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Home Office warned over asylum homelessness risk

The Government risks undermining its own ambition to cut homelessness unless it urgently strengthens support for people leaving the asylum system, according to analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research.

The Home Office in Marsham Street, London

The Government risks undermining its own ambition to cut homelessness unless it urgently strengthens support for people leaving the asylum system, according to analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). 

As ministers seek to reduce rough sleeping and ease pressure on temporary accommodation, IPPR warned that a key driver of homelessness risk was being overlooked: refugees who leave asylum accommodation without a route into housing. 

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