Inside the Hidden Homeless Crisis

Inside the hidden homeless crisis

More than 60,000 people in London are living in temporary accommodation (TA). With housing costs vastly inflated, the crisis of the so-called “hidden homeless” is even more extreme in the capital than elsewhere. While the public’s perception of homelessness often focuses on rough sleeping, this is a far rarer phenomenon when compared with the vast numbers of registered homeless people who are suffering the precarity of sofa-surfing with family a…

Plea for flexibility on housing cash to tackle homelessness crisis

A regional mayor is urging the government to allow more flexibility in housing spending in a bid to tackle the area’s ongoing homelessness crisis. West Midlands mayor Richard Parker – elected in May last year – has written to deputy prime minister Angela Rayner to…The post Plea for flexibility on housing cash to tackle homelessness crisis appeared first on Local Government Chronicle (LGC).