Our online magazine for homelessness professionals. News, opinion and features from Homeless Link and across the sector.
9 Oct 2014 - 12:38am
The links between homelessness and ill-health are well documented, so why are leaders from the health and social care system not taking more notice of the issue?
6 Oct 2014 - 10:00am
With last month’s statutory homelessness figures highlighting terminated private tenancies as an increasing cause of homelessness, Lisa Raftery...
3 Oct 2014 - 11:48am
A social media taster of some of the topics discussed at our Bend Not Break conference - tweets from delegates during the main sessions.
1 Oct 2014 - 2:50pm
Reducing access to benefits for young people could have serious implications for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Jacqui McCluskey blogs about one of the proposals to surface at this year's party conferences.
29 Sep 2014 - 10:45am
Too many organisations and professionals lack the time and resources to innovate, grow and put their expertise into practice. Lindsay Henderson introduces a new network across the North East and Cumbria, designed to change that.
25 Sep 2014 - 2:44pm
Today's figures from DCLG show that while overall numbers are down by 2%, we've seen increases in rates of tenancy loss, the numbers of households in temporary accommodation and the numbers of households moved out of their local authority area.
25 Sep 2014 - 12:21pm
Homeless Link reacts to the latest government figures which show that the ending of assured shorthold tenancy is now the number one cause of homelessness.
19 Sep 2014 - 4:03pm
Charities and campaigners have been discussing and querying the Lobbying Act 2014 for more than a year, trying to get to the bottom of how, if at all, it will affect their work. As the new Act comes into force today, we've published this briefing to...
18 Sep 2014 - 2:17pm
We've republished this popular toolkit, designed to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of the people you support.
17 Sep 2014 - 8:15am
Working with people who have offended can be a minefield – a balance of understanding the inner workings of the criminal justice system with knowledge of how to motivate somebody who is more than happy to stay just as they are. Amanda Tooth asks how...