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NEW HOMELESSNESS ACT FAILS TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES, CHARITIES SAY
Sajid Javid, the communities secretary, has said the government sees the act as a sign of its determination to break the homelessness cycle ... READ MORE›
HOMELESS EVICTED FROM MAKESHIFT CENTRE AS SNOW RETURNS
Stush is worried for himself and around 160 other homeless people who have found shelter in a disused building in the English capital... READ MORE›
ILFORD M&S TO HELP BUILD POP-UP HOSTEL FOR LOCAL ROUGH SLEEPERS
M S says it is the first time it has been involved in an initiative to tackle rough sleeping... READ MORE›
HOMELESS IN LAS VEGAS FEAR A SERIAL KILLER IS STALKING THEM
All homeless people in a small area a couple of miles north of downtown Las Vegas... READ MORE›
HARRY AND MEGHAN ON FIRST SCOTTISH VISIT
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have visited Edinburgh Castle at the start of their first official joint appearance in Scotland... READ MORE›
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CHARITIES DISMAYED AS HOUSING BENEFIT CUT GOES AHEAD
Decision to remove entitlement from claimants aged 18 to 21 will put more young people on the streets, critics say... READ MORE›
HALT UNIVERSAL CREDIT OR ROUGH SLEEPERS WILL DOUBLE, SAYS BURNHAM
There's a high, high level of rent arrears among people receiving universal credit... READ MORE›
SPARE ROOMS, GENEROUS SPIRITS: WELCOMING THE HOMELESS TO YOUR HOME
Heather Lister has lost count of how many young homeless people have slept in this bed... READ MORE›
UK COUNCIL CUTS WILL LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE SLEEPING ROUGH, CHARITIES WARN
Spending on housing support in Norfolk had halved since 2010, and the latest proposed cut came as Norwich anticipated a 30 percent increase in demand for homelessness services... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF ROUGH SLEEPERS IN MANCHESTER TO BE OFFERED HOMES
In Greater Manchester last year there was a 41 percent year-on-year rise in rough sleepers... READ MORE›
IT FEELS LIKE IM MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Stan knew a little bit more about his host, having been shown Helen's profile at Nightstop... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE IN ENGLAND ARE HOMELESS, SAYS SHELTER
The analysis also identified homelessness hotspots in Brighton, Birmingham, Slough, Bristol, Coventry, Reading, Manchester, Luton and Chelmsford... READ MORE›
MCDONALD'S FIRES WORKER WHO THREW WATER ON HOMELESS MAN
At first, Willie refuses and curses at the worker, but after the employee held up a sandwich for Willie to see, Willie comes over... READ MORE›
HOMELESSNESS IN ENGLAND RISES BY 75% AMONG VULNERABLE GROUPS
Eviction is now the number one cause of homelessness... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT REBUKED FOR FAILING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
Cllr Martin Tett, housing spokesman at the Local Government Association, said Councils are working hard to tackle homelessness and are focusing on preventing it happening... READ MORE›
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS, DATA SHOWS
These figures reveal the hidden homelessness crisis affecting young people, with an estimated 70,000 18- to 24-year-olds across the country turning to councils for help, he said... READ MORE›
MANCHESTER HOSTEL OFFERS THE WORKING HOMELESS A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS
Maria Marsden set up Stop Start Go after carrying out research into the circumstances of homeless people in Manchester's hostels... READ MORE›
TWO YEARS AFTER THE BAILOUT, LIFE IN GREECE HAS GOTTEN MORE MISERABLE
One block from the Maximus Residence, the prime minister's home, homeless people sleep in Zappion, the city's central park... READ MORE›
RECORD NUMBERS LEFT HOMELESS AFTER EVICTION BY PRIVATE LANDLORDS IN ENGLAND
End of an assured shorthold tenancy cited by nearly a third of newly homeless households, figures show... READ MORE›
LONDON EUSTON HOSTS CHRISTMAS LUNCH FOR THE HOMELESS
Westlode Fisheries in Spalding, Lincolnshire, opened on Christmas Day for lunch... READ MORE›
PLEASE HELP US TACKLE URGENT PROBLEMS OF HOMELESSNESS AND DESTITUTION
Youth homelessness and extreme poverty among asylum seekers are overlapping and compelling issues which cuts to services are making worse... READ MORE›
HOME SWEET MICRO HOME: SLEEP-TESTING A POD FOR THE HOMELESS
Kieran Evans, 18, is another hoping to move into the first iKozie... READ MORE›
HOMELESS PEOPLE DEMAND M&S APOLOGY OVER DETERRENT ALARM
The alarm was in use for several months to deter homeless people from trying to sleep in an underpass behind the store in Ilford, east London... READ MORE›
WHY A HOMELESS MAN WHO GRADUATED FROM HARVARD IS STILL ON THE STREETS
Alfred Postell Why is a homeless man who graduated from Harvard still on the streets?... READ MORE›
'THE FIRST PERSON I TRUSTED, EVER'
That's a happy ending for Zinnia, but not for Centrepoint... READ MORE›
FALLOUT IN ALBERTA: THE HUMAN TOLL WHEN OIL PRICES CRASH
Alberta is now the one that is taking the hit, so how can the rest of Canada not come to our help, she wants to know... READ MORE›
MP'S PUSH TO EXTEND HOMELESS SAFEGUARDS GETS CROSS-PARTY SUPPORT
In return, households will be expected to cooperate with the council, and any that refuse will not be offered support under councils' main homelessness duty... READ MORE›
CAGES INSTALLED OVER BENCHES IN FRENCH CITY TO DISCOURAGE HOMELESS FROM SLEEPING ROUGH
With cold water who was sleeping in the doorway of the Wilkinsons store in Canterbury, Kent... READ MORE›
PETS OF THE HOMELESS CHRISTMAS PARTY HELPS ANIMALS DOING IT RUFF
Pets of the Homeless threw its Christmas party at the premises of charity Transit in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs... READ MORE›
UK HOMELESSNESS RISING FASTER AMONG MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS, LABOUR SAYS
According to the Treasury, the housing benefit cut is due to save ?225m a year by 2020... READ MORE›
LOS ANGELES PASSES $1.9BN BILL TO TACKLE HOMELESS CRISIS
The US city of Los Angeles, known as the homeless capital of America, is passing a 1.87bn ?1.29bn plan to help get 40,000 people off the streets... READ MORE›
HOMELESSNESS - NOT IRISH WATER - WILL STOP GOVERNMENT GETTING BACK INTO POWER SAYS LEADING CAMPAIGNER
The Government is too concerned with getting re-elected to properly address the homelessness crisis according to a leading activist... READ MORE›
SECOND SHOT COFFEE IS A CAFE EMPLOYING HOMELESS PEOPLE
A coffee shop set up to help people affected by homelessness has handed out 300 free meals in just three months... READ MORE›
GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER CHARITY APPEAL PASSES A?750,000 IN A FORTNIGHT
The 2016 Guardian and Observer charity appeal raised ?1.7m for three refugee charities... READ MORE›
COUNCILS GET ?48M TO EXPAND HOMELESSNESS PROVISION
But short-term funding isn't enough to address the scale of homelessness in this country... READ MORE›