Government Policies Are Creating Homelessness – Report

A number of the government's policies are unnecessarily increasing homelessness, a study has revealed. Commonweal Housing' report - ‘Rough Justice: uncovering social policies that create homelessness’ - claims that homelessness and the threat of becoming homeless is a much wider problem than the government's figures of 2,414 rough sleepers suggests. Featuring contributions from eight sector experts, the report draws attention to the severity of the problem - and challenges the government to recognise the policies that Commonweal believes are creating homelessness. Download a copy of the report from the Commonwealth Housing website.