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Morning Briefing: homelessness bodies join forces to lobby NHS on long-term plan
Charities call on the NHS for more specialist health interventions for homeless people, and a Grenfell Tower effigy causes widespread outrage
In the news
Homelessness charities are among 20 organisations calling for the NHS to include more support for rough sleepers in its long-term plan
In a letter to Simon Stevens, chief executive of the NHS, the organisations, including: Shelter, Homeless Link, Centrepoint, Crisis, St Mungo’s, and Thames Reach, called on the NHS to spend more on specialist health interventions for homeless people. It came as the Department for Health and Social Care published a green paper on plans to increase prevention of illness.
Elsewhere, there has been widespread outrage on social media and in the press over footage of a laughing group of men burning an effigy of Grenfell Tower, complete with paper ‘residents’, at a Bonfire Night event. The men’s actions were branded “completely unacceptable” by prime minister Theresa May. Five men have now been arrested, according to reports.
In other Grenfell news, a man who claimed more than £100,000 by pretending that he lived in Grenfell Tower has admitted to fraud, the Metro reports.
Elsewhere, the Grenfell Inquiry continues in London, you can read our latest daily update here.
Universal Credit is rarely out of the news, the latest, reported by Inside Housing, is that the deadline for submitting claims has been extended.
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The Express has published a guide to how Universal Credit works for claimants, while The Guardian is publishing concerns over the impact of the policy on foodbank use.
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has a new president and vice-president in place, following its annual general meeting yesterday.
More landlords will have to upgrade the efficiency of their coldest homes, in what has been described as a “partial climbdown” from the government, reports The Guardian.
The Yorkshire Post is reporting calls for home secretary Sajid Javid to “pause and listen” over concerns about asylum seeker housing.
In Brampton, Cambridgeshire a councillor is calling on the Ministry of Defence to free up empty homes to help ease the housing crisis, reports The Hunts Post.
In Edinburgh, Scotland a debate is raging over a proposed £50m development, in what The Guardian is calling the “battle for Edinburgh’s Leith Walk”. You can read the piece about it here.
On social media
Housing’s Twitterati have been praising outgoing CIH president Alison Inman and welcoming new president Jim Strang and vice-president Aileen Evans, who both officially began their roles yesterday:
So, say hello to your new @CIHhousing Presidential #DreamTeam @strangparkhead and @Bushbell
— Alison Inman (@Alison_Inman)
They are going to do you proud pic.twitter.com/GVO4R7k5TTSo, say hello to your new @CIHhousing Presidential #DreamTeam @strangparkhead and @Bushbell
— Alison Inman (@Alison_Inman) November 5, 2018
They are going to do you proud pic.twitter.com/GVO4R7k5TT
Welcome and good luck to @strangparkhead @and @Bushbell Thank you and well done for an amazing year as @CIHhousing President to my SHOUT friend and colleague @Alison_Inman Time to put your feet up for a few weeks t.co/e2Fubeej2H
— Tom Murtha (@tomemurtha)Welcome and good luck to @strangparkhead @and @Bushbell Thank you and well done for an amazing year as @CIHhousing President to my SHOUT friend and colleague @Alison_Inman Time to put your feet up for a few weeks https://t.co/e2Fubeej2H
— Tom Murtha (@tomemurtha) November 5, 2018
Official change of the guard for @CIHhousing President today. On behalf of all @CIHFutures it’s been an utter blast @Alison_Inman - grateful, awestruck, energised, proud of your efforts this year. @strangparkhead let’s boss 2019! #CIH #ukHousing
— Neil Goodrich 💚 (@NGoodrichHsg)Official change of the guard for @CIHhousing President today. On behalf of all @CIHFutures it's been an utter blast @Alison_Inman - grateful, awestruck, energised, proud of your efforts this year. @strangparkhead let's boss 2019! #CIH #ukHousing
— Neil Goodrich \uD83D\uDC9A (@NGoodrichHsg) November 5, 2018
What’s on
- The National Housing Federation is hosting an event called Working Together for Great Homes in the East Midlands, in Nottingham today
- The Grenfell Inquiry continues in London
