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  1. A great initiative:

    "Rough sleepers are both the most visible and the most invisible homeless people. They’re in public, but the public avert their eyes.

    A program in Adelaide is helping rough sleepers be seen. Locals who spot them can make a notification on a website called Street Connect by dropping a pin on a map, along with details of the person spotted.

    That triggers outreach workers to check on them.

    The Toward Home Alliance team – a complicated, compassionate, chronically under-resourced network of outreach services – searches the city in a grid, adding extra checks wherever those pins are dropped.

    They leave water, protein bars, Band-Aids and tampons, and ask rough sleepers what else they need. They know people’s names and their backstories.

    Some they check in on are keen for a chat, others not so much.

    Street Connect is “a way for the community to be able to help inform us, and direct us to areas of concern that we’re not seeing”, says Toward Home’s senior manager, Shaya Nettle.

    “It’s also really helpful for identifying and responding to community hotspots. It ensures we’re not missing things.”

    Outreach workers check the location of every dropped pin within 12 hours, but Nettle says people should still call emergency services if there’s a critical situation.

    But she says people to be mindful of the fine line between checking in on someone and respecting their space. If a person is with their own tent or bedding, that is still their home.

    “That’s their private space,” she says. “But if you’re genuinely concerned … just say ‘hey, I just want to check you’re OK’."

    theguardian.com/society/2026/m

    #Adelaide #HumanRights #Safety #Support #RoughSleeping #Homelessness #News

  2. A great initiative:

    "Rough sleepers are both the most visible and the most invisible homeless people. They’re in public, but the public avert their eyes.

    A program in Adelaide is helping rough sleepers be seen. Locals who spot them can make a notification on a website called Street Connect by dropping a pin on a map, along with details of the person spotted.

    That triggers outreach workers to check on them.

    The Toward Home Alliance team – a complicated, compassionate, chronically under-resourced network of outreach services – searches the city in a grid, adding extra checks wherever those pins are dropped.

    They leave water, protein bars, Band-Aids and tampons, and ask rough sleepers what else they need. They know people’s names and their backstories.

    Some they check in on are keen for a chat, others not so much.

    Street Connect is “a way for the community to be able to help inform us, and direct us to areas of concern that we’re not seeing”, says Toward Home’s senior manager, Shaya Nettle.

    “It’s also really helpful for identifying and responding to community hotspots. It ensures we’re not missing things.”

    Outreach workers check the location of every dropped pin within 12 hours, but Nettle says people should still call emergency services if there’s a critical situation.

    But she says people to be mindful of the fine line between checking in on someone and respecting their space. If a person is with their own tent or bedding, that is still their home.

    “That’s their private space,” she says. “But if you’re genuinely concerned … just say ‘hey, I just want to check you’re OK’."

    theguardian.com/society/2026/m

    #Adelaide #HumanRights #Safety #Support #RoughSleeping #Homelessness #News

  3. A great initiative:

    "Rough sleepers are both the most visible and the most invisible homeless people. They’re in public, but the public avert their eyes.

    A program in Adelaide is helping rough sleepers be seen. Locals who spot them can make a notification on a website called Street Connect by dropping a pin on a map, along with details of the person spotted.

    That triggers outreach workers to check on them.

    The Toward Home Alliance team – a complicated, compassionate, chronically under-resourced network of outreach services – searches the city in a grid, adding extra checks wherever those pins are dropped.

    They leave water, protein bars, Band-Aids and tampons, and ask rough sleepers what else they need. They know people’s names and their backstories.

    Some they check in on are keen for a chat, others not so much.

    Street Connect is “a way for the community to be able to help inform us, and direct us to areas of concern that we’re not seeing”, says Toward Home’s senior manager, Shaya Nettle.

    “It’s also really helpful for identifying and responding to community hotspots. It ensures we’re not missing things.”

    Outreach workers check the location of every dropped pin within 12 hours, but Nettle says people should still call emergency services if there’s a critical situation.

    But she says people to be mindful of the fine line between checking in on someone and respecting their space. If a person is with their own tent or bedding, that is still their home.

    “That’s their private space,” she says. “But if you’re genuinely concerned … just say ‘hey, I just want to check you’re OK’."

    theguardian.com/society/2026/m

    #Adelaide #HumanRights #Safety #Support #RoughSleeping #Homelessness #News

  4. A great initiative:

    "Rough sleepers are both the most visible and the most invisible homeless people. They’re in public, but the public avert their eyes.

