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The Building-Block Foundational Human Rights

A: Absolute Right to Live in Clean, Healthy, Safe and Natural Environment
B: Absolute Right to Breathe Natural, Fresh, Clean and Safe Air
C: Absolute Right to Necessary Nutritional Balanced Food and Drink
D: Absolute Right to Free Medical Care at the Point of Need
E: Absolute Right to an Absolute Home
F: Absolute Right to Free Degree-Level Education and Life Long Learning
G: Absolute Right to Guaranteed Social Care
H: Absolute Right to a Universal Income
I: Absolute Right to a Job
J: Absolute Right to Dignified Civic and Human Funeral Paid Through by Universal Income

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Ending Rough Sleeping Is Possible When Political Will and Determination Are Brought to Deliver: NAO Investigation Into the Housing of Rough Sleepers in England During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Everyone In Should Be Regarded as a Considerable Achievement: The Rehousing of 33,000 Rough Sleepers in the Early Stages of COVID-19 Demonstrates What Can Be Done When Central Government Local Authorities and Voluntary Organisations Work Together to Respond to an Extremely Urgent Priority

 

 

|| Friday: January 15: 2021 || ά. This National Audit Office:NAO Report establishes the facts on how the UK Government has provided accommodation for rough sleepers during COVID-19. On Thursday, March 26, 2020, during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government launched its ‘Everyone In’ campaign. Everyone In required local authorities to take urgent action to house rough sleepers and those at risk of rough sleeping in order to protect public health and stop wider transmission of COVID-19.

Central Government policy responsibility for tackling homelessness sits with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, while the delivery of services to support homeless people sits with local authorities. This investigation is part of a programme of work NAO is undertaking to support the Parliament’s scrutiny of the Government’s response to COVID-19. In this report NAO sets out the steps, taken by the relevant Department in rehousing rough sleepers in England during the pandemic, focusing, particularly, on the steps, taken at the outset of the pandemic; the information held by the Department on those at risk of rough sleeping; and subsequent steps, that the Department has taken to provide long-term accommodation to those at risk of rough sleeping.

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Rough-Sleeping Must Come to an End in England: £105 Million to Keep Rough-Sleepers Safe and Off the Streets During the Pandemic

 

 

|| Wednesday: June 24: 2020|| ά. Interim housing for thousands of rough sleepers to be taken off the streets during the pandemic is to be provided, UK ministers have announced. The additional £105 million will be used to support rough sleepers and those at risk of homelessness into tenancies of their own, including, through help with deposits for accommodation and securing thousands of alternative rooms, already available and ready for use, such as student accommodation.

The funding unveiled today takes the total amount provided this year by government to support rough sleepers and those on the brink of becoming homeless to over half a billion pounds. But these are ‘temporary good’ efforts but they are still sticking plasters. These do not end rough-sleeping, which is an absolute high-cruelty, done to citizens of a country, who by virtue of being thrown into the streets, face the clear and real disenfranchisement because it, effectively, make them ‘uncitizens’ of their own country, nation and people they are supposed to be a part of. The government must come up with clear a strategy, not ambition, not aspiration, not Paris Plaster but real and clear commitment and strategy to bring in a legislation to end rough-sleeping statutorily in England for good. It is absolutely unacceptable that in the fifth richest economy of the world, there should be citizens of this country, let to rough-sleep and suffer and die in their hundreds every year. This must come to an end and it must happen now.

Rough-sleeping is an absolute high-cruelty and it is not compatible with any human rights law nor is it compatible with the ‘natural justice foundation’ of English and British law. People are not sleeping rough because the UK and England can not afford to bring an end to this; people are forced to rough-sleep and suffer because the political forces in the government do not have the will to bring an end to this. And, this again, brings into focus the rough-sleepers becoming non-citizens so that they have no fixed abode and who care about those, who are not fixed-placed citizens, who, despite having votes and who can vote, won’t vote. Even, though, rough-sleepers do not lose their votes, when people are struggling for each breath in the mercy of elements there the world and everything in it go hay-wire. It is time that no citizens of England and the UK must be rendered non-citizens by virtue of their being thrown onto the streets to suffer, rough-sleeping.

However, this government-led drive has brought together councils, charities, the private hospitality sector and community groups with the joint aim of protecting some of the most vulnerable people in society from COVID-19 and helping them turn around their lives and get them off the streets for good. It has come during one of the most challenging periods the country has ever faced as a nation.

The announcement comes as plans to provide 6,000 long-term, safe homes continue at pace, to ensure the work being done to take society’s most vulnerable off the streets during the pandemic has a lasting impact. Last month, the government unveiled transformative plans to support thousands of rough sleepers, currently housed in emergency accommodation to move on to more sustainable, long-term housing, with 3,300 additional supported homes to be provided this year.

