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Homelessness could end within a decade


to the homeless charity Crisis. They also claim the policies could save the public purse billions of pounds. The charity estimates that there are currently 236,000 homeless people across England, Wales and Scotland, including those living in unsuitable temporary accommodation. It says this figure could double in the next 25 years. Fellow campaigning charity Shelter recently reported that more than 100,000 households in England had been on council waiting lists for housing for more than a decade. In launching the report, the chief executive of


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Crisis, Jon Sparkes said: "We must not become a society that simply accepts homelessness as a sad fact of life... it doesn't have to be this way." The charity which is focussed on ending homelessness in Great Britain was set up 50 years ago.


SAVINGS In their report Everybody In: How To End Homelessness In Great Britain, Crisis sets out a comprehensive plan to make homelessness a thing of the past. It claims that the recommended policies carry a large initial cost of £19.3bn between 2018 and 2041, but says this is more than compensated for by much bigger long-term savings of £53.9bn based on figures from accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers. The findings include the following proposals:


• 100,500 social homes to be built annually for the next 15 years to meet the needs of the homeless and those on low incomes (91,000 in England, 5,000 in Scotland and 4,000 in Wales);


• A national roll-out of Housing First, which aims to provide more than 18,000 homeless people with homes and a package of specialised support;


• Better rights for private renters and a reform to housing benefit, to protect people once they have been housed;


• Hospitals, prisons, the care system, and other parts of the state to be legally required to help find homes for those leaving their care; and


• Job Centres to have homelessness specialists. "For the first time ever, we have a comprehensive


Kate Henderson replaces David Orr at NHF


Kate Henderson, the current chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association will replace David Orr as the next chief executive of the


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ritain could put an end to homelessness within 10 years if the Government adopts and implements specific policies, according


In launching the report, the chief executive of Crisis, Jon Sparkes said: "We must not become a society that simply accepts homelessness as a sad fact of life”


plan that shows exactly how we can address the root causes of homelessness and make it a thing of the past," said Mr Sparkes. "Other parts of the world are taking huge strides towards ending it, and Britain can too." The report is based on work undertaken with the


Chartered Institute of Housing, Heriot-Watt University, the National Housing Federation and PwC. The savings are expected to come from reductions in spending on councils’ homelessness services, temporary accommodation, welfare benefits, the NHS and the criminal justice system.


INVESTING Local government has joined Crisis and Shelter in calling for funding for new homes. "A genuine renaissance in council house building would increase housing supply, boost home ownership and reduce homelessness" said Martin Tett, housing spokesman for the Local Government Association. Responding to the Crisis report, the Ministry of


Housing, Communities and Local Government said it was committed to tackling homelessness and rough sleeping. "We are investing more than £1.2bn to tackle all


forms of homelessness," said a spokesman. The spokesman highlighted last week's announcement of £30m for councils "to help boost support available to people living on the streets". "We are also investing £9bn to build more affordable homes and are piloting the Housing First approach in three major regions to get people off the streets and into stable accommodation."


NHF. Ms Henderson will take up the post in early October. During her time at the TCPA Ms Henderson


led campaigns on garden cities, affordable housing, poverty and climate change. She has been involved with the Lyons Housing Review and the Raynsford Review of Planning. She is visiting professor at the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London and a board member of the International Federation of Housing and Planning.


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