    A program in Adelaide is helping rough sleepers be seen. Locals who spot them can make a notification on a website called Street Connect by dropping a pin on a map, along with details of the person spotted.

    That triggers outreach workers to check on them.

    The Toward Home Alliance team – a complicated, compassionate, chronically under-resourced network of outreach services – searches the city in a grid, adding extra checks wherever those pins are dropped.

    They leave water, protein bars, Band-Aids and tampons, and ask rough sleepers what else they need. They know people’s names and their backstories.

    Some they check in on are keen for a chat, others not so much.

    Street Connect is “a way for the community to be able to help inform us, and direct us to areas of concern that we’re not seeing”, says Toward Home’s senior manager, Shaya Nettle.

    “It’s also really helpful for identifying and responding to community hotspots. It ensures we’re not missing things.”

    Outreach workers check the location of every dropped pin within 12 hours, but Nettle says people should still call emergency services if there’s a critical situation.

    But she says people to be mindful of the fine line between checking in on someone and respecting their space. If a person is with their own tent or bedding, that is still their home.

    “That’s their private space,” she says. “But if you’re genuinely concerned … just say ‘hey, I just want to check you’re OK’."

    theguardian.com/society/2026/m

    #Adelaide #HumanRights #Safety #Support #RoughSleeping #Homelessness #News

  5. A great initiative:

    "Rough sleepers are both the most visible and the most invisible homeless people. They’re in public, but the public avert their eyes.

    A program in Adelaide is helping rough sleepers be seen. Locals who spot them can make a notification on a website called Street Connect by dropping a pin on a map, along with details of the person spotted.

    That triggers outreach workers to check on them.

    The Toward Home Alliance team – a complicated, compassionate, chronically under-resourced network of outreach services – searches the city in a grid, adding extra checks wherever those pins are dropped.

    They leave water, protein bars, Band-Aids and tampons, and ask rough sleepers what else they need. They know people’s names and their backstories.

    Some they check in on are keen for a chat, others not so much.

    Street Connect is “a way for the community to be able to help inform us, and direct us to areas of concern that we’re not seeing”, says Toward Home’s senior manager, Shaya Nettle.

    “It’s also really helpful for identifying and responding to community hotspots. It ensures we’re not missing things.”

    Outreach workers check the location of every dropped pin within 12 hours, but Nettle says people should still call emergency services if there’s a critical situation.

    But she says people to be mindful of the fine line between checking in on someone and respecting their space. If a person is with their own tent or bedding, that is still their home.

    “That’s their private space,” she says. “But if you’re genuinely concerned … just say ‘hey, I just want to check you’re OK’."

    theguardian.com/society/2026/m

    #Adelaide #HumanRights #Safety #Support #RoughSleeping #Homelessness #News

  6. The charity @crisis-uk.bsky.social says 'councils are increasingly competing with each other to not help children rough sleeping, which is something CEO, @mattdownie.bsky.social, thought we'd never see'.
    Report credit: @itvnews.bsky.social #Homeless #Crisis #RoughSleeping
    itv.com/news/2026-02-24/counci

  7. England now has a plan to end homelessness – here’s how to test whether it will work.

    The UK government has published a new homelessness strategy for England.

    The strategy speaks to different forms of homelessness, from rough sleeping to more hidden forms of homelessness, like sofa surfing.

    How do we know what works?

    mediafaro.org/article/20251223

    #England #Homelessness #Policy #UK #Government #RoughSleeping #SofaSurfing

  8. England now has a plan to end homelessness – here’s how to test whether it will work.

    The UK government has published a new homelessness strategy for England.

    The strategy speaks to different forms of homelessness, from rough sleeping to more hidden forms of homelessness, like sofa surfing.

    How do we know what works?

    mediafaro.org/article/20251223

    #England #Homelessness #Policy #UK #Government #RoughSleeping #SofaSurfing

  9. England now has a plan to end homelessness – here’s how to test whether it will work.

    The UK government has published a new homelessness strategy for England.

    The strategy speaks to different forms of homelessness, from rough sleeping to more hidden forms of homelessness, like sofa surfing.

    How do we know what works?

    mediafaro.org/article/20251223

    #England #Homelessness #Policy #UK #Government #RoughSleeping #SofaSurfing

  10. England now has a plan to end homelessness – here’s how to test whether it will work.

    The UK government has published a new homelessness strategy for England.

    The strategy speaks to different forms of homelessness, from rough sleeping to more hidden forms of homelessness, like sofa surfing.