A further £16 million is, also, being provided so that vulnerable people currently in emergency accommodation can access specialist help they need for substance misuse issues, in order to rebuild their lives and move towards work and education.

The Housing Secretary, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP said, ‘’In recent months, I have seen a huge effort across the country to keep, almost, 15,000 vulnerable people off the streets. This has been vital to ensure their safety during the peak of the pandemic and has changed the lives of thousands for the better. The additional funding announced today will allow us to continue to support these individuals, giving them access to the accommodation and support they need now while we continue with plans to deliver thousands of long-term homes in the coming months. Together, this takes the funding provided by government for vulnerable rough sleepers and those at risk of becoming homeless to over half a billion this year, an unprecedented commitment as we move towards ending rough sleeping for good.’’ Indeed, this must be an urgent and unqualified commitment: to end rough-sleeping for good. The sooner the better.

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury Mr Steve Barclay MP said, ‘’It’s vital we do everything we can to support the most vulnerable people in society, especially, during challenging times like these.  This funding will not only mean that thousands of rough sleepers continue to have a roof over their head but, it, also, provides a platform to unlock new opportunities to improve their lives for the better.’’

The Chair of the COVID-19 Rough Sleeping Taskforce, Dame Louise Casey said, ‘’Everyone in’ has been an extraordinary effort from councils, charities and many others to provide a safe haven for almost 15,000 homeless people, who were either on the streets or at risk of rough sleeping during this COVID-19 pandemic. I want to thank again the hotels and other providers, who have opened their doors to some of the most vulnerable people in society at this most difficult time.    We now have an extraordinary opportunity to help keep them in and turn their lives around, if, we get the next steps right. I am clear that there can now be no going back to the streets as people begin to move on from the emergency accommodation, that has been put in place.’’ 

The government is committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament and has taken steps to protect thousands of vulnerable rough sleepers and those at risk of becoming homeless through the pandemic, including:

Working collaboratively across government and with councils, health providers and charities, to offer emergency accommodation to, almost, 15,000 vulnerable people, known to councils at the beginning of the pandemic.

 Accelerating plans to put in place over 6,000 new supported homes as a landmark commitment to end rough-sleeping, backed by  £433 million of government funding, with 3,300 of these becoming available in the next 12 months.

An initial £03.2 million, given to councils at the beginning of the pandemic so they could take immediate action to support rough sleepers off the streets and a further £03.2 billion of additional funding to help with the immediate pressures councils are facing.

The creation of the new Rough Sleeping Taskforce, led by Dame Louise Casey, which will lead the next phase of the government’s support for rough sleepers during the pandemic.

These figures are for England only but would result in up to £19.8 million of Barnett consequentials for the devolved administrations. The £105 million is made up of £85 million of new funding from HM Treasury and £20 million from refocusing existing homelessness and rough-sleeping budgets.

The additional £16 million for substance misuse is money, already, announced but brought forward due to the challenges of the pandemic. This takes the total funding for substance misuse this year to £23 million. In April the Communities Secretary appointed Dame Louise Casey to spearhead a specialist taskforce to lead the next phase of the government’s support for rough sleepers during the pandemic.

The taskforce is working hand-in-hand with councils, charities, faith groups and other partners across the country on plans to ensure rough-sleepers can move into safe accommodation once the immediate crisis is over.

The taskforce is, also, ensuring that the thousands of rough-sleepers now in accommodation continue to receive the physical and mental health support they need over the coming weeks and months.

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Now That Henry Cleary Sets His Records Standing Parallel to the Original Greek Marathon Runner He Invites You to Join His Records by Supporting His Funds for the Rough Sleepers for He Would Like the Charity Crisis He Is Supporting to See Rough Sleeping Ended

 

 

 

|| Sunday: May 10: 2020 || ά. This seven-year old loves Star Wars and in this young age has enough humanity in him to empathise and feel compassion in his heart for the plight of human beings, forced onto sleep and suffer on the street, rough sleeping, for which he decided to beat the Greek Marathon Runner’s original records by becoming, probably, the youngest one it the history of this race  and has begun running his Marathon, that he intended to complete in ten days to raise funds for the homeless charity, Crisis. He intends this fund to help Crisis provide vital and life-saving support to people, who are rough sleeping in this corona virus pandemic.

Master Henry Cleary, from Stoke Poges, Bucks, set himself the challenge to run a Marathon, running 02.6 miles every day and has already notched up £4,000 in donations in less than a week. Master Cleary says, “I was inspired by Captain Tom to take up a challenge, that would be really, really tough. I researched charities on Google and found Crisis. They want to end homelessness and keep people off the streets after corona virus and that’s exactly what I want to help them do.” He has not only been able to complete his Marathon well in advance but, also, proved that there is such a thing, called, civic society, despite being in lockdown. Because they cheered him on and supported him from their homes along his route every day, as did his little sister Ms Beatrice, riding along on her bike.

