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Help needed to tackle homelessness during crisis

|Date: 14 April, 2020

Help needed to tackle homelessness during crisis

Hotels, guest houses and landlords can offer support and help protect some of those most at risk during t ...

Hotels, guest houses and landlords can offer support and help protect some of those most at risk during the coronavirus crisis, Cherwell District Council says. The council is endeavouring to put roof ...

14 April, 2020
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£3.2m emergency support for rough sleepers during coronavirus outbreak

|Date: 18 March, 2020

£3.2m emergency support for rough sleepers during coronavirus outbreak

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick announces £3.2m emergency funding to help rough sleepers to self-iso ...

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick announces £3.2m emergency funding to help rough sleepers to self-isolate. Rough sleepers, or those at risk of rough sleeping will be supported by the funding if th ...

18 March, 2020
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Special Report | Hightown’s homeless services

|Date: 13 March, 2020

Special Report | Hightown’s homeless services

Hightown Housing Association recently opened seven newly refurbished flats for homeless people in St Alba ...

Hightown Housing Association recently opened seven newly refurbished flats for homeless people in St Albans. LABM caught up with them to find out about their range of homelessness services, new Housin ...

13 March, 2020
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Budget 2020 | Industry opinion

|Date: 12 March, 2020

Budget 2020 | Industry opinion

From a £1bn building safety fund to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise residential buildings, to a £12 ...

From a £1bn building safety fund to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise residential buildings, to a £12bn multi-year extension to the Affordable Housing Programme, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget in ...

12 March, 2020
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Number of rough sleepers in Southampton goes down as national figures also fall

|Date: 6 March, 2020

Number of rough sleepers in Southampton goes down as national figures also fall

The number of people sleeping rough in Southampton has approximately halved in the space of a year, accor ...

The number of people sleeping rough in Southampton has approximately halved in the space of a year, according to figures collected by Southampton City Council (SCC). Southampton’s annual autumn rough ...

6 March, 2020
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Over two-thirds of council’s homelessness services pushed into the red

|Date: 29 January, 2020

Over two-thirds of council’s homelessness services pushed into the red

Rising levels of homelessness and the increasing cost of using expensive bed and breakfast accommodation ...

Rising levels of homelessness and the increasing cost of using expensive bed and breakfast accommodation to place families have plunged more than two-thirds of all council homelessness services in Eng ...

29 January, 2020
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Progress made in tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in Ashford

|Date: 4 December, 2019

Progress made in tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in Ashford

Ashford Borough Council is spearheading a drive to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Ashford, Ken ...

Ashford Borough Council is spearheading a drive to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Ashford, Kent. The council is currently redeveloping a new property, Christchurch Lodge, to provide short-t ...

4 December, 2019
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Grand Union’s Chief Executive sleeps rough for charity

|Date: 12 November, 2019

Grand Union’s Chief Executive sleeps rough for charity

Aileen Evans, Chief Executive of local housing provider Grand Union Housing Group, took part in the CEO S ...

Aileen Evans, Chief Executive of local housing provider Grand Union Housing Group, took part in the CEO Sleepout at Stadium MK on Thursday 7th November to raise money for charities that support rough ...

12 November, 2019
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Extra funding for faster rough sleeper support

|Date: 14 October, 2019

Extra funding for faster rough sleeper support

Nearly £400,000 extra funding has been secured by City of York Council to target rough sleeping and help ...

Nearly £400,000 extra funding has been secured by City of York Council to target rough sleeping and help more people off the streets into accommodation and support. £253,000 has been awarded for 2019/ ...

14 October, 2019
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Housing scheme to address homelessness in Greater Manchester

|Date: 10 October, 2019

Housing scheme to address homelessness in Greater Manchester

The second phase of a £3.7m housing development to prevent homelessness gets underway on World Homeless D ...

The second phase of a £3.7m housing development to prevent homelessness gets underway on World Homeless Day. ForHousing's development features 15 one-bedroom apartments in Somerset Road, Eccles, built ...

10 October, 2019
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