    How do we know what works?

    mediafaro.org/article/20251223

    #England #Homelessness #Policy #UK #Government #RoughSleeping #SofaSurfing

  11. England now has a plan to end homelessness – here’s how to test whether it will work.

    The UK government has published a new homelessness strategy for England.

    The strategy speaks to different forms of homelessness, from rough sleeping to more hidden forms of homelessness, like sofa surfing.

    How do we know what works?

    mediafaro.org/article/20251223

    #England #Homelessness #Policy #UK #Government #RoughSleeping #SofaSurfing

  12. Some good news!

    The Government has confirmed it will repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 by Spring next year, to ensure rough sleeping is no longer a criminal offence.

    #RoughSleeping #Homelessness

    gov.uk/government/news/rough-s

  13. Our Hubs are open 7-days a week for warmth, information, support and care.

    Glasgow Access Hub, 74-80 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 8PD

    Edinburgh Support Hub, 22 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AF

    To help us provide safe places, support and hope, please visit justgiving.com/campaign/safepl

    #homelessness #edinburgh #glasgow #scotland #charity #homeless #roughsleeping

  14. from Simon Community Scotland:

    FREEZING WEATHER CONDITIONS

    Please call our helplines Glasgow 0800 027 7466 or Edinburgh 0808 178 2323 if you see someone on the streets who you would like us to check on. Our Street Teams will get to them as soon as possible.

    Your call could save a life.

    #homelessness #edinburgh #glasgow #scotland #charity #homeless #roughsleeping

  15. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, on Moses’ offer to be blotted out for the sin of an unruly people in in Exodus 32:32. Chrysostom calls Moses great.

    Today, do we have leaders calling for the blotting out of people for (very false and very petty) evidences of unruliness?

    Whom do you call great?

    #christian #roughsleeping #studentactivism #redeemed #questioning

  16. The number of “no fault” evictions in London increased 52 percent in the last year — more than five times the rate seen in the rest of England and Wales, a City Hall analysis reveals.

    Sadiq Khan said the data showed how the Government’s failure to ban the evictions — also known as section 21 notices — had been a “huge betrayal”.

    Section 21 notices are used by landlords to evict tenants with two months’ notice and without any reason needing to be given, and are a significant factor in the increase in people becoming homeless and sleeping on the streets.

    According to the latest Government data, there were 11,880 of these “no fault” eviction claims in London in the year to the end of March 2024, up 52 percent from 7,834 in the year to March 2023.

    This rise compares to an increase of nine percent in the rest of England and Wales over the same period, City Hall said.

    “The Government’s failure to pass the Renters (Reform) Bill before the dissolution of Parliament today is a huge betrayal of London’s 2.7mn private renters, who are left with the threat of eviction hanging over their heads,” said Mayor Khan.

    “These latest stats from City Hall are shocking and the unacceptable delay to this vital bill will leave even more renters in the capital at unnecessary risk of housing insecurity and homelessness.

    “I’m doing all I can to build a better, fairer London for everyone by supporting tenants, but I cannot act alone. Renters’ rights must be a national priority and ‘no fault’ evictions banned for good.”

    The Conservatives pledged to deliver the ban in their 2019 manifesto, with Housing Secretary Michael Gove promising as recently as February this year that the ban would be in place before the next election.

    The Renters (Reform) Bill, intended to deliver the ban, was first introduced in the House of Commons in May last year. But its progress was delayed by several Tory MPs who wanted to strengthen protections for landlords, who they feared would sell up.

    Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a July 4 election, it emerged that the necessary legislation would not be passed during the “wash up” period before Parliament was dissolved.

    Deputy PM Oliver Dowden told the Local Democracy Reporting Service last week: “As happens at the end of the Parliament, when you announce a general election, there are large amounts of legislation on the books. We’ve only got two days to conclude it all.”

    He added: “It just hasn’t been possible to get this legislation through in the ‘wash up’ period.”

    He said the Government had a strong record on housing overall, with 2.5mn new homes built nationally since 2010.

    In total, more than 30,000 renting households in London have faced a “no fault” eviction claim since 2019.

    https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/05/30/no-fault-evictions-increased-by-52-percent-in-london-in-the-year-to-march-2024/

    #GreaterLondonAuthority #homelessness #housing #RentersReformBill #roughSleeping #SadiqKhan #Section21

  17. The number of “no fault” evictions in London increased 52 percent in the last year — more than five times the rate seen in the rest of England and Wales, a City Hall analysis reveals.

