Only £3m Saved By Cutting Housing Benefit

Proposed cuts to housing benefit would save the public purse just £3m – not the £120m announced recently by David Cameron – and could force thousands of young people back on to the streets. In fact, research by Heriot-Watt University and campaign group End Youth Homelessness (EYH) shows that only 140 more young people than estimated need to become homeless for it to start costing the taxpayer.  Read more on the Centrepoint website.

Alliance Formed To End Youth Homelessness

An alliance of leading social care charities and major private sector organisations has been launched to combat youth homelessness. Twelve organisations including Centrepoint, Relate, the Prince's Trust, Business in the Community (BITC) and HSBC form the End Youth Homelessness Alliance (EYHA).  EYHA seeks to be the largest and most influential collaboration in the field of youth homelessness, pooling experience to influence government at both a national and local level. It claims this is the first time that the UK voluntary sector and private businesses have joined forces to tackle youth homelessness.  The alliance will also bring together the organisations' individual schemes which tackle the root causes of homelessness, from education and employment to health, housing and family support, under one banner.  Read more on the Civil Society website.