June 2013
Press release: New research: Welfare reform to drive up homelessness in Wales
Welfare reform, particularly cuts to housing benefit such as the bedroom tax, will drive homelessness upwards in Wales, research unveiled at the Welsh Assembly today (Tuesday 11 June) revealed.
Press release: Homelessness rises by nine per cent in South East while number of households in B&Bs doubles
A nine per cent increase in homelessness in the South East over the last year means the government must use this month's Spending Review to build more affordable houses and stop and reverse cuts, particularly to housing benefit, warns Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people.
Press release: Homelessness rises by 16 per cent in London - government must reverse cuts and build new homes says Crisis
A 16 per cent increase in homelessness in London over the last year, means the government must use this month's Spending Review to build more affordable houses and stop and reverse cuts, particularly to housing benefit, warns Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people.
Press release: Homelessness rises again - government must reverse cuts and build more homes says Crisis
Homelessness has risen for the third consecutive year according to government figures announced today. This increase in homelessness means the government must use this month's Spending Review to build more affordable houses and stop and reverse cuts, particularly to housing benefit, warns Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people.
May 2013
Press release: Work and Pensions Select Committee Report: Crisis response - Work Programme is 'failing homeless people'
Crisis welcomes the report of the Work and Pensions Select Committee and its conclusion that the Work Programme is failing to move homeless people closer to work.
April 2013
Press release: Crisis response to murder of Kevin Bennett
Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, responds to the conviction of the three young men responsible for the murder of Kevin Bennett as he slept outside a Liverpool supermarket in August 2012.
March 2013
Press release: Bleak April of multiple cuts will increase homelessness
In April the country's poorest households will be hit hard by harsh cuts that will cause more people to lose their homes, warns charity Crisis.
Press release: Crisis warns housing benefit cuts could derail Scottish homelessness progress
UK Government plans to cut housing benefit could derail Scottish progress in tackling homelessness, as figures released today reveal a further fall in homelessness applications to their local council.
Press release: Businesses invited to help homeless people back to work
Homelessness charity Crisis is inviting businesses to learn more about its work to support homeless people back into jobs at a special Employment Platform event in East London on Wednesday 20 March.
February 2013
Press release: Charities urge rethink on plan that could drive up youth homelessness
Plans to penalise low income families for having young adult job seekers living at home could drive up homelessness, leading housing and homelessness charities warn today.
Press release: Number of rough sleepers rise again in England
A 6 per cent rise in the number of people sleeping rough is condemned by national homelessness charity Crisis.
January 2013
Press release: Falling homelessness will be short lived, says Crisis
Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, says that housing benefit cuts, especially the bedroom tax, and a chronic lack of social housing could reverse Scotland's progress in tackling homelessness - particularly for single people.
Press release: New funding to house thousands of homeless people
A programme which has helped almost 4,000 single homeless people into private rented accommodation since 2010 will be expanded with funding for 23 additional schemes, announces Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people.
Press release: Sir Ian McKellen visits Crisis at Christmas
This year, Sir Ian McKellen supported Crisis, the charity for single homeless people, by narrating its Christmas radio advert and first-ever television advert, which together raised more than ?370,000.
December 2012
Press release: Desperate shortage of homes for single people says Crisis, as charity opens its doors for Christmas
As Crisis opens its Christmas centres(1) for homeless people, the charity warns that a desperate shortage of housing, particularly for those on benefits, will see more people become homeless and calls on the government to rethink its cuts to housing benefit.