Articles tagged with: homelessness

16 Sep Home affairs

Modern Slavery Victims Are Missing Out On Housing Support, New Report Finds

Some victims of modern slavery are not receiving the housing support they are entitled to because of gaps in what local councils provide, a new report has found.

30 Jul Communities

Labour Sets Out Mandatory Housing Target Of 370,000

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has announced a nationwide housing target of 370,000 homes per year to get "Britain building".

30 May Political parties

Labour Considers National Housing First Pledge To Tackle Homelessness Crisis

Exclusive: Labour is considering a manifesto pledge to roll out Housing First nationwide in a bid to tackle the UK's growing crisis of homelessness and rough sleeping, PoliticsHome understands.

16 Apr Home affairs

Draconian new laws on rough sleeping must be scrapped

Repealing and replacing the Vagrancy Act with the proposed Criminal Justice Bill will further demonise and criminalise those sleeping rough, simply for the ‘major’ of crime of being “smelly”.

20 Dec 2023 Social affairs

Labour Warns "Toxic" Cost Of Living Is Driving Homelessness At Christmas

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has said a "toxic mix" of rising rents, no-fault evictions, and the cost of living crisis is a major driving factor of homelessness this Christmas.

13 Dec 2023 Social affairs

Government Accused Of Lacking "Political Will" To Prevent More Homeless Deaths

Shadow homelessness minister Mike Amesbury has said he fears more people will die on the streets this winter after several homeless people have been found dead since temperatures plummeted.

10 Nov 2023 Home affairs

Rishi Sunak Still Has Confidence In Suella Braverman But Future In Cabinet Hangs In The Balance

Suella Braverman’s fate as Home Secretary still hangs in the balance as a growing number of senior Tories are distancing themselves from her controversial comments on the policing of protests and homelessness.

06 Nov 2023 Home affairs

Tory MP Accuses Suella Braverman Of "Stigmatising" Homelessness

Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on homelessness, Bob Blackman, has criticised Home Secretary Suella Braverman's remarks on homelessness in which she claimed living in tents was a "lifestyle choice".

16 Sep 2023 Social affairs

Andy Burnham Accuses Westminster Of Ignoring The “Bigger Picture” On Homelessness

Having managed to buck the national trend of rising homelessness, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has urged senior figures in Westminster to learn from the ways in which he has helped drive down the number of people forced onto the streets of his city.

24 Aug 2023 Communities

Ukrainians living in the UK are at risk of becoming homeless without more support

When the conflict in Ukraine escalated last year, the British public opened their homes to people who had to flee their country in search of safety.

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25 Jul 2023 Communities

Veterans Aid homelessness specialist confirmed in post

The ending of a unique partnership between two veterans' charities was happily resolved when de facto Head of Outreach, John Boyle, was confirmed in post as a permanent member of staff.

18 Jul 2023 Communities

Living In Limbo – The Hidden Housing Crisis

Since 2010/2011 the number of people living in temporary housing has doubled to almost 100,000 households, not only consigning many of them to substandard living conditions, but costing local councils £1.6bn a year. How do we escape this housing purgatory? Andrew Kersley reports.

11 Jul 2023 Obituaries

Tribute to Lord Kerslake

An outstanding permanent secretary, and later also civil service head, Bob Kerslake became a champion of social housing and sustainable communities

How we can tackle the rise of temporary accommodation

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04 May 2023 Communities

How we can tackle the rise of temporary accommodation

More social housing is the key to preventing the need for temporary accommodation. That is why I am supporting IKEA and Shelter’s Real Life Roomsets campaign to build 90,000 new social homes a year.

29 Mar 2023 Communities

It’s time the government stopped stalling and scrapped cruel Section 21 evictions

In April 2019, the government announced: “Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason.”

23 Dec 2022 Health

More Nurses Strike Dates In January, Flu Patients Told To Stay At Home, Rishi Sunak Visits Homeless Shelter

Nurses will go on strike again on 18 and 19 January, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced.

04 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Ministers Warned Of "Crisis" In Ukrainian Refugee Scheme After 40 Per Cent Rise In Homelessness Claims

New data released by the government shows a significant spike in the number of those presenting to their local council as homeless since the opening of visa routes for Ukrainian refugees.

13 Oct 2022 Communities

Ukrainian Refugees In The UK Face "Further Trauma" Without Support, Government Warned

Leading refugee and civil society groups have written to the Prime Minister to call for extra support for Ukrainian refugees amid concerns that the rising cost of living could make it challenging to settle in the UK.

12 Oct 2022 Communities

Plan To Double Ukraine Refugee Support Payments To £700 Has Been Shelved

Exclusive: Government is not currently going ahead with a proposal to double payments to UK households hosting Ukrainian refugees to £700, despite hopes that it would encourage people to prolong participation in the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

10 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Tory Ministers Don't Know Who Is In Charge Of Ukraine Refugee Scheme

Ministers are unable to say who is in charge of supporting Ukrainian refugees in the UK following the resignation of Lord Harrington, who oversaw the government's flagship Homes for Ukraine scheme, over a month ago.

17 Aug 2022 Communities

Monthly Homes For Ukraine Payments Could Be Doubled To Stop Refugees Becoming Homeless

Exclusive: The government is considering doubling the £350 monthly payments to UK refugee hosts to encourage them to keep Ukrainian guests in their homes for longer.

04 Aug 2022 Foreign affairs

Ukrainian Refugees In The UK Could Face Homelessness When Six Months With Hosts Ends

Exclusive: Local leaders have issued an urgent call to government to provide further support for Ukrainian refugees living in the UK as early arrivals near the end of the six month period in which their hosts were required to support them under the government's Homes for Ukraine scheme.

14 Jun 2022 Home affairs

Ukrainian refugees have suffered enough – they need more support to avoid ending up homeless and destitute

It is tragic to see the ongoing situation in Ukraine as the war continues to rage on.

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25 May 2022 Communities

President of World Veterans Federation commends frontline charity’s model

The President of the World Veterans Federation, Mr Dan Viggo Bergtun, paid a short visit to Veterans Aid’s London HQ and Operations Centre on May 24th, to meet staff and learn about the charity’s work.