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Every morning at 11 o'clock Master Henry sets off around his village to the sound of neighbours clapping and cheering to send him on his way. Hundreds of villagers now line the streets and cheer from their doorsteps as he runs his 02.6-mile route.

Master Cleary’s mother Ms Emily says, “We are so proud of our amazing little boy. We know that he will put his heart and soul into achieving this goal and raising as much money as possible. Saturday was, particularly, tough in the heat and he really hit 'the wall' but he amazed everyone and kept going. He was elated when he turned into our road at the end to rapturous applause.

“Henry and his sister Beatrice have always been concerned about rough sleepers. They have both donated toys for homeless children in the past and always think of others. They’re very caring kids and we’re incredibly proud of what Henry’s doing. Beatrice will, of course, be cheering him on every day and riding alongside on her scooter when she can.”

Master Henry Cleary was expected to complete the challenge today, Sunday. He was running a little over his target every day in the hope that he could beat the odds and finish on Saturday. Locals are clubbing together to plan a surprise socially-distant celebration at the finishing line.

Henry has already raised over £4,000 and you can boost this by sponsoring him here

 

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Once Brought Into Existence These Humanical Rights Will End All of Capitalism's High-Cruelties High-Brutalities and High-Barbarities to an End Overnight

A: Absolute Right to Live in Clean, Healthy, Safe and Natural Environment
B: Absolute Right to Breathe Natural, Fresh, Clean and Safe Air
C: Absolute Right to Necessary Nutritional Balanced Food and Drink
D: Absolute Right to Free Medical Care at the Point of Need
E: Absolute Right to an Absolute Home
F: Absolute Right to Free Degree-Level Education and Life Long Learning
G: Absolute Right to Guaranteed Social Care
H: Absolute Right to a Universal Income
I: Absolute Right to a Job
J: Absolute Right to Dignified Civic and Human Funeral Paid Through by Universal Income

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End Homelessness: The ONS Initiative to Better Gather Data and Evidence For Policy-Makers For a World Without Homelessness: That Eats Away the Fabrics of a Civic Society

 

|| Thursday: February 13: 2020: Rachel McSweeney and Andrea Lacey Writing || ά. The ONS has been involved in an important new initiative, bringing together data from across government to better measure and map the factors that influence homelessness. These new indicators will give policy makers a deeper insight into the complexities of this serious social issue.

At the ONS, we want to harness the power of data to help policy makers make decisions which can improve the lives of vulnerable people in our society. Working with other like-minded organisations allows us to share skills and expertise to create tools which can have real impact. As a What Works Centre, CHI created the SHARE framework aiming to monitor progress towards ending homelessness and early last year, asked ONS to help develop the indicators. This was an opportunity to show how collaborative working can help solve policy issues.

ONS brought significant experience in developing indicator frameworks, understanding social challenges and analysing and visualising varied datasets. CHI, on the other hand, offered the ability to draw on expertise from their network of practitioners and policy makers, researchers, the third sector and people with experiences of homelessness and this project benefitted greatly by using this collective wisdom.

The project started by reviewing the literature on the causes of homelessness and speaking to experts in the field. This taught us that there are many factors to consider when it comes to homelessness and who may be at risk. Some people are more vulnerable to changes in conditions, such as, people, who’ve experienced a relationship breakdown and, particularly, those, who have been victims of adverse childhood experiences or violence. This initiated the development of a framework of what must be measured, if, we’re to fully understand homelessness. This initial idea went out for consultation in May 2019, we had a fantastic response from over 500 people and their feedback helped shape the framework.

The issue of homelessness is complex and this platform brings together data on different concepts, from employment and housing availability to financial well-being and social attitudes. Alongside CHI, we’ve worked closely with data experts to make sure we understand the considerations of each data set used.

Each country in the UK collects data about homelessness differently. The ONS has worked on bringing together data on homelessness and the ability to compare different sources, however, there was no central place, that collated figures on topics relating to those at risk of homelessness.

The strength of this approach is that decision makers can form a fuller picture instead of considering interlinked concepts in isolation. Much of the data contained in the platform isn’t new but, the value of this platform and working with CHI, has been to bring the statistics together and to the front line of policy debate.

The need to work across government on this project is clear and providing the link between CHI and data experts has been a key part of this work.  This platform is something, that sits alongside official statistics; it is not a replacement but, a tool, which brings statistics together on a multitude of topics from across the UK in one helpful place and puts them in a wider context.

It was a challenge to find data for every proposed indicator and there is still more work to do but, no indicator set is ever ‘finished’ and the release of the platform is the beginning rather than the end of the conversation. There are gaps to fill, breakdowns to produce and more accurate measures to find.

