Monday, 3 September 2012

Ministerial Homelessness Report a “Missed Opportunity”

Crisis has branded a new government report that aims to tackle rising homelessness a 'missed opportunity'.  The charity has said the Ministerial Working Group report, Making Every Contact Count, fails to address the key issues of: lack of support for single homeless people, the impact of welfare cuts and the desperate shortage of housing.  Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, has highlighted that the report is released on the same day as shocking new statistics reveal:
    *rising evictions
    *increased cases of councils needing to step in to save people from homelessness
    *falling house building
Leslie Morphy, Chief Executive of Crisis, said: “This report is a disappointment and a missed opportunity. It contains some worthy ambitions, but lacks detail about how they will be delivered and fails to tackle the key issues.”  Read more on the Crisis website.

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