Football Homeless World Cup blows whistle on social exclusion
Cardiff, UKThomson Reuters Foundation From street vendors to asylum seekers, nearly 500 men and women gathered in Cardiff on Saturday to kick off the 17th Football Homeless World Cup, in a bid to tackle social exclusion and offer a respite from rough sleeping. The week-long tournament, which has garnered support from European soccer body UEFA and […]
UK urged not to arrest homeless as rough sleeping hits decade high in London
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Rough sleeping in London rose by 18 per cent over the last year, hitting a decade high of 8,855 people, data showed on Wednesday, the majority of whom were new to bedding down in parks or doorways. Eviction from privately rented accommodation was one of the most common reasons people were pushed […]
ESSAY: HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTRALIA SOARS IN BIGGEST CITIES, DRIVEN SINCE 2001 BY RISING INEQUALITY
In an article first published on The Conversation, SHARON PARKINSON, DEB BATTERHAM and MARGARET REYNOLDS, of Swinburne University of Technology, look at what their research into homelessness in Australia found…
Britain pledges to end rough sleeping by 2027
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s government pledged to end rough sleeping in England by 2027 on Monday, a target activists said could only be achieved by investing more in building affordable homes. Homelessness has more than doubled since 2010 in England, where more than 4,100 people now sleep rough, government figures show. On Monday the government […]