We will continue to work with analysts across government, the wider sector and CHI to make sure we continue to expand the evidence base to give experts the best possible chance of understanding all the factors, which have an impact on homelessness. CHI work in a very responsive way, therefore, are always interested to know what other data can be included.

To provide feedback on the platform, you can contact us at gss.housing@ons.gov.uk or CHI directly at feedback@homelessnessimpact.org.

This project has been incredibly rewarding and, we hope, this platform goes some way to helping to create lasting change to the pressing issue of homelessness in our country. 

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The Report on ‘For a World Without Homelessness’ of the Centre for Homelessness Impact  

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Rough Sleeping Homelessness Is High-Cruelty: End It Now

 



|| December 18: 2018 || ά. The Mayor of London, Mr Sadiq Khan, praised Londoners for donating to homelessness charities, as the amount raised by his winter rough sleeping campaign topped £78,000 in just two weeks. Mr Khan’s comments followed his visit, on the evening of December 14, to his new ‘Staging Post’ for rough sleepers in Southwark, where he met outreach workers and those, who had benefitted from the service. The service, part of the ‘No Second Night Out’ programme and funded by extra money the Mayor has secured from national Government, offers rough sleepers short-term accommodation and in-depth support to help them stay off the streets.

Mr Khan launched his winter rough sleeping campaign a fortnight ago with 35 new ‘TAP London’ contactless donation points across the capital. Since then, another 18 points have been put in place and Londoners have already used them 2,581 times, alongside, donations on the campaign’s GoFundMe page, to donate to the London Homeless Charities Group, a coalition of 22 charities tackling homelessness in the capital. Londoners have, also, responded to Mr Khan’s call to help connect those sleeping rough with outreach workers and vital services by using the StreetLink app and website. 1,474 referrals have, already, been made to StreetLink in the last fortnight.

In addition, Londoners are stepping up to volunteer and help this vital cause in any way they can, with over 450 expressing an interest in opportunities via the Team London website since Mr Khan launched his campaign. Team London is the Mayor’s volunteering programme, offering Londoners a range of volunteering opportunities across the capital, from one-off events to longer-term commitments.

The campaign is part of Mr Khan’s efforts to boost rough sleeping services in the capital, including, through using funding he has secured from national Government to double the size of City Hall’s street outreach team. The Mayor has, also, agreed with London councils that severe weather shelters will now open London-wide, if, the temperature is predicted to drop below zero anywhere in the capital. Previously, shelters were opened on a borough-by-borough basis, leading to patchy provision.

The new policy came into action as the Mayor opened emergency weather shelters across London, for the first time, this year, with temperatures dropping to zero or below in several boroughs across the capital. He has, also, worked with boroughs to sign up to the ‘In For Good’ principle , a promise that, when a rough sleeper goes to an emergency shelter, they will be accommodated there until a support plan is put in place to help them off the streets for good.

The Mayor of London, Mr Khan, said, ‘’Even, one person sleeping rough is one too many and it’s fantastic to see this year’s campaign get off to such a great start, with Londoners donating through the new TAP London contactless points and online. City Hall is doing everything we can to help rough sleepers, including, opening emergency shelters across the capital all at the same time as temperatures start to drop and expanding services to make sure people get the support they need to end their time on the streets.

We know members of the public want to help rough sleepers whenever they can and by referring any people they are concerned about to StreetLink, Londoners are making a real difference by connecting them with outreach workers. I urge Londoners to keep donating, keep referring to StreetLink and to support my calls on the Government to do more to stop the root causes of homelessness.”

Ms Petra Salva, the Director of Rough Sleeper, Offender and Migrants Services at St Mungo’s, said, “This was a welcome opportunity to introduce the Mayor to clients and staff at the Staging Post and tell him more about the service and how it links in with others across London.

It is vital to support people new to rough sleeping indoors as soon as possible, especially, as the weather gets colder and we’d encourage people to keep using the StreetLink web and app referral service, if, they are concerned about someone sleeping rough. These referrals mean that our and other outreach teams can connect people quickly into places such as NSNO and the Staging Post.

As one of the members of the London Homeless Charities Group, can we, also, thank the many generous Londoners, who have, already , upported this campaign. We will be putting the money we receive from the campaign this year into services, that help people tackling physical and mental health problems. People can face complex problems recovering from rough sleeping and homelessness but, with the right support at the right time, we know that people can and do, rebuild their lives.”

The Mayor invests almost £03.7 million every year into the No Second Night Out Service, which is run by St Mungo’s. This year, Mr Khan is, also, investing an additional £01.54 million of Government funding to expand the service, developing two new staging posts and a ‘floating hub’, which moves around London targeting rough sleeping hot spots with intensive, immediate support.

This is just one of the many services, run by the Mayor, funded from his £08.5 million a year rough sleeping budget and by the millions of pounds of additional funding he has secured from the Government. Last year the Mayor’s teams helped 5,000 rough sleepers and former rough sleepers and 86 per cent of those people were not seen on the streets again.

