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The new edition of the London Atlas produced by the London Housing Federation in partnership with Homeless Link contains updated statistics on homelessness services and trends in each London Borough. An invaluable tool for everyone in the sector.

Amanda Dubarry, CEO at London based charity Your Place writes about how rising costs are influencing their services and the people they support.

This day marks a time to celebrate trans and non-binary people, to raise awareness of the discrimination faced by the community and an opportunity for allies to learn more about how they can support. We spoke to akt about their Trans Pathway Project.

The Illegal Migration Bill risks pushing thousands more people into homelessness and destitution

New plans include new powers for Police and local authorities to address rough sleeping and other street activity where it is causing a "public nuisance".

Lucy Campbell, Head of Multiple Disadvantage at Single Homeless Project, tells us about the work they are doing to challenge the systems that keep women’s rough sleeping unseen.

Homeless Link alongside Shelter have been commissioned by DLUHC to deliver a new 3-year programme which aims to build the capacity, skills, and knowledge of frontline staff and volunteers in England. This blog will summarise some of the resources we’ve delivered for the sector over the last year.

Beverly Munden, Senior Practitioner at BCHA, writes about how rising rents and frozen LHA rates mean supported housing services are struggling to help people move on to independent accommodation.

The letter called on the Government to "urgently unfreeze housing benefit"

Policy Manager Cat Tottie analyses the announcements made in the recent Spring Budget and what impact they will have on the homelessness sector.

The study, by academics at the University of Kent and the University of Southampton, on behalf of a coalition of rural charities and housing associations, shows rural areas being paid a fraction of what they need to tackle homelessness in their communities.

This is an update and briefing on the Private Members Bill currently making its way through Parliament, outlining the background to the Bill and the next steps.

Homeless Link responds to the Government's Spring Budget

Its Neurodiversity Celebration Week. This blog explains what neurodiversity is, why its important to the homelessness sector and points to some valuable resources to help your service to improve its inclusivity.

Homeless Link has signed a joint letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt with NCVO and other leaders across the charity sector. The letter calls for urgent action in next week's budget to help charities deal with increasing demand for their services during the cost of living of crisis and as energy prices spiral.

This International Women's Day, celebrate the achievements of women who are facing homelessness, raise awareness of challenges that are still there and take action. All from one blog!

3,069 people were estimated to be sleeping rough in England on any given night in 2022.

In the final episode of Series 2 of the Going Beyond Podcast, we speak with Alex, Viv, Lauren and Vicky from the National Practice Development Team at Homeless Link. We use this episode to reflect on the series as a whole, discuss the key messages, and talk about anything which resonated with us. ​

During this penultimate episode of series 2, we discuss the importance of reflective practice, not just as a stand-alone group session, but as something which is embedded within every day working life, with Nick Karr & Neal McArdle.

Rick Henderson, CEO of Homeless Link reports back on the changes we have made as a result of last year's annual member survey.