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Hightown opens housing and support project in St Albans

|Date: 27 March, 2024

Hightown opens housing and support project in St Albans

Following extensive re-modelling and refurbishment, Hightown Housing Association has re-opened one of its ...

Following extensive re-modelling and refurbishment, Hightown Housing Association has re-opened one of its housing and support projects for people who were homeless in St Albans. Cllr Jacqui Taylor, Le ...

27 March, 2024
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Kier completes hostel for homeless adults in Camden

|Date: 14 March, 2024

Kier completes hostel for homeless adults in Camden

Kier has completed a rapid refurbishment of two Victorian villas for Camden Council to provide emergency ...

Kier has completed a rapid refurbishment of two Victorian villas for Camden Council to provide emergency temporary accommodation for homeless adults in the borough. The refurbishment of Camden North V ...

14 March, 2024
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Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

|Date: 1 March, 2024

Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

Official figures released on 29th February show life-changing interventions in Greater Manchester are hel ...

Official figures released on 29th February show life-changing interventions in Greater Manchester are helping to bring an end to entrenched rough sleeping — despite intense continued pressure on local ...

1 March, 2024
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£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’

|Date: 28 February, 2024

£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’

New data from London Councils reveals that boroughs’ monthly spending on temporary accommodation for home ...

New data from London Councils reveals that boroughs’ monthly spending on temporary accommodation for homeless households grew by almost 40% last year — reaching £90m a month. Skyrocketing rates of hom ...

28 February, 2024
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Royal Greenwich signs the London Charter to End Rough Sleeping

|Date: 22 February, 2024

Royal Greenwich signs the London Charter to End Rough Sleeping

Council Leader, Cllr Anthony Okereke and Cllr Pat Slattery, Cabinet Member for Housing, Neighbourhoods an ...

Council Leader, Cllr Anthony Okereke and Cllr Pat Slattery, Cabinet Member for Housing, Neighbourhoods and Homelessness have signed the London Charter to End Rough Sleeping on behalf of the Royal Boro ...

22 February, 2024
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Housing First a ‘no-brainer’ for government says homelessness membership charity

|Date: 5 February, 2024

Housing First a ‘no-brainer’ for government says homelessness membership charity

New research published by charity Homeless Link, proves that Housing First support can deliver huge impro ...

New research published by charity Homeless Link, proves that Housing First support can deliver huge improvements to people’s physical and mental health and their likelihood to re-offend, as well as en ...

5 February, 2024
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Tackling the housing crisis: 500 new social homes coming to Oldham announced at Oldham Housing Roundtable event

|Date: 5 February, 2024

Tackling the housing crisis: 500 new social homes coming to Oldham announced at Oldham Housing Roundtable event

Oldham Council has pledged to get 500 new social homes built in the borough over the next five years. T ...

Oldham Council has pledged to get 500 new social homes built in the borough over the next five years. The announcement was made at the council’s inaugural Housing Roundtable, which took place at Old ...

5 February, 2024
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New rough sleeping charter a ‘shining example of London’s commitment’

|Date: 15 December, 2023

New rough sleeping charter a ‘shining example of London’s commitment’

Amid worsening homelessness pressures in the capital, London Councils has hailed the launch of the London ...

Amid worsening homelessness pressures in the capital, London Councils has hailed the launch of the London Charter to End Rough Sleeping. The Charter was created by a pan-London coalition working to en ...

15 December, 2023
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Autumn Statement offers some positives, but a commitment to long-term funding for social housing lacking

|Date: 23 November, 2023

Autumn Statement offers some positives, but a commitment to long-term funding for social housing lacking

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement includes a raft of new measures, such as a commitment to unfree ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement includes a raft of new measures, such as a commitment to unfreezing Local Housing Allowance, an investment of £110m over this year and next to deliver high qu ...

23 November, 2023
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North East housing providers form partnership to help deliver more social homes across the region

|Date: 20 November, 2023

North East housing providers form partnership to help deliver more social homes across the region

With over 40,000 North East households on the waiting list for social housing, there’s a desperate need t ...

With over 40,000 North East households on the waiting list for social housing, there’s a desperate need to rapidly build more genuinely affordable homes across the region. A group of North East based ...

20 November, 2023
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