Charities Call On Government To Fix £1bn Hole In Homelessness Services

Nine years of government cuts have left local services for single homeless people with a £1bn a year funding gap, according to research commissioned by St Mungo’s and Homeless Link. The charities are warning that cuts to council budgets are leaving increasing numbers of people at risk on the streets, and calling on the Government to act now to make up the funding shortfall - or face missing its target of ending rough sleeping by 2027. The report, Local Authority Spending on Homelessness,  shows that council spending on support for single homeless people in England fell by 53% between 2008-9 and 2017-18, almost £1bn less a year compared to ten years ago. Download the report from the St Mungos website.

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