Councils Struggle To Find Homes For 40% Of People Since Introduction Of Homelessness Reduction Act

Nearly 40% of people who approached their council to secure housing since the introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) ended up in a worse or similar position, a new report by Crisis has found. Based on 984 surveys and 89 in-depth interviews, the report found that 373 individuals (38%) who approached their councils for help since the introduction of the HRA in 2017 either remained without housing or saw themselves moving from being housed to sleeping rough or sofa-surfing. Of those who said that their housing situation did not improve, 66% were single and 45% were single men. Download the report from the Crisis website.

https://www.crisis.org.uk/ending-homelessness/homelessness-knowledge-hub/services-and-interventions/a-foot-in-the-door-experiences-of-the-homelessness-reduction-act-2020/