As rents rise and benefits fall, more people face losing
their home. A bill aims to stop people from becoming homeless by giving English
councils specific duties to help everyone at an earlier stage. Homelessness has
been rising steadily in England since 2011. In June, 73,120 households were in
temporary accommodation – up 9% on a year earlier – nearly three quarters of
them in London; the number in bed and breakfast rose by 16% to 6,520 in the
year to June. Last autumn’s rough sleeper count, based on snapshot surveys on
single nights and local authority estimates, showed a 30% increase on the
previous year, a total of 3,569 people in England. Read more on the Public
Finance website.
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