Homeless

Lord Bob Kerslake is the former head of the civil service who used to run the communities and local government department. He now chairs the Kerslake Commission on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping. We asked him for his reaction to the scale of homelessness in england. Read More

Mould, damp and mice and fleas – just some of the conditions people in temporary accommodation are having to put up with. New research from the charity Shelter shows that almost a quarter of a million people recorded as homeless in England are living in temporary homes, that’s a 74%…

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AFP — International aid was trickling into parts of Turkey and Syria on Saturday where rescuers toiled to pull children from rubble in areas devastated by a massive earthquake that has killed over 24,000 people. A winter freeze in the affected areas has hurt rescue efforts and compounded the suffering…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 10 Feb 2023 11:40PM · The operation to deploy shelters to Turkey will be overseen by Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe, US General Christopher Cavoli. – Facebook pic, February 10, 2023. NATO members have agreed to deploy shelters to ally Turkey to help…

KAHRAMANMARAS: Rescuers pulled children alive Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll surpassed 22,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of the homeless. In the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, one of those hit hardest by the region's worst earthquake in nearly a century, the stench of…

Rescue workers look for survivors in the rebel-held town of Jindayris in Syria. (Photo: AFP) KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey: Rescuers pulled children alive on Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the death toll surpassed 22,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of the homeless. In the Turkish city of…

Author of the article: Reuters Kanishka Singh and Dan Whitcomb Published Feb 09, 2023  •  1 minute read Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol Building on February 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo by Anna Moneymaker /Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A homeless man…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Driving through the industrial outskirts of Sacramento, a stretch of warehouses, wholesale suppliers, truck centers, and auto repair shops northeast of downtown, it’s hard to square California’s $18 billion investment in homeless services with the roadside misery. Tents and tarps, run-down RVs, and rusted boats repurposed as…

The search for survivors grew more desperate, the homeless problem more acute and the death toll rose to more than 16,000 Thursday as rescuers labored to find signs of life amid the rubble of Monday's earthquakes and aftershocks that laid waste to a wide swath of Turkey and Syria. In addition to…