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Legal Update: Council homelessness failings

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram, examines the lessons from a recent ombudsman investigation into the accommodation of a vulnerable homeless 17-year-old boy.

Councils must build on youth housing solutions

    Other
  • Monday, May 26, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The 10 per cent rise in house prices in England reported last week was widely seen as another sign that the economy is recovering from the deepest recession in living memory. Good news for home owners certainly, but soaring property prices are making it harder for young people to not just get on the housing ladder, but branch out into independent living generally.

Legal Update: No recourse to public funds

    Other
  • Monday, September 1, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Local authorities are supporting children in destitute families who cannot access benefits, housing or homelessness assistance, says Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Young homeless driven to crime and prostitution

    News
  • 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.