New Homelessness Law Could Make “People Unintentionally Homeless”, Warns Councillor

The Homelessness Reduction Act requires councils to provide homelessness assistance to any UK citizen or person with the right to reside in the UK. This imposes new legal obligations on local authorities to actively prevent and relieve homelessness. With the dramatic rise of homelessness over the past eight years (rough sleeping is up 169 per cent since 2010), it’s a crucial piece of legislation. But councils are struggling to keep up with their new obligations –  and could be putting the very people who rely on their housing services at risk of homelessness. This is due to a lack of resources from central government to enact the new Act. Read more on the New Statesman website.

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2018/05/new-homelessness-law-could-make-people-unintentionally-homeless-warns