The #Planforthe136k campaign highlights Centrepoint figures which reveal that 135,800 16-to 25-year-olds presented at their local authority as homeless or at risk of homelessness in 2022/23.
The campaign, backed by organisations including OnSide, Centrepoint, the National Youth Agency, UK Youth and Redthread, warns that “many young people experiencing homelessness remain hidden, not showing up in the data, so this figure could easily be double and with Covid and the cost-of-living crisis, it’s getting worse”.
It adds that over the past two years New Horizon Youth Centre, a day centre supporting young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in London, has seen a 12 per cent increase in young people using its services.
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