“Every 11 minutes, a family in Britain loses their home. With more and more people having to stretch their finances to breaking point in a bid to makes ends meet, it's not hard to see why,” said Campbell Robb, the chief executive of Shelter.
The number of Britons on the brink of homelessness has surged because of benefit cuts and rising demands on household budgets, the housing charity warns. Shelter reported a huge rise in the amount of people calling into its hotline and seeking advice on rent and mortgage arrears. The charity admitted it can no longer keep up with demand for its helpline.
“A job loss or serious illness can be all it takes to tip someone into a spiral that ends in homelessness,” the charity said.
Late last year, a joint report by Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) showed that homelessness in the UK has been rising for three years in a row under the twin pressures of housing shortages and government cuts to benefits. The research also revealed that an estimated 185,000 people a year are affected by homelessness in England.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/07/22/372342/more-britons-registered-as-nearhomeless/
The number of Britons on the brink of homelessness has surged because of benefit cuts and rising demands on household budgets, the housing charity warns. Shelter reported a huge rise in the amount of people calling into its hotline and seeking advice on rent and mortgage arrears. The charity admitted it can no longer keep up with demand for its helpline.
“A job loss or serious illness can be all it takes to tip someone into a spiral that ends in homelessness,” the charity said.
Late last year, a joint report by Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) showed that homelessness in the UK has been rising for three years in a row under the twin pressures of housing shortages and government cuts to benefits. The research also revealed that an estimated 185,000 people a year are affected by homelessness in England.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/07/22/372342/more-britons-registered-as-nearhomeless/
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