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Almost half of youth homelessness caused by parents

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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

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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

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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

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

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

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