Homelessness
Nineteenth century convent transformed into eco-friendly homeless centre
New project will enable families to move onto independent living within the community
By Alex Johnson | Property | Thursday, 6 December 2012 at 9:52 am
‘Homelessness does not just happen to vulnerable people’
If someone had told me last Christmas that my two-year-old son and I would be a Statutory Homeless and our home would be repossessed by Christmas 2012, I would’ve laughed in total disbelief and wished them a merry Christmas.
By Joanne Brooks | Notebook | Thursday, 6 December 2012 at 6:00 am
Despite FSA protections we face a wave of homelessness
FSA’s plans to protect homeowners from dodgy sale and rent back agreements are admirable, but they won’t do anything to prevent a wave of homelessness hitting the country in the coming months and years.
This will be because the government is capping housing benefit, which will eventually leave it inadequate to help pay for accommodation of [...]
By Sean O'Grady | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Friday, 25 June 2010 at 2:56 pm
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