TAP London is set to roll out further contactless donation points across the capital, with more than 90 to be put in place throughout the winter.
Londoners can donate to the campaign via the Fund’s Go Fund Me page.

£7,743 has been donated through the TAP London contactless donation points. £23,576 has, also, been raised through donations on the London Homeless Charities Group’s online Go Fund Me page, as well as, a direct donation to the Group of £47,500 from The Berkeley Foundation.
The 53 TAP London contactless donation points are located at:
Westfield SB Empty Unit
Vodafone SB Westfield
Brompton Road
Vodafone ST Westfield
City Hall
Draughts Board Game Cafe
The Walrus
The Duke of Sussex
The Firestation
Union Street GLA
The Wellington, Hotel Wellington
Bar Elba
WeWork, 41 Corsham Street
WeWork, Moorgate
Westfield Shepherds Bush, Central Desk
Regent Street Local, Heddon House 149-151 Regent Street
Gentleman's Baristas, Building House
Regent Street Local, Heddon House 149-151 Regent Street
Westfield Shepherds Bush, Gift Hub
WeWork, 8 Devonshire Square
Protein Studio, 31 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EY
Regent Street Local, Heddon House 149-151 Regent Street
Westfield Shepherds Bush, Valet Desk
Curzon Bloomsbury
Regent Street Local, Heddon House 149-151 Regent Street
Regent Street Local, Heddon House 149-151 Regent Street
WeWork Finsbury Pavement
Acquavit, St James
Gentlemen's Baristas, The Jerwood Space Ltd., 171 Union St
Harold Pinter Theatre
City of London Information Centre, St Paul's Churchyard
Gentlemen's Baristas, 63 Union Street
WeWork Holborn
Bump and Grind
1 Stratford Place:Loading Bar
Crick Corner
Westfield Stratford Main Desk
Westfield Stratford Marks and Spencer Desk
Gentleman Baristas, 02
Curzon, Aldgate
Gentleman Baristas, Poplar
Gentleman Baristas, Park Street
Curzon Victoria
Curzon Mayfair:Curzon Soho
Lollipop
Jack's Bar Waterloo
Climpson and Sons, Broadway Market
Holy Shot Coffee, Bethnal Green
Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen
193 Piccadilly:empty unit
35 Monmouth Street, Seven dials:empty unit
Showcase, 12 Regent Street
Espresso Library, Southampton row
For more information on the Mayor’s rough sleeping services, visit.

TAP London received funding from the Mayor’s Rough Sleeping Innovation Fund, Berkeley Foundation and Heart of London Business Alliance. The technology is provided and developed by Good Box.

The funds raised from the Go Fund Me page and TAP London locations will feed into a single fund, which will be split equally between the 22 members of the London Homeless Charities Group and spent on services to tackle or prevent rough sleeping.

TAP London is a non-profit organisation, that seeks to tackle homelessness by using technology in new and innovative ways. www.taplondon.org. Donations are processed in less than half a second, donor’s details are encrypted and 100% of every donation made goes to the charities in the London Homeless Charities Group.

The Mayor’s Rough Sleeping Innovation Fund aims to stimulate new and innovative approaches to tackling rough sleeping in the capital. It offers grant funding to local authorities and organisations tackling rough sleeping, to pilot new ideas and develop new services in the sector.

If, you are concerned about someone you have seen sleeping rough you can use the Street Link website to send an alert.

The details you provide are sent to the local authority or outreach service for the area, in which you have seen the person, to help them find the individual and connect them to support.

The London Homeless Charities Group:LHCG is made up of 22 charities
The Albert Kennedy Trust
The Big Issue
Centrepoint
Connection at St Martins
Crisis
DePaul
Evolve
Homeless Action Barnet
Homeless Link
Housing Justice
Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness
Look Ahead
New Horizons Youth Centre
The Passage
Providence Row
Salvation Army
Shelter
SHP
St Mungo's
Thames Reach
West London Mission
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Homeless Households in Temporary Accommodation in England: 79,880 Households: 123,230 Children: This Marks the Twenty-Seventh Time That the Number of Households in Temporary Accommodation Has Risen Compared with the Same Quarter of the Previous Year: 54,540 of 79,880 Households Or 68% are in London: Will England Think of What Kind of Life Family Life, Childhood and Education These 123,230 Children are Receiving

 

 

|| July 29: 2018: || ά. This Briefing Paper provides background information on the increase in the number of homeless households, placed in temporary accommodation by English local authorities and outlines various initiatives and issues associated with this increased use of temporary accommodation. Local housing authorities in England have a duty to secure accommodation for unintentionally homeless households in priority need under Part Seven of the Housing Act 1996 as amended. And, will the country contemplate the utter, absolute and insane waste of public money in this ‘temporary accommodation fiasco of a system’: ‘’£01.1bn spent by English local authorities in 2015-16, £845 million was spent on temporary accommodation’’. And what purpose does it serve to waste this amount money while it does not resolve the problem of these homeless families, who, after the end of that financial year, still remain homeless in that same ‘waste-space-left-to-wither-away’ state?

