Shelter Chief Calls Out Chancellor Over Homeless Numbers

Shelter chief executive Polly Neate strengthened the case for more social housing in calling Chancellor Sajid Javid out over his calculations on homelessness numbers – exposed as not adding up. “When the Chancellor of the Exchequer says that homelessness has halved since 2008, it’s important to highlight this as inaccurate,” said Neate. In a round of interviews, Javid said homelessness reached its peak in 2008 under the last Labour government and had fallen by half since. By that logic Javid maintained Labour was responsible for the massive rise in homelessness. His ‘logic’ was humiliatingly exposed by subsequent fact checks. Read more on 24housing.

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