Homeless disabled people are increasingly being turned
away by cash-strapped councils as officials find reasons to avoid treating them
as a priority, according to lawyers mounting a potentially landmark legal
challenge. This week the Supreme Court will consider decisions by local
authorities to deny housing to a man with learning difficulties and
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), another with mental and physical health
problems and a drug addict who has been homeless since 2005. Read more on the
Independent website.
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Charity says government must focus on securing housing for ex-prisoners if
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