An estimated 103,000 young people approached their local
council last year because they were homeless or at risk. Centrepoint has
launched the biggest capital investment plan in its fifty-year history to
deliver 300 new modular homes across London and Greater Manchester by 2021 to
help young people into affordable accommodation, training, and employment. The
charity’s own report revealed the extent at which the precarious balance
between gig economy work and benefits tips too many people into homelessness. According
to the survey, 42% of respondents encountered difficulties with their benefit
claim when in precarious employment, with a further 38% saying their income was
not enough to cover their rent. Read more on 24housing.
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With private-sector villainy and public-sector complicity, what makes this
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