The most recent official statistics, published on June 27 this year, recorded 79,880 households in temporary accommodation at the end of March 2018. This marks the twenty-seventh time, that the number of households in temporary accommodation has risen compared with the same quarter of the previous year. The 79,880 households include 123,230 children, representing a 65% increase since the first quarter of 2010. Of these households, 54,540, 68%, were placed in temporary accommodation in London. The number of families with dependent children placed in B and B-style accommodation increased from 630 at the end of March 2010 to 2,180 at the end of March 2018.

Households, might be, placed in temporary accommodation pending the completion of inquiries into an application or they, might, spend time waiting in temporary accommodation after an application is accepted until suitable secure accommodation becomes available. Official statistics published in December 2011 marked the end of the long-term downward trend in the number of households in temporary accommodation; seasonally-adjusted figures had fallen in each successive quarter since peaking in 2004.

Various initiatives have been pursued to try to limit the use of unsuitable B and B-type temporary accommodation. For example, local authorities have focused on securing private rented housing through lease agreements with private landlords. Authorities, particularly, in areas of high housing demand, argue that their ability to do this has been affected by Housing Benefit reforms, meaning that landlords can secure higher returns from letting their properties on the open market to non-Housing Benefit claimants; although, not all homeless applicants are in receipt of Housing Benefit.

One response has been for authorities to seek temporary accommodation outside of their own areas. There was a 250% increase in the number of households placed in temporary accommodation outside of their local authority between the first quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2018. Local authority expenditure on homelessness services, including, temporary accommodation, has ‘steadily increased since 2010’.

February 2016 saw the publication of research commissioned by London Councils from the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York, which identified specific issues for London authorities in securing temporary accommodation: "A perfect storm of market conditions and policy changes means that providing temporary accommodation for homeless individuals and families is increasingly challenging for London boroughs."

On December 17, 2015 the Communities and Local Government Select Committee launched an inquiry into the causes of homelessness, as well as, the approach taken by national and local government to prevent and tackle homelessness. The Committee asked for written evidence to be submitted by February 08, 2016. Some respondents submitted evidence calling for more flexibility in providing temporary accommodation outside of their local areas. The Committee’s report was published on August 18, 2016. The Committee called on the Government to initiate a ‘renewed, cross-Departmental Government strategy’.

The National Audit Office:NAO published a report on Homelessness in September 2017 in which it observed that of the £01.1bn spent by English local authorities in 2015-16, £845 million was spent on temporary accommodation:

Three-quarters of this spending, £638 million, was funded by housing benefit, of which £585 million was recovered from the Department for Work and Pensions. Spending on temporary accommodation has increased by 39% in real terms since 2010‑11. There is, also, a wider cost stemming from the impact of homelessness on public services, such as, healthcare. The Department does not have a robust estimate of this wider cost. 

The NAO recommended that: i: The Department should work with local authorities to ensure that they are making the most effective use of temporary accommodation. This work should include enabling local authorities to increase their use of the innovative short-term solutions, that they are taking; ii: The Public Accounts Committee’s:PAC December 2017 report, Homeless Households, observed that temporary accommodation is ‘often of a poor standard and does not offer value for money’.  The Committee recommended:

The Department should take steps to eliminate the use of non-decent temporary accommodation and to enable local authorities to replace this supply with local alternatives, that offer better value for money.

Commons Briefing papers SN02110: Authors: Wendy Wilson; Cassie Barton: Published on July 26, 2018

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All Citizens Must Have a Right to a Home for Life So That They are Proper Citizens of the Country They are Part Of to Which They Have No Connection Stake  Ownership or Relations Without That Home: Tackling Homelessness is About Making This True for Every Citizen: Now the Vast Majority of the People of This Country Do Not Have a Home of Their Own Including Those Who are Homeless of Various Kinds: Because Right to a Guaranteed Home for Life for All Citizens is a Foundational Human Rights

 

|| July 17: 2018 || ά. Housing First:HF is an alternative homelessness intervention strategy, aimed at people with complex needs, particularly, rough sleepers. This House of Commons Library paper describes the principles behind Housing First and outlines some of the evidence behind it. The paper, also, sets out how Housing First has developed in the UK and what support it has been offered by the governments of the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Traditional homeless interventions for people with complex needs usually require them to complete a series of steps to make them ‘housing ready’ before moving into their own accommodation. Proponents of HF argue that there is a high drop-out rate from these schemes; users can struggle to meet their strict requirements and, thus, risk becoming chronically homeless. Advocates of HF support the early provision of permanent housing, which provides a stable home from which it is easier to deal with other underlying issues, such as, substance abuse.

