March 2010
Press release: Housing benefit cuts spell disaster for vulnerable tenants
Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, today releases the results of research (1) into how difficult housing benefit claimants find it to move into work and find accommodation in the private rented sector.
December 2009
Press release: Three in four say poor must not pay for deficit
As Crisis opens its doors to homeless people this Christmas, the charity warns that despite the budget deficit, 75% of the British public want the Government to address the growing gap between rich and poor.
Press release: Calling all night owls:
Urgent appeal for volunteers to help homeless people this Christmas
Press release: Crisis welcomes housing benefit breakthrough
The Government has announced a consultation on proposals to reform housing benefit, after a campaign from homelessness charity Crisis that accused the current system of trapping people in unemployment and poverty.
Press release: Crisis campaign success
Crisis welcomes the Government announcement in the Pre Budget Report that it will delay and review a proposal which would have seen some of the poorest tenants losing up to £15 a week.
Press release: New Government homelessness statistics questioned by Crisis research
Government has today released a set of figures indicating that homelessness applications are down again. But Crisis research suggests that councils' practices may be keeping numbers artificially low.
Press release: Shelter and Crisis win research lotto jackpot
Shelter and Crisis will be launching a new three-year study into well-being and housing sustainability for vulnerable tenants in the private rented sector after being awarded a grant of £363,769 from the Big Lottery fund.
Press release: Housing charities welcome Bill to protect private tenants
Four leading housing charities have welcomed an announcement from Brian Iddon MP that he will be pushing for better protection for private tenants, the hidden victims of the repossession crisis, in a Private Members Bill.
November 2009
Press release: Supreme Court decision a ‘grievous blow to society’s poor and vulnerable’
Vulnerable people could be left at risk of becoming homeless following today’s Supreme Court ruling in favour of banks charging fees on unauthorised overdrafts.
Press release: Boris Johnson hails the role of volunteers in tackling homelessness
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, will encourage Londoners to volunteer to tackle homelessness at a special event in London held by homelessness charities Crisis and Housing Justice.
Press release: Landlord repossessions down - but tenants still waiting for better protection
Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, warns that even though landlord repossessions are falling, the Government must not renege on its pledge to provide extra protection for private tenants who can be evicted without warning when their landlord’s property is repossessed.
Press release: Recession raises vehicle shortage fears for homeless people this Christmas
Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, has warned that it faces a shortage of vehicles vital to the running of its Crisis Christmas centres this year due to the effects of the recession on donor companies.
October 2009
Press release: Crisis welcomes Conservative commitment to choice in LHA
Shadow Housing Minister, Grant Shapps MP, has committed to changing the way Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is paid to tenants at the annual conference of Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people.
Press release: £1 invested in homeless people saves society £3.92
A report published by Oxford Economics, a leading independent economic forecasting consultancy, has calculated that £1 invested in Crisis’ services for homeless people saves society an average of £3.92.
Press release: Bob Dylan partners with Crisis
Bob Dylan has announced that international royalties from his forthcoming album will be donated to Crisis and the World Food Programme. Crisis will use the money provide food for guests at Christmas.
