Homelessness jumps 16% in England, laying bare scale of housing crisis | Homelessness | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/30/homelessness-jumps-16-laying-bare-scale-of-uk-housing-crisis
#Homelessness
#England
#HousingCrisis
#Poverty
#ChildHomelessness
#TemporaryAccomodation
#Tories
#Affordability
#AffordableHousing
#SocialHousing
#DeptOfLevellingUpHousingAndCommunitees
#LocalHousingAllowance
#RentersReformCoaltion
#RentersReformBill
Help failing to keep pace with families facing ‘bed poverty’, says Barnardo’s | Poverty | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/06/help-failing-to-keep-pace-with-families-facing-bed-poverty-says-barnados
#Barnardos
#Poverty
#BedPoverty
#HouseholdSupportFund
#HSF
#Tories
#Coffey
#Quince
#Labour
#Timms
#LocalGovernmentAssociation
#LGA
#EndFurniturePoverty
#DWP
#LocalHousingAllowance
Let me talk about a paper that was just accepted in the Journal of the European Economics Association.
This paper studies the cuts to #HousingBenefit, specifically, the cut to #LocalHousingAllowance.
In that paper we show that the cut drastically increased #evictions, it ripped communities apart, and came at a huge cost to councils.
We estimate that for every GBP 1 pound the central govt saved in #HousingBenefit, council #homelessness #prevention increased easily by 53 pence.
AutisticMumTo3
Thiemo Fetzer