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Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents

News

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly half of young people end up homeless because their parents refuse to house them, a study has revealed.

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

News

Friday, June 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to withdraw housing benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds threatens to decimate efforts to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, YMCA England has warned.

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Other

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Tenancy measures will improve family stability, says Pickles

News

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has published measures to improve the standards of private-sector rented housing and encourage longer-term tenancies that offer more stability for families.

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

Other

Friday, June 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Increasing number of young people reported sleeping rough; new chair of safeguarding board appointed in Sandwell; and NICE publishes best practice briefing on looked-after children, all in the news today.

Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds

News

Monday, September 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are not doing enough to secure good quality housing support for care leavers and other vulnerable teenagers, The Children's Society has said.

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

News

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has been rebuked for the second time in two years by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its treatment of homeless young people.

Daily roundup: Kent academies, homelessness in Burnley and youth philanthropy

Other

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Academies and concerns over school places in Kent, Burnley's homelessness problem and 40,000 young philanthropists, all make the news today.

Call for council collaboration over care leaver housing

News

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should set up agreements to allow looked-after children placed in their areas from other parts of the country to access local housing support when they leave care, a charity says.

Low-cost youth housing project gets go-ahead

News

Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

A £1.7m housing scheme designed to support young people struggling to live independently is to be built in south-west London.

Fall in crisis loans 'raises youth homelessness risk'

News

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of crisis loans and grants given by local authorities to young people has dropped eight-fold since a new funding support system was introduced last year, analysis shows.

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

News

Friday, December 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of homeless families with children being placed in emergency bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has rocketed by 45 per cent over the last year.

Social and private landlords urged to fill housing support gap left by council cuts

Other

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Social and private landlords must do more to fill the vacuum in housing support for vulnerable young people that has resulted from significant reductions in funding and the end of ringfencing, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

YMCA chief criticises housing benefit cut plans

News

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The boss of the UK's largest provider of supported accommodation for young people has warned the government that cutting housing benefit for under-25s will not solve the problem of long-term youth unemployment.

Passion for positive thinking

Other

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Laura McCardle meets Jane Slowey, chief executive of the Foyer Federation.

Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund

News

Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to reconsider plans to scrap a fund that helps support young people in crisis after legal action was launched to challenge the decision.

Parliament gives voice to young homeless people

News

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Young homeless people are set to have a say on policy affecting them, after the government announced funding to create a Homeless Young People's Parliament.

Daily roundup: School travel, cancer treatment, and charity merger

Other

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Rise in children driven to school; parents reunited with terminally ill son; and homeless charities merge, all in the news today.

Vulnerable young Londoners to benefit from building skills scheme

News

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Vulnerable young people across London are to receive training in construction skills through a £10m joint initiative run by the Mayor of London and charity The Big Issue.

General election 2019: Key policy guide

Analysis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.

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Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents

Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA

General election 2019: Welfare and care

Tenancy measures will improve family stability, says Pickles

Daily roundup: Homelessness, safeguarding, and looked-after children.

Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds

Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old

Daily roundup: Kent academies, homelessness in Burnley and youth philanthropy

Call for council collaboration over care leaver housing

Low-cost youth housing project gets go-ahead

Fall in crisis loans 'raises youth homelessness risk'

Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

Social and private landlords urged to fill housing support gap left by council cuts

YMCA chief criticises housing benefit cut plans

Passion for positive thinking

Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund

Parliament gives voice to young homeless people

Daily roundup: School travel, cancer treatment, and charity merger

Vulnerable young Londoners to benefit from building skills scheme

General election 2019: Key policy guide

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