21 August 2018

Southwark LBC is making huge strides in reducing homelessness. Its best practice model involves getting to the heart of the reasons people become homeless in the first place and resolving these issues with specialist services. Now its best practice has spread nationally. Cllr Stephanie Cryan explains

13 August 2018

New measures aimed at ending rough sleeping within a decade do not go far enough, councils have warned.

23 July 2018

The number of families described as ‘working homeless’ has soared over the past five years, housing charity Shelter has warned.

09 June 2018

Communities secretary James Brokenshire has announced a £30m cash boost to tackle rough sleepers in the worst hit parts of the country.

22 May 2018

Opportunities were missed to provide accommodation for a rough sleeper whose partially decomposed body was discovered in a tent, a review has found.

22 May 2018

Manchester City Council has been forced to dip into its reserves after overspending on its 2017/18 budget.

19 April 2018

Labour would scrap right to buy, and give councils new borrowing freedoms and central funding in a bid to kick-start house building, the party said today.

28 March 2018

Enabling councils to build more social housing, welfare policy and reform in the private rented sector are just some of the solutions to the complex issue of increasing homelessness. John O'Brien explains.

26 February 2018

Housing minister Heather Wheeler has promised a clampdown on rogue landlords using benefit changes to drive down standards in the private rented sector.

20 February 2018

If we are to tackle this national homelessness crisis, the Government not only has to progress new initiatives, but also ensure that the very housing that currently provides a lifeline to tens of thousands of people without a home is not jeopardised, writes Denise Hatton.

25 January 2018

Camden LBC had the largest increase – over 600% – in rough sleepers over the last year in England, according to new figures published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

23 January 2018

Lambeth LBC will lend at least £300m to its new housing company over the next five years to kickstart an ambitious plan.

09 January 2018

Local authorities in Wales need to do more to tackle the ‘underlying causes’ of homelessness, auditors have said.

09 January 2018

Windsor & Maidenhead RBC's leader is facing a motion of no confidence after his controversial open letter asking police to remove homeless people ahead of the royal wedding.

08 January 2018

Council leader Simon Dudley was branded ‘abhorrent’ over the Christmas period after calling on police to clear rough sleepers from Windsor before the royal wedding.

20 December 2017

A committee of MPs tasked with overseeing the Government’s accounts has launched a devastating attack on its approach to homelessness.

15 December 2017

Local authorities should not ‘wait until the last minute’ to help families in danger of becoming homeless, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned.

06 December 2017

The highest numbers of homeless children in a decade were recorded this year, according to charity Shelter, and 128,000 will be living in temporary accommodation on Christmas day.

30 November 2017

Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd will represent the sector as a member of Whitehall’s new rough sleeping advisory panel.

28 November 2017

An unregulated private rented sector is the main reason for a rise in homelessness, the mayor of Hackney has suggested.