Homeless

Met Éireann has warned of very cold conditions over the coming days with “black ice and patches of freezing fog” expected in some parts, leading to “hazardous travel conditions”. Sub-zero temperatures are expected at night in most areas, with temperatures by day hovering close to zero. Some hail, sleet or…

British host families are beginning to wind down their support for Ukrainians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s war as the cost of living crisis bites, new figures suggest. Data analysed by The Times found that more than 2,000 families with children and 900 individuals are now officially homeless, up from 800 last…

Figures based on monthly average figures for the two cited financial years Credit: Chart: The Conversation Source: AIHW Specialist Homelessness Services Collection The numbers of people who are homeless have risen sharply across Australia, with soaring housing costs emerging as the biggest driver of the increase. The Australian Homelessness Monitor…

PEOPLE living in Oxford are being asked to give their views on a five-year plan to tackle the city’s housing and homelessness crisis. Oxford City Council’s draft housing, homelessness and rough sleeping strategy 2023-2028 sets out the authority’s intentions to “provide more affordable and low carbon homes, improve conditions for…

The Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) has said it expects there will be enough emergency accommodation beds in the capital to meet demand this week as temperatures are forecast to drop to -6 degrees. Met Éireann has issued a weather advisory until December 12th, with “very cold” weather likely to…

'Mendy will be homeless soon' - Fans blame Mendy as Kane, Saka, and Foden inspire England to a 3-0 win against Senegal, to meet Mbappe's France in the quarterfinal. England recorded a 3-0 victory against the Teranga Lions of Senegal in a 2022 FIFA World Cup round of 16 fixture…

As Focus Ireland launches its annual Christmas Appeal, the latest homelessness figures are stark – 10,975 people homeless, 3,342 of them children. “It can happen to anyone,” says mum-of-two Mary*, a nurse and Focus Ireland service user, who became homeless with her teenage children during the pandemic. “I was never…

By The Canadian Press Sat., Dec. 3, 2022timer1 min. read SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia’s police watchdog has cleared a slain Burnaby RCMP constable of wrongdoing after she shot a man in the altercation that led to her death. The Independent Investigations Office says after a review of all available…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, there has been a heightened awareness of ethnic inequality in the UK. Despite some recent studies on housing conditions in the context of the pandemic, little attention has been paid to how racial inequality and homelessness intersect.…

MANILLA - Like thousands of homeless people in the Philippine capital Manila, Maricel Abawag and her son used to sleep on flattened cardboard boxes laid out on footpaths. Then they got a pushcart. Pushcarts, known as karitons, are a common sight in the city of more than 13 million people.…