    Sadiq Khan said the data showed how the Government’s failure to ban the evictions — also known as section 21 notices — had been a “huge betrayal”.

    Section 21 notices are used by landlords to evict tenants with two months’ notice and without any reason needing to be given, and are a significant factor in the increase in people becoming homeless and sleeping on the streets.

    According to the latest Government data, there were 11,880 of these “no fault” eviction claims in London in the year to the end of March 2024, up 52 percent from 7,834 in the year to March 2023.

    This rise compares to an increase of nine percent in the rest of England and Wales over the same period, City Hall said.

    “The Government’s failure to pass the Renters (Reform) Bill before the dissolution of Parliament today is a huge betrayal of London’s 2.7mn private renters, who are left with the threat of eviction hanging over their heads,” said Mayor Khan.

    “These latest stats from City Hall are shocking and the unacceptable delay to this vital bill will leave even more renters in the capital at unnecessary risk of housing insecurity and homelessness.

    “I’m doing all I can to build a better, fairer London for everyone by supporting tenants, but I cannot act alone. Renters’ rights must be a national priority and ‘no fault’ evictions banned for good.”

    The Conservatives pledged to deliver the ban in their 2019 manifesto, with Housing Secretary Michael Gove promising as recently as February this year that the ban would be in place before the next election.

    The Renters (Reform) Bill, intended to deliver the ban, was first introduced in the House of Commons in May last year. But its progress was delayed by several Tory MPs who wanted to strengthen protections for landlords, who they feared would sell up.

    Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a July 4 election, it emerged that the necessary legislation would not be passed during the “wash up” period before Parliament was dissolved.

    Deputy PM Oliver Dowden told the Local Democracy Reporting Service last week: “As happens at the end of the Parliament, when you announce a general election, there are large amounts of legislation on the books. We’ve only got two days to conclude it all.”

    He added: “It just hasn’t been possible to get this legislation through in the ‘wash up’ period.”

    He said the Government had a strong record on housing overall, with 2.5mn new homes built nationally since 2010.

    In total, more than 30,000 renting households in London have faced a “no fault” eviction claim since 2019.

    https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/05/30/no-fault-evictions-increased-by-52-percent-in-london-in-the-year-to-march-2024/

    #GreaterLondonAuthority #homelessness #housing #RentersReformBill #roughSleeping #SadiqKhan #Section21

  18. The number of “no fault” evictions in London increased 52 percent in the last year — more than five times the rate seen in the rest of England and Wales, a City Hall analysis reveals.

    Sadiq Khan said the data showed how the Government’s failure to ban the evictions — also known as section 21 notices — had been a “huge betrayal”.

    Section 21 notices are used by landlords to evict tenants with two months’ notice and without any reason needing to be given, and are a significant factor in the increase in people becoming homeless and sleeping on the streets.

    According to the latest Government data, there were 11,880 of these “no fault” eviction claims in London in the year to the end of March 2024, up 52 percent from 7,834 in the year to March 2023.

    This rise compares to an increase of nine percent in the rest of England and Wales over the same period, City Hall said.

    “The Government’s failure to pass the Renters (Reform) Bill before the dissolution of Parliament today is a huge betrayal of London’s 2.7mn private renters, who are left with the threat of eviction hanging over their heads,” said Mayor Khan.

    “These latest stats from City Hall are shocking and the unacceptable delay to this vital bill will leave even more renters in the capital at unnecessary risk of housing insecurity and homelessness.

    “I’m doing all I can to build a better, fairer London for everyone by supporting tenants, but I cannot act alone. Renters’ rights must be a national priority and ‘no fault’ evictions banned for good.”

    The Conservatives pledged to deliver the ban in their 2019 manifesto, with Housing Secretary Michael Gove promising as recently as February this year that the ban would be in place before the next election.

    The Renters (Reform) Bill, intended to deliver the ban, was first introduced in the House of Commons in May last year. But its progress was delayed by several Tory MPs who wanted to strengthen protections for landlords, who they feared would sell up.

    Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a July 4 election, it emerged that the necessary legislation would not be passed during the “wash up” period before Parliament was dissolved.

    Deputy PM Oliver Dowden told the Local Democracy Reporting Service last week: “As happens at the end of the Parliament, when you announce a general election, there are large amounts of legislation on the books. We’ve only got two days to conclude it all.”

    He added: “It just hasn’t been possible to get this legislation through in the ‘wash up’ period.”

    He said the Government had a strong record on housing overall, with 2.5mn new homes built nationally since 2010.

