homelessness
Boris’ pledge to tackle rough sleeping is a failure which gets worse each year
The mayor needs to ask himself whether yearly rises in the number of people living on the streets is a legacy he is happy to continue ignoring.
New report on UK poverty finds housing market is moving the goalposts
Changes in the labour and housing markets mean there has been a rise in the number of working people who live in poverty.
4,000 households at risk of losing their home
A rise in interest rates could tip many people into the danger zone, says charity.
Coalition Britain: a third of families living on the cusp of homelessness
New figures from Shelter demonstrate just how precarious the economic recovery still is for many people.
Society needs to take more action if it is serious about helping the homeless
We all walk past homeless people on the street, but if we are serious about tackling homelessness then central and local governments need to do much more.
Is homelessness about to become a crime?
Homelessness could become a crime under proposed anti-social behaviour laws, according to a new think-tank report.