Blogs

News and opinion from Homeless Link and across the sector. If you have a story you'd like to share with us, please get in touch. Views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of Homeless Link.

What's it worth?
Rachel Coffey in From the Team
1 day 11 hours ago
Can you put a price on the indignity of spending a night in a doorway? Is it possible to analyse the financial value of having your own home? Some...
Taking a step to prevent homeless patients returning to the streets
Helen Mathie in From the Team
1 week 4 days ago
The news that the Department of Health is going to invest £10m to improving the care that homeless patients receive once they are discharged...
Are local authorities prepared for Welfare Reform?
Rachel Coffey in From the Team 4 weeks 6 days ago
Almost everyone experiencing homelessness in England will be affected by the current raft of changes to the welfare system - but are local...
What does it take to change financial behaviour?
Steve Round in From the Sector 5 weeks 6 days ago
Welfare reform has set us on a journey of changes to the benefit system, with the ultimate fall out for individuals being argued over by many...
Universal Credit test launch delayed
Paul Anderson in From the Team 6 weeks 3 days ago
The Government’s “flagship”  Universal Credit Pathfinder was due to launch in 4 areas  (Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham,...
Not another plaque on the wall
Danny Maher in From the Sector 7 weeks 10 hours ago
In the homelessness sector, there's always a risk of complacency - to believe we are good at what we do, simply because our rhetoric says we...
Dashboard Flashing Red On Homeless Numbers
Jacqui McCluskey in From the Team 8 weeks 3 days ago
The latest Government figures on statutory homelessness in England show that 29,060 applications were made to councils for help with homelessness...
Picturing homelessness
Jon Dean in From the Sector 8 weeks 6 days ago
As a university lecturer, trying to engage first year students with complex social problems of which they have little experience, I often ask them...
Benefit Cap national roll-out update
Paul Anderson in From the Team 10 weeks 2 days ago
Last week the Government expanded on their plans for nationwide implementation of the Benefit Cap. "All other Local Authorities will...
Who understands the value of your work?
in From the Team 11 weeks 2 days ago
While homelessness is rising, funding for services has fallen. More than 4,000 bed spaces have been lost across England, and rough sleeping has...
New landscape, new vision
Rick Henderson in From the Team 12 weeks 1 day ago
"If tomorrow you lose everything what will it take to rebuild your life?" This is the question we put to ministers and MPs who attended...
Three flavours of No Second Night Out
Martin Reed in From the Team 17 weeks 6 days ago
We often read about the major city launches of No Second Night Out projects - London and Liverpool in particular. We hear less about the smaller...