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HOMELESSNESS

£3.5bn investment to 'end homelessness for good'

A cross-government plan to ‘end homelessness for good’ by preventing it before it occurs has been launched, backed by £3.5bn investment over the next three years.

A homeless person sleeping on a wooden bench (c) Poetry Photography/Shutterstock

A cross-government plan to ‘end homelessness for good' by preventing it before it occurs has been launched, backed by £3.5bn investment over the next three years.

The ‘landmark strategy' – which comes with a £1bn funding boost over and above previous commitments – comes as a family is made homeless or threatened with homelessness every five minutes.   

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