This week I signed up to Shelter’s campaign to highlight the plight of homeless people this Christmas.
A new report from the housing and homelessness charity shows there is still a long way to go to solve the problems faced by people forced to sleep rough or stay in homeless hostels.
Despite setting up the Rough Sleepers Unit 10 years ago, the report shows the Government still does not provide enough specialist help, hostel places or ‘move on’ accommodation. This means many people remain trapped in unsuitable hostels without access to the support they need to turn their lives around.
A new report from the housing and homelessness charity shows there is still a long way to go to solve the problems faced by people forced to sleep rough or stay in homeless hostels.
Despite setting up the Rough Sleepers Unit 10 years ago, the report shows the Government still does not provide enough specialist help, hostel places or ‘move on’ accommodation. This means many people remain trapped in unsuitable hostels without access to the support they need to turn their lives around.
The report gives 10 recommendations to help street homeless people including increased support and outreach work; more hostel beds and better standards; and more social housing so that more people can be offered suitable move on accommodation.
I'm delighted to back Shelter’s campaign to highlight the plight of homeless people in Enfield this Christmas. As Chair of the All Party Group on Homelessness and Housing need, this is an issue that I am very involved in at Parliament. The desperate days of cardboard city might be a thing of the past, but dealing with homelessness is not just about putting a roof over someone’s head. People need support and advice to deal with their problems. And most of all, they need decent and affordable accommodation to ‘move on’ to.
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