The scale of rising homelessness should shame all of us and Conservative Ministers most of all – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary for Housing, responding to the latest quarterly statistics on homelessness, said:
“The scale of rising homelessness should shame all of us, and Conservative Ministers most of all.
“Homelessness fell at an unprecedented rate under Labour, but after seven years of failure on housing under the Tories, the number of rough sleepers has more than doubled and 121,000 children will be without a home this Christmas, up 70 per cent since 2010.
“This is a direct result of decisions made by Conservative Ministers: a steep drop in investment for affordable homes, cuts to housing benefit, reduced funding for homelessness services, and a refusal to help private renters.
“The next Labour government will end rough sleeping within a Parliament and tackle the root causes of rising homelessness with more affordable homes and stronger rights for renters.”
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