Women being able to vote. People being able to marry whoever they love. These are all things that once seemed impossible. But people came together to shape a new future. They refused to accept the status quo. They made history. We can do the same with homelessness.
Because soaring bills, rising rents, and a sheer lack of affordable housing are making it harder for us all to have a safe, secure and affordable home. It’s unacceptable.
Yet no major political party has a plan to tackle it.
We need the UK Government and all political parties to catch up and commit to a national mission to end all forms of homelessness.
We can build a future free from homelessness. Let’s make history. Are you in?
We're all feeling under pressure. But some of us are closer to the brink, and are at more risk of being pushed into homelessness. People in low paid jobs, living in poverty and poor quality or insecure housing are more likely to experience homelessness. Across Britain, more than 250,000 families and individuals are facing the worst forms of homelessness. That's unacceptable.
Being homeless can force people to sleep on the streets. This is known as rough sleeping. It’s the most visible and dangerous form of homelessness. No one should have to spend a night on the streets fearing for their safety.
More than 100,000 households are living in hostels, bed and breakfasts and other temporary accommodation – often for months, and sometimes years at a time. No one should face months of insecurity in unsuitable temporary accommodation.
Hidden homelessness includes sleeping on a friend’s sofa or staying with friends or family when you have nowhere else to go. People in this situation are often hidden from statistics and services.
We can get politicians to do the right thing if we all join together to show that it’s unacceptable that anyone is homeless in our society today.
Let's show the Chancellor that he must invest now to help end homelessness.
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No political party has yet made ending homelessness a priority. Your MP could help change this.
Email your MPWe all need a safe, decent home. But like too many of us, Andrea was forced to stay in unsafe, insecure housing, because of the lack of affordable properties to rent. This is her story.
”I just want stability, do you know what I mean? I don't want to be moving around every five minutes. We didn't know where we were going to end up." Andrea has been renting her property since 2019 but during that time has experienced terrible conditions and been issued with two Section 21 eviction notices.
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“I was first helped by Crisis about 17 years ago. I was rough sleeping at the time. They got me into a hostel. From there I moved into a room in a house, and then about a year later, I started fundraising.”
Read George's story nowHistory is full of ideas that once seemed radical. Impossible even. Such as women being able to vote or people being able to marry whoever they love. But people came together and refused to accept the status quo. They made history.
We have another idea that may seem radical. But it isn’t. We know that together we can make homelessness a thing of the past. Together, we can make it history. But only if action is taken to end it now.
We’ve already made positive progress towards ending homelessness in Scotland and Wales by working with the Governments there. We now need to extend this across the whole of Great Britain and consign homelessness to the history books.
We can be a country where no one faces homelessness. Here’s how.
We need the UK Government and all political parties to catch up and commit to a national mission to end all forms of homelessness within 10 years. Here’s how they can do it.
Increase the supply of truly affordable homes, including homes for social rent, to prevent homelessness.
Make sure the right support is available right now for people who would otherwise be forced into the worst forms of homelessness, like rough sleeping.
To make sure everyone gets the help they need when they need it, instead of being forced to cycle in and out of homelessness.