Homeless Link Publish Report on Youth Homelessness
Throughout the autumn of 2011, Homeless Link received anecdotal evidence from their regional teams that homelessness services throughout the country were seeing a higher proportion of younger clients, aged between 16 to 24, including greater numbers of young rough sleepers in some areas.
'Young & Homeless'
In response, they launched a survey of homelessness agencies and local authority housing options teams in November 2011 to investigate the extent of and nature of youth homelessness in England.
Homeless Link have since published the findings in the report ‘Young & Homeless', based on input from 79 homelessness charities and 108 local authorities.
The report reviews the changes reported by services, how they have responsed to increased demand, their concerns, and a series of recommendations to help prevent youth homelessness and reduce its impact.
You can download the full report,
'Young and Homeless' here