Why are so many women being forced to sleep rough?

In the past two years we have seen a rise of 82% in the number of people coming out of prison homeless – the highest number since record keeping began five years ago. Recent MOJ data showed we are now

Tom felt like “everything in the world just stopped” when he was made homeless and lost his job just days before Christmas last year. The 22-year-old from Birmingham had been living above a pub with h

While homelessness might conjure up the image of someone bedding down in a shop doorway, the reality is that they are the minority. Thousands of people live in temporary accommodation supplied by loca

Ellie Bryan was 30 years old when her world fell apart. She’d just had her baby son, Theodore, but within a week she found herself evicted from the home she lived in with her daughter, Amelia, now sev

My own mum despised me from the moment I was born

CLARE reached the station, gasping and with sweat pooling at the base of her spine, with two minutes to spare. It took her a moment to realise no-one else waiting for the train, and a shiver of worry