Unlike most traditional approaches, HF commits to support individuals for as long as they require, even, if, a person leaves HF accommodation. Proponents of the HF model do not argue that all current strategies should be replaced by Housing First; it is seen as a programme, particularly, for those with multiple needs and as a complement to a wide range of rough sleeping interventions.

The principles of HF were first developed in the USA, particularly, by the Pathways to Housing project established in New York City in 1992. Since then, HF has been used by organisations in Europe and adopted by several European governments as part of their homelessness strategies. Studies have suggested that these projects result in better housing retention rates amongst users with complex needs.

The Scottish, Welsh, Northern Ireland and UK Governments have all committed to exploring the model. In England, what is now the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:MHCLG funded a Housing First feasibility study in the Liverpool region, the results of which were published July 2017. The Autumn Budget 2017 committed £28 million to support three Government-sponsored pilots in the West Midlands, Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester. Funding allocations for the pilots were announced on May 09, 2018.

Increased interest in HF in England is taking place within the context of a growth in rough sleeping. Overall, the number of rough sleepers has increased by 169% from 1,768 in 2010 to 4,751 in 2017. The Government has a target of halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it by 2027; it is recognised that some innovative approaches to helping people with complex needs off the streets will need to be adopted.

The evidence base for the successes claimed by the HF approach has been subject to a certain amount of challenge. Questions have been asked about the quality of the evidence; there is also debate about several aspects of the HF model including:

Unfair depictions of traditional approaches which use, especially in the UK, many of the ideas behind Housing First.

Questions about the cost-effectiveness of a Housing First programme when compared to other models.

Difficulties in providing open-ended funding, finding accommodation and employing sufficient support staff.

Housing First’s ability to improve other outcomes, such as health, offending rates, substance abuse and so forth.

Commons Briefing papers CBP-8368: Authors: Alexander Bellis and Wendy Wilson: Published on July 17: 2018

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The State of the Statutory Homelessness in England

 

 

 

|| July 08: 2018 || ά. This piece is based on this parliamentary briefing paper, that provides statistics on statutory homelessness in England and explains the duties of local authorities to assist homeless households. The paper includes an overview of and comment on, Government policy in this area. Local authorities in England have a duty to secure accommodation for unintentionally homeless households, who fall into a ‘priority need’ category.  There is no duty to secure accommodation for all homeless people. For example, there is no statutory duty to secure housing for homeless single people and couples without children, who are not deemed to be vulnerable for some reason. And, this is where the ‘existing political acceptance’ of homelessness resides and thrives on so that the entire system is designed to find and make ways to ensure the state spends the least amount of money in ensuring people have homes.

No one speaks about this apparent ‘disgrace’ that the very laws, that are designed to support homeless people, yet, such laws spend so much time to find ways and means to ‘exclude and bar’ people from getting that help they need. Take this ‘intentional homelessness’ idea! Who on earth becomes internationally homeless! Who came up with this most absurd and most ridiculous idea! But it is in the law, which local authorities use or abuse to exclude people simply because they have been given very little resource to meet all the needs so they use this to simply shut people out. A homeless single person does not have a duty owed to her:him. Why is this? Are single people not humans? Are they not citizens of this state and this country? Then, why and how on earth the very law of this country says quite ‘lawfully’ that the country, its state and government do not have a duty owed to them! But this is how it is because the political parties do not want to commit to end homelessness and they would rather continue to support this awful state of the massive homelessness crises crippling lives.

Official statistics on statutory homelessness is published quarterly by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in March, June, September and December. In recent times, these bulletins have included statistics on local authority prevention and relief work. In June 2018, the MHCLG published a note setting out planned changes to the statutory homelessness statistics.

Local authorities are now required to submit case-level data to the Ministry via a new system called H-CLIC. H-CLIC provides data on individual people in each household, previously, only, household-level data was available. H-CLIC is, also, designed to capture local authorities’ prevention and relief activity under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. 

The financial year 2010:11 saw a 10% increase in homelessness acceptances by local authorities, representing the first financial year increase since 2003:4. Homelessness acceptances continued to rise over the following three years but fell by 03% between 2012:13 and 2013:14. The 2014:15 financial year recorded a further increase, with acceptances 36% higher than in 2009:10 but 60% below the peak in 2003:4).

The 2015:16 financial year saw acceptances increase by a further 06% on 2014:15 and the 2016:17 financial year recorded a 02% increase on the previous year. The figures for 2017:18 show a 05% reduction in acceptances on 2016:17.

Organisations such as Shelter and Crisis have long argued that the official statistics do not give a full picture of homelessness in England. The figures have excluded those, who are homeless but who do not approach a local authority for assistance and those, who do not meet the statutory criteria.

