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Good thing, and it did save lives and protected people from the virus at the time. it also taught us that the big issue... yet what we didnt see is all those people being offered real housing and support they need. there is something called housing first in scotland, where rough sleeping has come down, where instead of temporary accommodation, a home of their own. we need to see the government adopt it, because it has all the evidence it needs to do so. . ~ has all the evidence it needs to do so...

Todays increased figures come after several years of decreases from 2017s peak, aided by a huge effort through covid to get everyone off the streets. but overall, rough sleeping is up nearly 75% since 2010. what our team is seeing in terms of their caseload, of the number of people who are approaching us for help when theyre rough sleeping is a sustained increase and an increased risk for sleeping, and its slightly harder to get people into accommodation. at the night shelter in bristol, run by ...

Simon gilchrist has been rough sleeping for a fortnight. he lost his flat last year. a hostel place last month. at the heart of both is a long—term drug addiction. people say go and get a job or they dont know about addiction or why people take crack cocaine and heroin and alcohol to sustain the feelings. a military veteran, the 48—year—old doesnt think hell see 50. if god can take my addiction away and god can say, "look, "i want to put you into this place, heres another go," i would go f...

Of these are working against the system, and we are often finding people after they falling through the cracks, fallen through the system and need help recovering, rather than preventing them falling into rough sleeping. the government sa s it is into rough sleeping. the government says it is spending — into rough sleeping. the government says it is spending £500 _ into rough sleeping. the government says it is spending £500 million. - says it is spending £500 million. why is that money goi...

Sam was soon joined by simon, whod spent the day in a&e with chest pains. when the shelter opened, sam managed to get one of the dozen available beds, but the rest had been allocated. so simon was forced to join the thousands of others who each evening call englands pavements their home. michael buchanan, bbc news, bristol. joining me now is matt downie, chief executive of crisis uk, the homeless charity. what are you seeing on the ground? the figures out today reflect what weve been saying for ...

Last year almost 100,000 households were living in temporary accommodation. thats the highest level since 2004 and very close to record levels. and it includes over 125,000 children. so whats going on? well, the government is trying. its spending £2 billion tackling all forms of homelessness, including rough sleeping, and its put a range of initiatives in place. but its facing several significant headwinds. there simply arent enough affordable homes because successive governments havent built e...

No, not this time. some of the others using the service are noticeably embarrassed, driven here by cost of living pressures. weve seen people who have never been homeless before. people that have lost their employment and accommodation, purely because of rent increases. its really frightening for those people that have never experienced rough sleeping before. many others are on the precipice of rough sleeping. with soaring rents, these caravans, for instance, are all some delivery drivers can af...

Housing benefit is frozen, theres more people unable to find somewhere else to live. and because we still have a system in this country where our answer to row sleeping is to put people into hostels or night shelters or other forms of homelessness. there have been big effort over the last few years to deal with the issue but we havent seen the joinder policy response we need. seen the “oinder policy response we need. ~ . seen the “oinder policy response we need. . ., ., ,. ~ seen the “oind...

Epsom and Ewell Borough council is set to build key temporary accommodation for families at risk of homelessness with the help of levelling up…

A proactive approach to helping rough sleepers in Great Yarmouth could see new emergency accommodation in the town.