homelessness - first magazine for councillors

photo of homeless mum and young daughter holding a teddy bear sat on a single bed in temporary accommodation

Radical reforms

An ambitious strategy is needed to end homelessness and rough sleeping.

black and white photo of homeless mum and daughter in hoods looking sad and looking down

Early support to get ahead of homelessness

Like many councils across the UK, Chelmsford City Council faces rising homelessness and not enough social and affordable housing.

sad young boy sitting on bed in hotel room

Record number of children in temporary accommodation

by The Editorial Team

More than 164,000 children in England are currently living in temporary accommodation – the highest figure on record.

‘Unsustainable’ pressure from homelessness

by The Editorial Team

Record homelessness levels are placing unsustainable pressure on local authorities, the Commons’ Public Accounts Committee has warned.

Call to review temporary accommodation subsidy

by The Editorial Team

Government subsidies towards councils’ temporary accommodation costs – currently stuck at 2011 levels – need to be “urgently addressed” in the face of rising homelessness, the LGA has warned.

Photo of (l t r) Local Government Minister Jim McMahon, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, and LGA Chair Cllr Louise Gittins sitting together at a conference platform at LGA’s Smith Square offices

DPM: ‘I believe in local government’

by The Editorial Team

Local leaders quizzed government ministers about devolution, adult social care, homelessness, special needs education and transport, climate change and roads at last week’s LGA Councillors’ Forum.

Council spending on homelessness ‘triples’

by The Editorial Team

The percentage of councils’ total housing budget being spent on homelessness and temporary accommodation has more than tripled since 2015, according to LGA analysis.

Young, sad homeless man in hoodie and red sleeping bag sitting on floor against brick wall behind legs of passersby.

Youth homelessness pressures

by The Editorial Team

Councils in England face a £332 million shortfall in funding to tackle youth homelessness, the charity Centrepoint has claimed.

photo of different estate agents’ ‘to rent’ signs outside a terraced house in London

Reforming the private rental sector

by The Editorial Team

Delays to legislation ‘exacerbating homelessness’.

A homeless man sat facing Embankment bridge.

High homeless rates among Afghans

by The Editorial Team

More than a fifth (22 per cent) of Afghans who had been living in bridging hotels in England and Wales have presented to councils as homeless, an LGA survey has found.