in Liverpool has increased by 141% over the last six years. The city council is […]
Daily 5% visitor beds surcharge that will cover hotels, bed and breakfasts and AirBnB could raise up to £50m a year, reports the Guardian. Councillors in Edinburgh are hoping to build new council houses and improve public parks thanks to a new tourist tax that could raise up to £50m a year. The city council […]
The rise in Trafford reflects a spike in child homelessness across England, reports the BBC. A record number of homeless children are being temporarily housed in an area where private rents are “some of the highest in the UK”, a council has said. The latest official figures show 234 children in Trafford were living in […]
The number of people rough sleeping in the city in recent months has reached unprecedented levels, reports the Liverpool Echo. Homelessness should be “rare, brief and non-recurring” across Liverpool but a new plan to tackle the city’s housing crisis has laid bare the scale of the challenge ahead. As part of its statutory duties, Liverpool […]
Getting to know Invisible Cities, reports The Manc. Did you know you can go on a walking tour around Manchester, learning fascinating facts about our city’s rich history, where every tour guide has previously experienced homelessness? Invisible Cities is a brilliant social enterprise that trains former homeless people to become tour guides in their own […]
Latest housing data show 151,630 children in temporary accommodation – the most since records began, reports the Guardian. More than 150,000 children in England are living in temporary accommodation, prompting calls for the government to address what it calls a “national scandal”. Living in temporary accommodation is considered a form of homelessness and can involve […]
The smallest things can lead us to reflect on our past and remind us of difficult times. It’s important to remember who you are and how far you have come, while also enjoying the little things, writes Greta Gillett for Pavement Magazine. Once you have been homeless and gone through what we have gone through, […]
In just a year, more than 9,200 ex-prisoners left jail only to become homeless, reports the Independent. The number of people released from prison into homelessness has risen 30 per cent in a year despite a major new scheme to house departing offenders, The Independent can reveal. New government figures laying bare the dire state of prisons […]
A nursing team has been shortlisted for an award after helping treat hepatitis C in homeless people, Reports The Argus. The hepatology team at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has been working hard to find, test and treat people living on the streets who may have the blood-born virus. The infection, which homeless people are more […]
