Thousands of landlords are trying to avoid renting their properties to benefit claimants, despite a judge ruling a blanket ban was unlawful. About 75% of listings on the website OpenRent said the landlords would not accept people on benefits, reports the BBC. It comes after the ruling a single mother-of-two had experienced indirect discrimination when a […]
Homeless people in three coastal towns in Dorset could be fined for sleeping in doorways or leaving bedding and belongings in the street under proposals Conservative councillors are trying to push through. The Tory politicians are arguing that a tough regime is needed in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole to ease residents’ concerns and boost the […]
The government has announced that from tomorrow the court service will suspend all ongoing housing possession action – this means that neither cases currently in the or about to go in the system can progress to eviction. This provides reassurances to the thousands of renters who will be in their notice periods that they do […]
The number of homeless children has hit a 14-year high – with almost 130,000 stuck in B&Bs and temporary shelter. Devastating new figures today show there were 129,380 children living in temporary accommodation in England on March 31, reports housing charity Shelter. The number is up 3.1% on last year and is the highest quarterly […]
A pub customer has used the Eat Out To Help Out scheme to help feed the homeless in Manchester. Dominic Dietrich, a freelance sports reporter, used the Government scheme to buy discounted food, which he then distributed to people living on the streets in the area. “On the first day of Eat Out To Help […]
Liverpool Council’s plan to eradicate rough sleeping has taken a vital step forward after investment in temporary accommodation was approved. Cabinet members backed the latest step of an action plan to prevent rough sleepers taken in by the council during the coronavirus lockdown being forced back out on to the streets, reports the Liverpool Echo. […]
Until now, private tenants have been protected from homelessness by a ban on evictions throughout the coronavirus crisis – but that all changes on August 23. Thousands of renters across the country are facing potential homelessness as the government’s eviction ban lifts in a matter of days, reports Huffington Post. As many people’s incomes plummeted at […]
As lockdown was announced at the end of March, councils were required to make provision for those individuals who were sleeping on the streets of their cities. Swiftly, and impressively, rooms were found in empty hotels and hostels across the UK, with support organisations, many of them Homeless Link members, getting involved to help support […]
Sweeping reforms to the planning system could lead to social housing facing “extinction”, critics have warned. Housing secretary Robert Jenrick said the biggest overhaul of planning policy in England in decades would protect green spaces while making it easier to build on brownfield sites. The government’s over-arching aim to curb the power of local politicians […]
The government says evictions can resume from August 24 after ministers confirmed the ban in place during the coronavirus lockdown will not be extended. Local government minister Lord Greenhalgh quietly confirmed the news in an answer to a parliamentary question published online last week, reports Huffington Post. It comes amid widespread concern over the impact Covid-19 […]
