New research, published by the Refugee Council and commissioned by The Guardian, reveals high levels of homelessness and destitution among refugees shortly after they have been granted their refugee status. Refugees who arrive in the UK through formal resettlement schemes, such as the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme, have accommodation secured before they arrive and […]

A Cambridge University student who sparked fury for burning a £20 note in front of a homeless man will not be expelled, it has been revealed. The university came under pressure to expel student Ronald Coyne after a video of him taunting the homeless man while dressed in a bow tie and coat-tails went viral. […]

A study by Sheffield Hallam University, commissioned by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA), involved nearly 2,000 private landlords. Researchers found that two-thirds of landlords are not willing to let to under-35s on Housing Benefit or Universal Credit and 44% are not willing to let to students. Amongst landlords whose lettings practice had been affected by the […]

Government figures for ‘spare homes’ show the highest level in 20 years, with 1.4 million properties left empty for over six months. Analysis of Government figures shows that there are more than one million additional homes above those required for households in the UK. This “housing surplus” has nearly doubled from 800,000 spare homes in […]

Britain’s homelessness crisis is predicted to skyrocket, say researchers, with rough sleeping across the UK to jump by more than three quarters (76%) over the next decade, A new report from Crisis says that around 9,100 people were sleeping rough in 2016, with the number expected to rise to 16,000 in 2026. In 2016, 159,900 […]