Government Housing Benefit rules for 18-21 year olds spells 9,000 more homeless warns Charity
Removing housing benefit from young people could see 9,000 left unable to access accommodation and placed at risk of homelessness, a charity has estimated. On Friday, the government unveiled regulations which will remove the housing benefit element of Universal Credit from those aged between 18 and 21. It provided a Continue Reading
Exposure – Life and Death in a Homeless Hostel
“They treat us as though we’re just nobodies. We’re one step away from the gutter.” – John, supported housing resident. This new documentary in the Exposure Current Affairs strand goes undercover to investigate the troubled world of supported housing. Footage secretly filmed in hostels for vulnerable people around Britain finds Continue Reading
Government backs Homelessness Reduction Bill
24 October 2016 2:48 pm | By Carl Brown courtesy : Inside Housing Journal) The government will support the Homelessness Reduction Bill, the communities secretary has announced.Sajid Javid, in parliament today, confirmed ministers will back the bill, which would impose duties on councils to prevent homelessness. Ministers had previously said Continue Reading
Church warns of unfair sanctions against those experiencing mental heath problems
The Methodist Church in England fears that people with mental health problems are experiencing sanctions on their benefits at a possible rate of 100 people a day, more than claimants suffering other conditions, according to figures presented to them by the DWP. In March last year 4,500 people who are Continue Reading
Trapped in Supported Housing
A new report published by the YMCA has found that young people are increasingly finding themselves trapped in supported housing. The report “Delayed Until Further Notice” published today found that many young people currently in supported housing projects are ready to move out of this environment but are unable to Continue Reading
Universal credit legislation may force tenants into debt in recovering rent arrears
Changes to legislation concerning rent arrear recovery through universal credit will claw 20% from non-housing increment of UC and could mean tenants seeking loans from loan sharks and the problem of mismanagement of remainder of their benefits and debt housing and social housing providers warned . http:// http://m.insidehousing.co.uk/regulation/scale-of-arrears-clawback-plan-sparks-fears/7006926.article
