Suzanne Fitzpatrick News Today

An influential report that casts light on the alarming rise of homelessness in England has been crowned the best housing research of 2023. Led by a team of academics from Heriot-Watt University, the Homelessness Monitor: England 2023, has been singled out by the housing research website, Thinkhouse,

Around a million children in the UK experienced destitution in 2022—almost three times as many as in 2017—meaning that their families lacked the means to keep them clean, fed, and warm, shows a report funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.1 From 2017 to 2022 the number of people of any age living in destitution in the UK more than doubled, rising from 1.55 million to 3.8 million. But the rise in the number of children in destitution was much higher, rising by 186% from 365 000 in 2017 t...

It is often being left to charities to try to plug gaps for people in desperate situations, the report said.

Severe material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisis

GLASGOW appears on a list of areas in the UK that are worst for destitution.

Over the last year in the UK families of more than one million children could not afford to adequately feed, clothe or clean them, or keep them warm, a study finds.

People in the UK are considered destitute and living in poverty if they have not been able to meet their most basic physical needs to stay warm, dry, clean and fed

A new report calls for support for people facing homelessness to be more inclusive and trauma-informed, and for support to be provided much earlier so that homelessness can be better prevented.

Almost a quarter of a million households across England are struggling with the worst forms of homelessness, according to research which suggests the situation has worsened in the past decade.Many councils across the country are facing a rise in peop...

Core homelessness includes people sleeping rough, sofa-surfing, and in unsuitable temporary accommodation, Crisis said.