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November 20, 2020

Homeless at school: 56% of teachers have worked with homeless children

Homeless children are at a disadvantage before the school day has even started, said one headteacher.
August 31, 2020

UK Government urged to help renters in England clear debt and stay in their homes

Organisations representing tenants, landlords and letting agents urge the government to provide financial help to private renters in ‘COVID rent arrears’ to avoid a surge in homelessness.
August 3, 2020

Over 450,000 private renting parents fear ‘Covid-homelessness’

Parents living in privately rented homes in England are almost twice as likely to be worried about homelessness than parents living in secure social homes.
May 24, 2020

Lifting eviction ban without help for renters could 'unleash a wave of homelessness'

Private renting remains a leading cause of homelessness, and this could get worse when the evictions ban is lifted, says Shelter.
March 3, 2020

European Union provides €30 million in humanitarian assistance to Sudan

More than 9 million people in Sudan are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance, with access to food remaining a major concern.
November 15, 2019

Homelessness crisis costs councils over £1bn in just one year

The amount councils spend on temporary accommodation has increased by 123 per cent in the last five years, while central government grants for social housebuilding have been cut.
October 2, 2019

Shelter and councils respond to rise in deaths of homeless people

In 2018, an estimated 726 homeless people died in England and Wales, with an average age of 45 for men and 43 for women.
September 6, 2019

Immigrant children being denied protection in France

Unaccompanied children arriving in France’s Alpine region undergo flawed age assessments that deny many access to needed protection, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
August 13, 2019

Call for Lebanese authorities to stop the demolition of refugees’ homes

Personnel from the Lebanese Armed Forces have partially demolished over 350 refugees’ homes in four tented settlement in Akkar, in northern Lebanon, using sledgehammers.
July 13, 2019

Private renting 'unaffordable for families on low wages in 67% of England'

Shelter says that if the government invested in a new generation of social homes, working families would not need to rely on housing benefit to keep a roof over their heads.