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Specific Research into Homelessness:

Information and sources taken from https://www.homeless.org.uk/facts/homelessness-in-numbers/rough-sleeping/rough-sleeping-our-analysis :

Rough Sleeping:
  • There was an increase of 15% 2016-2017, and since 2010 rough sleeping data shows an increase of 169%.
  • 2017, the North West of England had the largest percentage increase in rough sleeping since 2016 (39%). Then East Midlands (23%) and Yorkshire and the Humber (20%). 




Statutorily Homeless and Accommodations: (data from 2018)
  • 26,400 households made a homelessness application by visiting their local authority between January and March 2018.
  • Only 13,740 households were accepted as statutorily homeless. 
  • The rate of acceptance was 52% .
  • A total of 2,920 young people (aged 16-24) were accepted as statutory homeless. 
  • 5,460 people were put in hostels, which is a 5% decrease from last year’s  5,740.
  • 20,550 people were placed in nightly paid, self-contained accommodation, which is increased from 19,570, last year.
  • The number of households in temporary accommodation was 79,880, (3% increase from 2017).


Hidden Homeless:
  • Many people who become homeless do not show up in official figures. This is known as hidden homelessness
  • Hidden homeless are people who experience homelessness but find a temporary solution by living in squats, staying with family or friends etc. 
  • An estimated 62% of single homeless people are hidden and most likeley won't show up in official figures.
  • A poll of 2,000 UK adults in December 2013, found that 32% of people have experienced homelessness.


Causes of Homeless:

  • ·      Most common reasons for people give for losing their accommodations is that a relatives or friends can’t provide support for them anymore or because of relationship breakdown.
  • ·      Individual circumstances like mental health issues, poor physical health, alcohol and drugs problems, bereavement, experience of care, and experience of the criminal justice system.
  • ·      Wider reasons such as inequality, lack of housing availability and affordability, welfare policies, poverty, and unemployment are structural factors that can lead to homelessness.


https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/number-rough-sleepers-cambridge-hits-12513964 : 
Statistics stated on Cambridgeshire Live website, from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

  • There are over 320,000 homeless people in Great Britain.
  • This rose from 294,000 in 2016.
  • One person in every 59 in London, are homeless.
  • However, an estimated 62% of the homeless are hidden and won't show up on official figures.
  • A total of 2,920 young people (aged 16-24) were accepted as statutory homeless in 2017.
  • It is estimated that more than a million households are at risk of becoming homeless by 2020.
  • Cambridge has one of the highest rates of rough sleeping in England, with 0.8 rough sleepers per 1,000 households.

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