BY ANDREW MOODY The first time I was homeless, I openly slept in parks in East London, dehydrated and exhausted from sleep deprivation. The second time I was homeless, that wasn’t an option: I’d have been murdered. Once you’ve been homeless enough times, you have to be streetwise, or else you’re dead. Luckily for me… Read More Down & Out in London
According to the homeless charity Crisis, last year 57, 740 households were accepted as homeless in England. In Scotland, 28,226 applications were assessed as homeless and in Wales 7,128 households were threatened with homelessness. Homeless people are over nine times more likely to take their own life than the general population. On average, homeless people in… Read More Hidden Homelessness
People are sleeping rough in parked cars and barns in the countryside because the stigma attached to homelessness in rural areas is “much stronger” than in cities, a new report says. According to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank, the “hidden crisis” of homeless people in England’s countryside is… Read More Rural Homelessness on the Rise
Our rural homelessness campaign continues with an interview by the charity’s Chair, Dominic Wightman, of a homeless lady who lives day to day and hand to mouth in a tent with her dog. She’s bright, she’s eloquent, she’s brave and really she shouldn’t be homeless in 21st Century Britain; in the sixth richest country on… Read More Rural Homelessness Interview
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