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Morning Briefing: homeless person ‘dies every 19 hours’
Homeless people are dying at a rate of one every 19 hours across the UK, figures published this morning have shown
In the news
The Independent reports today on data gathered by the Museum of Homelessness, which reveals that at least 235 people have died while homeless in the past six months.
More than 30% are thought to have died while in emergency or temporary accommodation.
The same paper runs a story on research commissioned by Keepmoat Homes which found that the average adult will spend more than £63,000 in rent before they buy their first home – more than a quarter of the average UK house price.
In other news, The Guardian claims that Southern Housing Group has informed social tenants evacuated from a Barking block of flats during a huge fire in June that they will no longer receive financial support to stay in alternative accommodation and must return to their flats.
Inside Housing reported earlier this week on residents’ concerns about the rehousing process.
Scotland’s Daily Record reports on figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions yesterday, which show sanctions were imposed on 256,000 Universal Credit claimants between May and April last year.
Elsewhere, Kent Online reports that Sevenoaks District Council will submit a local plan accounting for fewer homes than prescribed by the government’s objectively assessed housing need.
The Conservative council hopes its plan, which seeks to deliver 83% of the homes assessed as being needed, will be accepted by ministers in view of the fact that 93% of the district is green belt.
In other planning-related news, Wales Online reports that across 25 housing schemes in Cardiff, developers only paid out £3.75m of the £21m initially requested by the council through Section 106 agreements ahead of viability assessments.
A housing charity in Lancashire has gone into liquidation, according to the Lancashire Post, leaving the stability of “at least” 150 vulnerable tenants in doubt.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has called on government to strengthen the legal requirements to make housing providers document safety information about their buildings and share it with residents, per The Bolton News.
Examiner Live runs a story on the poor quality of a home offered by Kirklees Council to a young mother left homeless after fleeing domestic abuse.
And finally, Orkney Housing Association has agreed to gift land for three new homes to a local development trust hoping to attract more people to the archipelago, The Press and Journal reports.
On social media
Would be great to see #ukhousing start to take this agenda more seriously t.co/I9Mvqcw717
— Alison Inman (@Alison_Inman)Would be great to see #ukhousing start to take this agenda more seriously https://t.co/I9Mvqcw717
— Alison Inman (@Alison_Inman) August 13, 2019
Last night, Homelessness Minister @LukeHall joined staff from @StMungos on an outreach walk in #Bristol to see how they support people who are #roughsleeping in the UK’s eighth-largest city pic.twitter.com/siiwlMg03R
— Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Govt (@mhclg)Last night, Homelessness Minister @LukeHall joined staff from @StMungos on an outreach walk in #Bristol to see how they support people who are #roughsleeping in the UK’s eighth-largest city pic.twitter.com/siiwlMg03R
— Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Govt (@mhclg) August 14, 2019
