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January 5, 2021

Children in Afghanistan 'face illness, even death', in freezing conditions

Plastic sheeting may be all that separates children from temperatures which can drop to minus 27 degrees Celsius, says Save the Children.
September 25, 2020

Call for post offices to provide 'Address & Collect' for people with no fixed address

Citizens Advice says 7 million people have been unable to receive their post at some point over the last decade.
August 5, 2020

Increase in numbers applying to have No Recourse to Public Funds condition lifted

The Children's Society estimates that at least 100,000 children are affected by No Recourse To Public Funds and could face destitution if parents lose their jobs.
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 9, 2019

Nine in 10 homes unaffordable for families on benefits

The National Housing Federation is urgently calling on the government to increase LHA payments so that they cover at least the bottom 30 per cent of private rent homes in any local area.
September 8, 2019

Government failings leaving vulnerable asylum seekers homeless and hungry

Vulnerable people refused asylum in the UK, including pregnant women and those with serious mental health conditions, are being left homeless and unable to feed or clothe their families.
September 5, 2019

Spending Review criticised on housing and Universal Credit

The Chartered Institute of Housing and the Trussell Trust have commented on the Chancellor's silence on social security issues such as Universal Credit and the Local Housing Allowance.
August 29, 2019

Right to Buy rules undermining council efforts to boost housebuilding, says LGA

Housebuilding efforts by councils risk being undermined without reform to the Right to Buy scheme, says the Local Government Association.
June 12, 2019

Child Poverty Action Group welcomes Supreme Court judgement in housing benefit case

The judgement means families made homeless due to the inability to pay the rent because of cuts to housing related benefits cannot be said to be intentionally homeless.
June 5, 2019

Demolition of Syrian homes in Lebanon 'will make at least 15,000 children homeless'

The Higher Defence council, a military body, has declared that all 'semi-permanent structures' built by Syrian refugees using materials other than timber and plastic sheeting in informal camps must be deconstructed.