    In total, more than 30,000 renting households in London have faced a “no fault” eviction claim since 2019.

    https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/05/30/no-fault-evictions-increased-by-52-percent-in-london-in-the-year-to-march-2024/

    #GreaterLondonAuthority #homelessness #housing #RentersReformBill #roughSleeping #SadiqKhan #Section21

  19. The number of “no fault” evictions in London increased 52 percent in the last year — more than five times the rate seen in the rest of England and Wales, a City Hall analysis reveals.

    Sadiq Khan said the data showed how the Government’s failure to ban the evictions — also known as section 21 notices — had been a “huge betrayal”.

    Section 21 notices are used by landlords to evict tenants with two months’ notice and without any reason needing to be given, and are a significant factor in the increase in people becoming homeless and sleeping on the streets.

    According to the latest Government data, there were 11,880 of these “no fault” eviction claims in London in the year to the end of March 2024, up 52 percent from 7,834 in the year to March 2023.

    This rise compares to an increase of nine percent in the rest of England and Wales over the same period, City Hall said.

    “The Government’s failure to pass the Renters (Reform) Bill before the dissolution of Parliament today is a huge betrayal of London’s 2.7mn private renters, who are left with the threat of eviction hanging over their heads,” said Mayor Khan.

    “These latest stats from City Hall are shocking and the unacceptable delay to this vital bill will leave even more renters in the capital at unnecessary risk of housing insecurity and homelessness.

    “I’m doing all I can to build a better, fairer London for everyone by supporting tenants, but I cannot act alone. Renters’ rights must be a national priority and ‘no fault’ evictions banned for good.”

    The Conservatives pledged to deliver the ban in their 2019 manifesto, with Housing Secretary Michael Gove promising as recently as February this year that the ban would be in place before the next election.

    The Renters (Reform) Bill, intended to deliver the ban, was first introduced in the House of Commons in May last year. But its progress was delayed by several Tory MPs who wanted to strengthen protections for landlords, who they feared would sell up.

    Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a July 4 election, it emerged that the necessary legislation would not be passed during the “wash up” period before Parliament was dissolved.

    Deputy PM Oliver Dowden told the Local Democracy Reporting Service last week: “As happens at the end of the Parliament, when you announce a general election, there are large amounts of legislation on the books. We’ve only got two days to conclude it all.”

    He added: “It just hasn’t been possible to get this legislation through in the ‘wash up’ period.”

    He said the Government had a strong record on housing overall, with 2.5mn new homes built nationally since 2010.

    In total, more than 30,000 renting households in London have faced a “no fault” eviction claim since 2019.

    https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/05/30/no-fault-evictions-increased-by-52-percent-in-london-in-the-year-to-march-2024/

    #GreaterLondonAuthority #homelessness #housing #RentersReformBill #roughSleeping #SadiqKhan #Section21

  20. #thurrockcouncil #heididodson #nofaulteviction #homelessness #bbc #roughsleeping #sleepingrough #uk The words I’d use to describe Thurrock Council aren’t printable here. I hope Heidi gets help, and Thurrock Council get the negative publicity they deserve…
    bbc.com/news/articles/cjq5qxlg

  21. #thurrockcouncil #heididodson #nofaulteviction #homelessness #bbc #roughsleeping #sleepingrough #uk The words I’d use to describe Thurrock Council aren’t printable here. I hope Heidi gets help, and Thurrock Council get the negative publicity they deserve…
    bbc.com/news/articles/cjq5qxlg

  22. #thurrockcouncil #heididodson #nofaulteviction #homelessness #bbc #roughsleeping #sleepingrough #uk The words I’d use to describe Thurrock Council aren’t printable here. I hope Heidi gets help, and Thurrock Council get the negative publicity they deserve…
    bbc.com/news/articles/cjq5qxlg

  23. #thurrockcouncil #heididodson #nofaulteviction #homelessness #bbc #roughsleeping #sleepingrough #uk The words I’d use to describe Thurrock Council aren’t printable here. I hope Heidi gets help, and Thurrock Council get the negative publicity they deserve…
    bbc.com/news/articles/cjq5qxlg

  24. #thurrockcouncil #heididodson #nofaulteviction #homelessness #bbc #roughsleeping #sleepingrough #uk The words I’d use to describe Thurrock Council aren’t printable here. I hope Heidi gets help, and Thurrock Council get the negative publicity they deserve…
    bbc.com/news/articles/cjq5qxlg