Centrepoint

Austerity has pushed young homeless people to back of queue for help. The government must act
Dr Tom Kerridge

Austerity has pushed young homeless people to back of queue for help. The government must act

More than 40,000 young people who asked councils for help with homelessness last year weren’t even assessed, according to Centrepoint. The charity’s policy and research manager Dr Tom Kerridge says filling councils’ £300m financial black hole is a ‘drop in the ocean’ compares to the benefits it would bring

Met may have apologised for destroying homeless man’s tent – but new laws could see it happen more
Balbir Kaur Chatrik

Met may have apologised for destroying homeless man’s tent – but new laws could see it happen more

The government’s new Criminal Justice Bill is a free pass to draconian interventions on rough sleepers, writes Balbir Kaur Chatrik of Centrepoint

Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to ‘wake up’ and help
Youth homelessness

Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to ‘wake up’ and help

The number of young people facing homelessness reached nearly 136,000 in 2022 to 2023. It could be even higher now, as refugee homelessness spirals. Charities are calling for a national strategy to end youth homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’
homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’

There is no single image of a ‘homeless person’. Let’s bust the myths about homelessness
Housing

There is no single image of a ‘homeless person’. Let’s bust the myths about homelessness

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