Pod Homes for the Homeless
2021 has been the year that councils around the UK have turned to the pod home. 33 pod homes, out of the 100 planned, have recently been...
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Josh Miller
- Oct 9, 2021
- 4 min
Criminalisation of the homeless
Whilst being homeless is not a criminal offence in the UK, associated activities to homelessness, like begging or public drinking, are....
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rachelcgeorge
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Can Rent Controls Solve the Housing Crisis?
A recent Ipso Mori poll, found that 71% of people supported the idea of rent controls. Many organisations such as Shelter, The Green...
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amberleydavis
- Oct 2, 2021
- 4 min
The Homeless Motherhood Experience
It is not known just how many homeless women in the UK are pregnant or have dependent children. This is not surprising given that the...
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amberleydavis
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Triple Lock Suspension: Bad News for Pensioners in Poverty
When it was announced earlier this month that the government would be scrapping the triple lock on pensions for one year, work and...
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- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Energy Crisis
You’ll have seen the news stories this week about the rising cost of gas. Worried? We are too. What does this mean for families already...
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Josh Miller
- Sep 11, 2021
- 3 min
Austerity's affect on homelessness and poverty
In an effort to tackle the growing public debt since the 2008 economic crash, multiple governments from 2010 onwards have looked to save...
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- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
The Rising Cost of Living
In the UK, and in London especially, the rising cost of living is having a severe effect on some families. The pandemic has hit hard and...
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rachelcgeorge
- Aug 25, 2021
- 2 min
London Homelessness Awards 2021
For the first time ever, four projects (instead of one), have won the London Homelessness Awards. Each project will receive a share of a...
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Josh Miller
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
Sorry, I’ve got no change
In the year 2000, cash made up just over 50% of payments in the UK but come 2020 this number was just 12.4%, a dramatic drop. With the...
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rachelcgeorge
- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
Disability Groups Request Extension
The Disability Benefits Consortium and Disabled People Against Cuts have published an open letter to the Government, requesting that they...
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amberleydavis
- Aug 14, 2021
- 4 min
The Hidden Homeless
When we think of homelessness, images of sufferers squatting on the streets come to mind. But this is just one brand of homelessness.
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Josh Miller
- Aug 12, 2021
- 3 min
When 13 homeless people were given free money...
Whilst it may seem like clickbait, 13 homeless people were indeed given ‘free money’ in an experiment aimed to lift them from the...
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Josh Miller
- Aug 4, 2021
- 4 min
Drug addiction in the homeless community
The homeless community are often exposed to a ‘perfect storm’ of factors that makes a drug addiction easily attainable. Environmental...
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amberleydavis
- Aug 4, 2021
- 2 min
Homelessness to Surge as Covid-Targeted Support Schemes End
Campaigners warn that we are to face a homelessness crisis this autumn, following the closure of the furlough scheme this September
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Janine S White
- Jul 24, 2021
- 3 min
What Stonewall means for the homeless
The 1969 Stonewall riots were a series of uprisings due to the treatment of LGBTQ+ people. Starting as a fight against police brutality,...
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Emily Erith
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
Progress and Problems;
the homeless crisis. The effect of being physically ‘homeless’ is often viewed on a surface level, one sees a person sleeping in a shop...
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amberleydavis
- Jul 5, 2021
- 5 min
Homelessness and Mental Health Services: Overcoming Barriers
It goes without saying that homelessness and poor mental health go hand in hand. But this unhappy marriage between suffering from mental...
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- May 15, 2021
- 3 min
How Finland has solved its homelessness crisis
Finland over the last decade have prioritised spending on homelessness prevention and adopted a new strategy based called Housing First
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- May 8, 2021
- 3 min
Toxic Relationships, Is It Really Worth Staying?
My ex partner used to tell me he knew my mind better than I knew it myself. He knew MY mind better than I knew it. Now if that’s not a...
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