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BRIGHTON has ranked as the least affordable city in the UK for single renters, according to a new study. The research found those renting alone in the city would have the least amount of money left over after their outgoings on bills, rent and groceries, compared with other cities across the UK - including London. On average, single renters in Brighton were found to have £149.60 left over - compared with an average of £1,526.24 for single people renting in Aberdeen. The research used the average rent prices across all kinds of property, as well as average salaries after tax and the co...

The reality of Brighton’s begging problem has come into sharp focus during the pandemic. With all rough sleepers having been offered accommodation, food and support for nearly a year now, supported by £6.4 million in Government funding, many residents have been surprised to see regular begging continuing as usual across the city. This has led Andy Winter of Brighton Housing Trust to speak frankly to The Argus, describing begging as the “elephant in room” that needs to be looked at by our city council. He said begging has very little to do with homelessness and rough sleeping bu...

A HOMELESS campaigner has warned against a proposal to discourage people from giving spare change to people on the city’s streets. Jim Deans, from Sussex Homeless Support, spoke out over the idea to move to a cashless donation scheme in place of handing over money to people on Brighton and Hove’s streets. The scheme, suggested by Conservative councillor Dawn Barnett, would work similarly to projects in Ascot, Eton, Maidenhead and Windsor. In those schemes, the cashless donations raised fund individual support programmes for rough sleepers to help them make “real-life changes”....

HOMELESS people and those supporting them should be among the first groups to receive the coronavirus vaccine, a charity boss has argued. Brighton Housing Trust chief executive Andy Winter has written to MPs Caroline Lucas, Peter Kyle and Lloyd Russell-Moyle asking them to urge Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi MP to include homeless people in the priority groups for those to receive the Covid vaccine. Mr Winter also wants to include the frontline workers supporting rough sleepers within these priority groups. Brighton Housing Trust chief executive Andy Winter His letter reads:...

BETWEEN eight and 12 people are becoming homeless in Brighton and Hove every week, The coronavirus crisis has led to further economic pressures on families which could lead to homelessness, including job losses and reduced incomes for those on furlough. Brighton Housing Trust(BHT) says access to timely professional advice is crucial to preventing people from ending up on the streets. Last year the charity’s advice centres in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings prevented 927 households from becoming homeless. Andy Winter, chief executive of the Trust, said more and more people are endi...