Homelessness in London soars by 79% since 2010 – report

Homelessness in London soars by 79% since 2010 – report
(Reuters / Dylan Martinez)

The number of people sleeping rough on the streets of London has risen by over one-third in the past year, new government figures reveal. The crisis has prompted homelessness charities to call for sweeping reforms.

Data from the Department  for Communities and Local Government found that levels of  homelessness in the capital rose by 37 percent between 2013 and  2014. The rest of the country also saw rises, averaging at 14  percent.

  The figures are an embarrassing failure for London Mayor Boris  Johnson, who has always publicly claimed to put homelessness at  the top of his agenda. He previously pledged to eradicate the  problem by as long ago as 2012.

  The report said that there were nearly 750 people sleeping rough  on the streets of London, which accounts for 27 percent of the  total national figure. Some 46 percent of the capital’s homeless  were UK nationals, while others were Polish, Romanian, Irish,   Portuguese, African and Asian  nationals.

  Ministers have said that despite the implementation of a  homelessness prevention scheme, the figures are a cause for  concern.

  The report's findings have prompted homeless charities to call  for legal reforms.

  Crisis, a British charity that works to house the homeless,  called for a law to force councils to provide help for people who  are not prioritized on local authorities’ housing lists.

  Jon Sparkes, the charity’s chief executive, said the research  showed the extent to which the law is "failing people facing  homelessness."

“Welfare reform, benefit cuts and a chronic shortage of  affordable homes mean more and more people are coming to their  council as homeless. But as the law stands, far too often when  single people ask for help, they are turned away to sleep on the  street,” he added.

  Mayor Johnson has raised awareness about the levels of  homelessness in the capital, and has taken part in publicity  stunts such as spending a night on the streets with Evgeny  Lebedev, the Russian multi-millionaire owner of the London  Evening Standard and Independent newspapers.

  Kris Hopkins, Britain's minister for the homeless, said that the  government’s “No Second Night Out” scheme had given more  rough sleepers the opportunity to get help. He claimed that  around 75 percent of new rough sleepers did not spend a second  night on the streets.

  However, he stressed the issue was still a cause for concern.

“I remain concerned, particularly about the rise in foreign  national rough sleepers in London,” Hopkins said. “With  over half of London’s rough sleepers now being foreign nationals,  it is important that migrants who come to this country are able  to support themselves so they do not become destitute.”

“We are working with  the Home Office, local authorities and charities to improve  voluntary returns to the migrant’s home country and, if  appropriate, enforced return.”

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