Sharp Homelessness Rise

Benefit cuts, soaring house prices and rents have pushed up homelessness in London three times faster than England as a whole. Statistics obtained by Crisis from the CLG show that in 2012:

    *15,220 London households were accepted as homeless and considered to have met the strict tests to be housed by their local council, a 30 per cent increase on 2011, when 11,680 households were accepted.

    *This compares to the rise in England as a whole of 10 per cent, meaning homelessness in London is rising three times as fast as the nation as a whole

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