A police constable has shared his journey from being a teenager who slept rough to becoming a neighbourhood officer. Thousands of people reacted to PC Stephen Croshaw’s tweets about overcoming his difficult childhood. The Warwickshire officer, 46, said he suffered abuse from an alcoholic mother, was locked in a coal shed and eventually slept rough. […]
Universal credit is causing tenants to fall behind with rent, according to research released by the Residential Landlords Association. David Smith, policy director for the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), said it was taking too long for people struggling on universal credit to get the help they needed, reports the BBC. “The system only provides extra […]
The billionaire Duke of Westminster has been accused of “social cleansing” for planning to boot 40 families out of council homes to make way for luxury flats, reports the Daily Mirror. Hugh Grosvenor, 28, is the world’s wealthiest person aged under-30 after inheriting his title three years ago. His property group Grosvenor aims to demolish […]
A mum-of-five who faced a £600 bill to send her kids back to school set up a £1 swap shop to trade outgrown uniforms with other parents and any money raised goes to help the homeless. Natalie Lek, from Blackburn, started the school uniform exchange to encourage parents to take a stance against the soaring […]
Calls have been made to tackle the rough sleeping crisis after campaigners claimed one homeless person is dying on average every 19 hours. Outlined in reports by the Museum of Homelessness (MoH), the suggested figure follows their own research, which found at least 235 people “affected by homelessness” had died in the last six months. […]
Homeless ex-prisoners are significantly more likely to reoffend than those living in housing, in what charities have described as a “merry-go-round” in which people are “swept into prison and then dumped back on to the streets”. Data obtained from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) under a freedom of information request showed that out of all […]
A group of volunteers took to the streets to give homeless people and rough sleepers food, drink and haircuts. Street Angels UK held their first homeless outreach outside Clayton Square on Friday, providing those on the streets with food, drink, and haircuts, reports the Liverpool Echo. Street Angels UK was formed in November 2018 to […]
Hundreds of children face becoming homeless during the school summer holidays because of the housing crisis, council leaders have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA) estimates that 320 children in England could be placed in temporary accommodation over the next six weeks. It is calling on the next prime minister to make tackling homelessness an […]
Beggars living in a small town in Sweden now need to buy a permit if they want to collect money on the streets. The permit, which was introduced in the town of Eskilstuna last week, costs 250 SEK (£21) per person, and is valid for up to three months. It applies to designated areas around […]
Liverpool’s homelessness services could soon have to put limits on who can access help because of an increase in people from other parts of the country needing help, the council’s housing boss has warned. But provision for homeless people in Liverpool is more extensive than what’s offered by many other local authorities throughout the country. […]
