Freedom of Information Act requests shows how single
homeless people have been disproportionately hit by council budget cuts. Councils
across England have slashed funding for single homeless people support services
by more than a quarter since the last election. Research using the Freedom of
Information Act by Inside Housing found 77 local authorities cut a total of
£34m from their housing-related support budgets for homeless individuals
between 2010/11 and 2013/14 - a drop of 26 per cent. The findings will fuel
fears that councils are slashing non-statutory services hard to shore up their
budgets in the face of funding cuts. Read more on Inside Housing.
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