Action needed to prevent people losing their homes
Stephen Holland in Press notices19 Jun 2014 - 11:38am
Homeless Link reacts to the latest homelessness numbers.
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Evaluation of Housing First in England
Stephen Holland in Press notices11 Jun 2014 - 3:55pm
With funding from Homeless Link's Future Ready Fund and the Greater London Assembly (GLA), an opportunity has arisen to work with service providers and produce an evaluation of eight Housing First projects in England.
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Government funding to tackle homelessness should be welcomed
Stephen Holland in Press notices10 Jun 2014 - 3:47pm
Today, the Government announced £65m in funding to help tackle homelessness in England.
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Help people sleeping rough, don't just move the problem on
in Blogs9 Jun 2014 - 10:25am
Our response to news reports about the use of metal spikes in the floor to discourage rough sleeping.
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Register to vote
Stephen Holland in Blogs5 Jun 2014 - 4:26pm
Last week, people across the UK woke up to hear the results of one of the most fiercely debated local elections for years, prompting detailed discussion and analysis. A significant aspect was the fact that only around 36% of the UK electorate turned...
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Tackle the affordable housing shortage
Stephen Holland in Press notices4 Jun 2014 - 4:14pm
In a speech today, Her Majesty the Queen pledged that the Government will increase housing supply and home-ownership by reforming the planning system, enabling new locally led garden cities and supporting small house building firms.
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Think like a landlord
Richard Lambert in Blogs29 May 2014 - 12:04pm
There are times when you wish your predictions wouldn't come true. It’s a dispiriting experience to have to tell the press and politicians that, just as our research told us they would, landlords are withdrawing from letting to tenants receiving...
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The Feed - passionate about food, passionate about people
in Features28 May 2014 - 12:15pm
Barry Allard is the founder of LEAP - a personal development programme in Norwich for people experiencing disadvantage and inequalities in health, housing and employment.
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Specified accommodation - from theory to practice
in Blogs19 May 2014 - 11:14am
Along with our colleagues at National Housing Federation, SITRA and Womens’ Aid, we recently ran a number of events to explore the introduction of the new category of housing known as Specified Accommodation.
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Everything to play for
Lindsey Horsfield in Features16 May 2014 - 11:44am
The Homeless Football Association (FA) believes that people experiencing homelessness have the potential to change their lives positively, and that football can facilitate this transformation. We use football to...
