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Crisis attributes rising homelessness to a shortage of social housing, housing benefits not covering private rents and a shortage of homeless prevention schemes for people leaving care. [5] Of the people experiencing homelessness who died in 2017, the average age was 44 for men and 42 for women.
One in 160 people were estimated to be homeless in England on a given night this year, new research from Shelter has suggested. ... night this year is 14% higher than its 2023 estimate of 309,550 ...
The 2016 Homelessness Monitor report for England stated the bulk of the increase in statutory homelessness over the previous five years was attributable to sharply rising numbers of people made homeless from the private rented sector; as a proportion of all statutory homelessness acceptances loss of a private tenancy increased from 11 per cent ...
The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England has hit its highest level since at least 1998, according to official data. This measure of homelessness in England has reached ...
The charity said that ‘with private rents and living costs continuing to soar’, thousands of people were at risk of losing their homes in 2023. At least 271,000 people homeless on any given ...
Number of homeless in England per 100,000 people, 1998–2014. Since the late 1990s, housing policy has been a devolved matter, and state support for homeless people, together with legal rights in housing, have therefore diverged to a certain degree. A national service, called Streetlink, was established in 2012 to help members of the public ...
In 2023-24, 29 of the 33 London boroughs overspent their homelessness budgets by a collective total of £208 million. Boroughs are forecasting a £250 million overspend in 2024-25 despite an ...
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. The charity has stated: "We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it." [20] In October 2011, Crisis launched a campaign to improve the assistance and support provided by Local Authorities to single homeless people. [21]