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In Focus: Poor housing puts children's lives at risk

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

If families are unable to live in decent housing, the consequences can be severe.

Councils urged to court private landlords to prevent youth homelessness

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of vulnerable young people face homelessness unless measures to improve the supply, quality and stability of the private rented sector are taken, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned.

Young homeless driven to crime and prostitution

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Monday, May 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Young homeless people are going to "desperate measures" to avoid sleeping rough, including committing crimes or resorting to sex work just to get a roof over their head, a report by the charity Crisis has found.

Youth homelessness rise linked to relationship breakdowns

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Monday, December 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Increasing levels of relationship breakdown, mental health problems and substance misuse have been linked to rising levels of youth homelessness in England, a study of local authorities and homeless charities has found.

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by 350m, a report has warned.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| CYP Now

A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.

Child exploitation is a problem for every council, insists Loughton

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Every local authority and local safeguarding children board must assume sexual exploitation is a problem in their area, the children's minister has insisted.

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

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Friday, May 6, 2011

| CYP Now

A housing crisis in the London Borough of Hillingdon has left families living in "developing world conditions", according to the area's MP.

Child Poverty Action Group launches legal challenge to welfare reforms

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Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is to face a legal challenge to controversial welfare reforms after the Child Poverty Action Group announced it has issued proceedings for judicial review.

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