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Over 210,000 children are estimated to be homeless in the UK and many are temporarily living in converted shipping containers. The Children’s Commissioner for England said the contains are not fit to live in. Families are housed in to coverted ship contains and office blocks, families are living in squashed small spaces. The councils are…
West Sussex council’s proposal to cut help for rough sleepers by £4 million will have big consequences. The scale of the cuts planned by Conservative-run West Sussex county council has shocked everyone. By 2020, the £6.3 million the councils currently spends on housing support services for rough sleepers, victims of domestic abuse, care leavers, and frail…
The number of people sleeping rough in the UK has multiplied since 2010. This is not that case in Finland’s capital Helsinki where rough sleeping is almost extinct. In Helsinki’s central railway station, you will not see anyone sleeping rough or begging for any amount of money. In the UK many major towns and cities…
New centres aimed at taking rough sleepers of the street will be set up in 15 locations across England. This is a £4.8 million government project will open 11 shelter by spring 2019. Homeless charities welcomed the project but said the government could do more to help. The shelters will open in Brighton and Hove,…
Homeless people in Hull who were set to stay in hotel rooms over Christmas have had their bookings cancelled. Carl Simpson, founder of the Raise the Roof Homeless Project, said he paid £1,092 for 14 twin rooms at the Royal Hotel in Hull as part of the Britannia Hotels group. In a Facebook post shared…
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