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Exclusive: Labour figures show scale of issue in England despite Conservatives vowing to abolish the practice four years agoAn estimated 40 families have been threatened with a “no-fault” eviction every day in England in the four years since ministers …
Latest figures show 1,210 households in hotels and B&Bs for longer than the six-week legal limitThe number of homeless families being housed in hotels and B&Bs over the legal limit by English councils has doubled within a year, figures reveal.T…
Campaigners’ anger as 1,173 held despite ministers’ pledge to scrap legislationMore than 1,000 homeless people have been arrested for sleeping rough or begging since the government pledged to scrap the nearly 200-year-old Vagrancy Act, new figures show…
Experts say developers deterred by changes to planning system brought in by successive Tory governmentsPlanning applications in England have fallen to their lowest level in at least 16 years, according to figures published this week by the levelling up…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people severely overrepresented among the 122,400 people recorded as homelessFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe nu…
Nearly half forced to move children to new schools or spend hours a day commuting to old one, Shelter saysNearly half of families who are placed in temporary housing when they become homeless are forced to put their children into new schools or spend s…
Outreach and charity workers talk about the day-to-day issues they face when dealing with the city’s homelessness problemEngland likely to miss target to end rough sleeping by 2024, says CrisisJust outside a busy McDonald’s in Birmingham city centre a …
Homelessness charity says it is ‘incredibly disappointing’ to see rough sleeping on rise across country‘You just have to keep trying’: the people helping Birmingham’s rough sleepersA leading charity has said the government is likely to miss its target …
Homeless charity Crisis say rise in repossessions shows ‘devastating impact’ of the cost of living crisis on rentersRental evictions have surged by 98% in a year, official figures show, with a charity saying this showed the “devastating impact” of the …
Exclusive: charities say energy costs and underfunded contracts threaten government promise to end rough sleeping by 2024Homeless people living in hostels and supported homes in England are at risk of being forced back on to the streets as providers pr…