Homelessness Surges in North West, UK
Update: 2025-12-11
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New data reveals a stark increase in homelessness across the North West, with over twenty-five thousand people, including eleven thousand children, currently without a permanent home. This represents a fifteen percent rise in the last year. The government has launched a new plan to tackle this crisis, aiming to halve long-term rough sleepers and prevent more households from becoming homeless. However, factors such as affordable housing shortage, unaffordable private rents, and housing benefit freeze are pushing more people into homelessness. In Greater Manchester, Manchester is the hardest hit, with nine thousand five hundred eighty-nine people homeless, including nearly five thousand children. The governments strategy includes a new supported housing scheme and a program for councils to develop fresh solutions.
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