Local authorities had increasingly adopted informal responses to tackling homelessness, which resulted in households falling outside the official quarterly monitoring process. The Ministry has said that H-CLIC should ‘allow us to better understand the causes and effects of homelessness’.

The increase in statutory homelessness since 2009:10 is attributed to a number of factors, of which the most important is identified as the continuing shortfall in levels of new house building relative to levels of household formation. Housing Benefit reforms are, also, viewed as a contributory factor, particularly, in London.

In addition to contributing to levels of homelessness, local authorities in areas of high housing demand argue that benefit reforms are, also, making it more difficult for them to secure housing for eligible applicants. Homelessness Monitor: England 2017 said, ‘’Almost two thirds, 64%, of councils across England are struggling to find social tenancies for homeless people, while half find it 'very difficult' to assist applicants into privately rented accommodation.’’

The report, which includes evidence from 162 of England’s 326 local authorities, shows that councils are finding it, particularly, difficult to house homeless young people and large families, with 85% of responding councils having difficulties assisting single people aged 25-34 into accommodation and 88% finding it difficult to house large families.

The National Audit Office:NAO, 2017, determined that the impact of the Government’s welfare reforms on homelessness had not been evaluated: Homelessness in all its forms has significantly increased in recent years and at present costs the public sector in excess of £01 billion a year. It appears likely that the decrease in affordability of properties in the private rented sector, of which welfare reforms, such as, the capping of Local Housing Allowance are an element, have driven this increase in homelessness. Despite this, the government has not evaluated the impact of its welfare reforms on homelessness or the impact of the mitigations, that it has put in place.

The Public Accounts Committee, December 2017, said that the Government’s attitude to reducing homelessness ‘has been unacceptably complacent’. The Government responded to the PAC report in March 2018 and accepted several recommendations.

Homelessness arising from parents:friends:relatives being no longer willing or able to provide accommodation remains significant, as does homelessness arising from the breakdown of a violent relationship. However, the most frequently cited reason for loss of the last settled home is now the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy in the private rented sector. In the first quarter of 2018 this reason was behind 27% of all statutory homeless acceptances in England.

The Coalition Government declared tackling homelessness to be a key priority. A Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness was established which published Making every contact count: A joint approach to preventing homelessness, August 2012. March 2015 saw publication of Addressing complex needs: improving services for vulnerable homeless people, which summarises the work of the group since its inception in 2010.

The 2015 Government appointed the Minister for Local Government, Mr Marcus Jones, to head up the homelessness brief at what was then DCLG. Ms Heather Wheeler took over this role in January 2018.

The Government announced on December 12, 2015 that it would work with homelessness organisations and across government departments ‘to explore options, including, legislation, to prevent more people from facing a homelessness crisis in the first place’.

On December 17, 2015 the Communities and Local Government Select Committee launched an inquiry into the causes of homelessness, as well as, the approach taken by national and local government to prevent and tackle homelessness. The Committee’s report was published on August 18, 2016. The Committee identified significant variations in the level of service offered to homeless applicants by local authorities and called on the Government to initiate a ‘renewed, cross-Departmental Government strategy’. 

During summer 2015 Crisis established an independent panel of experts to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the current homelessness legislation in England. The panel’s findings were published in April 2016: The Homelessness legislation: an independent review of the legal duties owed to homeless people. The panel concluded that the case for reform was strong and favoured changes to place more emphasis on preventative work within a statutory framework, particularly, in relation to single people and childless couples. The annex to the report includes suggested amendments to the current legislative framework.

Mr Bob Blackman drew second place in the 2016 Private Members’ Bill Ballot. He introduced the Homelessness Reduction Bill 2016-17 on June 29, 2016. The Bill secured Government and cross-Party support and obtained Royal Assent on April 27, 2017. When fully in force the Act will require local authorities in England to place more emphasis on the prevention of homelessness.

More information on the Act can be found in these Library papers: Homelessness Reduction Bill 2016-17 and Homelessness Reduction Bill 2016-17: Progress in the Commons and Lords. The Act's provisions came into force on April 03, 2018. Local authorities are concerned that the additional funding the Government is making available, £72 million, will be insufficient to cover the cost of the new duties.

Duties owed to the non-statutory homeless are covered in the Library briefing paper entitled Rough Sleeping 02007. A separate paper focuses on the placement of statutorily homeless households in temporary accommodation 02110. For a collection of homelessness statistics for local authorities see local authority homelessness statistics England 07586. For an overview of statistical indicators see: Homelessness: Social Indicators 02646.

Local level data on homeless acceptances in England can be viewed using the Library's online tool: 07586.

There are increasing variations in approaches to homelessness in Scotland and Wales:  these variations are outlined in Comparison of homelessness duties in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 07201.

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