Homelessness as Policy Choice: Blog for The York Policy Engine

TY - GEN

T1 - Homelessness as Policy Choice

T2 - Blog for The York Policy Engine

AU - Pleace, Nicholas

AU - Snell, Carolyn Jane

PY - 2024/3/4

Y1 - 2024/3/4

N2 - Thirty-seven of England’s leading homelessness charities and service providers wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 27th February to inform him that many homelessness services are at the point of collapse. This news just preceded two announcements on 29th February, that rough sleeping had increased by 27% in England while homeless households in temporary accommodation had reached the highest level ever recorded. Billions are being spent on the effects of homelessness each year in England, so how has such a desperate failure of policy occurred?

AB - Thirty-seven of England’s leading homelessness charities and service providers wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 27th February to inform him that many homelessness services are at the point of collapse. This news just preceded two announcements on 29th February, that rough sleeping had increased by 27% in England while homeless households in temporary accommodation had reached the highest level ever recorded. Billions are being spent on the effects of homelessness each year in England, so how has such a desperate failure of policy occurred?

KW - Homelessness

KW - Cost of living crisis

KW - Fuel poverty

M3 - Other contribution

ER -