The conditions in which many statutorily homeless people live are frequently sub-optimal. Everyone has an anecdotal story of a family of...
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The Guardian article written by Amelia Gentleman that appeared in the paper on 27th April 2020 gave a compelling account of the immediate...
The onset of Covid-19 gave rise to a massive effort to provide health care services and accommodation for homeless persons. This...
A report from the office of the Children’s Commissioner for England has found that thousands of homeless children are growing up in...
In Samuels v Birmingham CC [2019] UKSC 28 the Supreme Court has given important guidance about when accommodation is “affordable” for the...
Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman finds fault in the way that a homeless applicant was accommodated out of the borough even though...
B&B accommodation has long been recognised to be unsuitable for families. It caters only for very short-term stays, will generally...
It is long-standing government policy that "B&B accommodation is not to be regarded as suitable for applicants with family commitments"...