Homeless children are in some cases spending their entire childhoods in temporary accommodation across London, and are even living alongside pensioners well...
Tag - homelessness
There were more children in Islington living in short-term housing last year, new figures show.
Spending towards temporary housing for the homeless in Islington increased significantly since 2018-19, new figures show.
More people were sleeping rough on the streets of Islington last autumn, new estimates show.
The number of homeless women recorded by Islington Council rose by 36 per cent between 2023 and 2024, as councillors warn the current support system for rough...
Sadiq Khan has warned that rough sleeping in London will “get worse before it gets better”, as he pursues his goal of ending street homelessness in the capital...
Islington Council has drafted a new action plan to support its unhoused residents, after it emerged that the number of rough sleepers in the borough...
Twice as many people are sleeping rough on Islington’s streets since this time last year, the latest data reveals.
The number of households receiving Universal Credit in Islington hit by the Government's benefit cap has soared, new figures show.
Nearly 1,600 households are in temporary accommodation in Islington, the council has said, as a group of London authorities warn the Treasury about...
How Action Against Food Poverty is making a difference, one conversation at a time
Islington Council has approved a £16 million budget for its Young People’s Supported Accommodation Pathway as it hopes to secure a further 100 housing units to...
The Government’s failure to end rough sleeping in England over the last five years is largely due to the knock-on impacts of Covid, Michael Gove has argued.
Action Against Food Poverty (AAFP) provides essential mental health support for the homeless and people in need, through our weekly walks, food and...
More than 100 refugee households were facing homelessness in Islington in the last quarter of 2023, new figures show.
Islington Council needs millions of pounds in extra funding to help every young person facing homelessness, new research suggests.
Sadiq Khan on Monday pledged to “eliminate” rough sleeping in London by 2030 – despite the number of people living on the streets having risen significantly...
There have been hundreds of prosecutions in London for begging and rough sleeping over the past five years, figures show.
More than a dozen people were sleeping rough in Islington last year, new estimates show.
An investigation by Matt Ingham
Sadiq Khan has expanded rough sleeping services in London, as new figures show another rise in the number of homeless people on the capital’s streets.
Sadiq Khan has activated an emergency protocol aimed at taking rough sleepers off the streets after temperatures plummeted across the capital.
Thousands of people in Islington will be homeless this Christmas, new estimates suggest.
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