Tag: homelessness

Report: London Councils Paid Private Landlords £15.8m in a Year to Get Them to Rent to Homeless Families
Exclusive: Data obtained by Novara Media shows that London councils are paying landlords costly incentives to house tenants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in private rented properties - many of them in poor condition. Nye Jones reports.
Opinion: I Work With People Experiencing Homelessness – for Them, the Crisis Is Worsening by the Day
Despite the government preening itself with manipulated statistics, homelessness in the UK is set to rise to historic levels. It is therefore vital that we oppose this unjust system, demanding that no one is left behind, argues shelter worker and activist Tom Zagoria.
Opinion: The Tories Are Pushing People Back on to the Streets Because Rough Sleeping Serves a Political Purpose

Last Friday news broke that the government was quietly winding up local authority funding that had been allocated to house rough sleepers in hotels during the pandemic. Nye Jones argues they’ve done this because the suffering of rough sleepers serves as a warning.

‘I’m terrified of going back to the streets’: Coronavirus Shows We Could End Street Homelessness
The government have housed thousands of homeless people overnight, but campaigners say extra support must extend beyond lockdown or rough sleepers will be worse off than before, writes Hannah Green.
Ordered Home Without a Home: Italy’s Rough Sleepers Suffer Under Quarantine Rules
With Italy on lockdown and introducing harsh new rules, it's the country's over 50,000 rough sleepers who have been hit the hardest, writes Ben Munster. 
What Do London’s Rough Sleepers Think About the General Election?

What do London’s rough sleepers think of the general election? Ash Sarkar went and asked some of them.

Where Will We Live?
James Butler is joined by Anna Minton, author of Ground Control and Big Capital, to ask: could this be a housing election?
Now We Have Your Attention
James Butler is joined by Jack Shenker to explore the new politics: from grassroots trade unionism to migrant solidarity, and the gradual transformation of the Labour Party.
Homelessness Activists Occupy Tunnel, After MPs Ask for Gate to Stop Rough Sleepers
Over 320,000 people are homeless in Britain - up 169% since the Conservatives came to power. Yet 'hostile architecture' that keeps rough sleepers out of public spaces is on the rise. As the weather turns cold, a gate has just been installed in a Westminster underpass to lock homeless people out at night - allegedly after MPs complained about having to walk past them.
Rough Sleeping Is at Record Levels, so Why Don’t People Care?
The Tories want people to believe homelessness is complex and rough sleepers are to blame for their situation. The truth is they have been let down by a system that could easily be changed if there was the political will to do so.
Asylum Seeker Evictions Will Cause ‘crisis on the streets of Glasgow’, Charities Warn

A housing provider has announced it will resume a controversial policy to evict hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow, in a move charities say will leave scores of vulnerable people street homeless. Serco, which until recently held the government contract to house asylum seekers in the Scottish city, first announced plans to evict people denied […]
‘They should be chased out of town’: How a South Coast Council Is Failing Homeless People
The number of people sleeping rough in Bognor Regis is rising. But instead of working to protect vulnerable people, local councillors seem to view homeless people as detrimental to the look of the town. In addition to moving rough sleepers off the high street and confiscating their belongings, the local authority is now about to cut £4m of funding to homelessness services.
6 Reasons We Need to #EndSection21
Private tenants used to be able to stay in their homes for as long as they were paying the rent. But since the introduction of section 21 under the 1988 Housing Act, landlords have had the power to evict tenants with just two months’ notice without giving them a reason. Here are six reasons section 21 needs to be abolished.
These Five Victories in the Fight for Migrants’ Rights Show We Can Win
The government backtracked on its demand that schools collect data on pupils’ nationality and country of birth this month, presenting a sudden and startling victory to campaigners opposing the hostile environment. Here are five other key wins in the fight for migrants’ rights in Britain.
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The Sofia Solidarity Centre Squat Exposed a Housing Crisis Past Breaking Point
Opened on Great Portland Street as London temperatures dropped to minus ten, the Sofia Solidarity Centre squat housed close to two hundred rough sleepers by the time it was evicted. In addition to providing shelter to some of the city's most vulnerable people, the Centre served as a vigorous embodiment of the housing crisis and showed just how easy it could be to get people off the streets.
‘Everyone I Know Is Going to Fight Like Hell’: Demoviction, Gentrification and Homelessness in Vancouver
In spite of protests and wide public opposition, plans for the re-zoning of Vancouver's Metrotown are going ahead. Alice Saunders speaks to some of the residents and activists fighting demoviction, gentrification and homelessness in the city.
Homeless Families and Social Cleansing: How Local Councils Are Forcing Vulnerable Households Out of London
Exclusive: London Councils are ending their homeless duty to vulnerable families by forcing them to accept private rented tenancies hundreds of miles away, outside the capital, FOI's by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth reveal.
Can Devolution Solve Greater Manchester’s Housing Crisis?
The housing crisis is no longer just a London issue. Its effects are being felt across the UK, including in Greater Manchester. There, in the context of the devolution of a wide package of powers to local government and the upcoming mayoral election, Greater Manchester Housing Action (GMHA) are organising around the issues of housing and homelessness.

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