{"id":6492,"date":"2024-01-12T15:15:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T15:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/?post_type=news&p=6492"},"modified":"2024-01-15T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T12:33:45","slug":"help-us-end-youth-homelessness-sign-the-136k-petition","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.depaul.org.uk\/news\/help-us-end-youth-homelessness-sign-the-136k-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"help us end youth homelessness – sign the 136k petition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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136,000 young people faced homelessness last year, but experts say the true number could be as high as double that figure. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Politicians, charities and celebrities have united over a government petition calling for a national youth homelessness strategy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sign the petition <\/a><\/p>\n

Depaul UK has joined with more than 100 charities calling on all political parties to come together and adopt a national strategy to end homelessness. Young people need access to better housing, fairer finances and more support to prevent homelessness in the first place.<\/p>\n

In a nation struggling with a housing crisis, young people\u2019s experiences are often ignored. There simply isn\u2019t enough suitable, affordable and youth-appropriate housing. Young people are the most likely to be in low paid, insecure roles, and have the lowest savings and financial support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to recent Centrepoint research the<\/span> number of young people approaching their council as homeless or about to become homeless has risen to 135,800 for 2022-23.\u00a0<\/b>This equates to 372 per day, and a new young person facing the harm of homelessness every four minutes. Of those, 20,200 were in London: that’s enough to fill every seat on a double decker bus <\/span>every<\/span><\/i> day. Centrepoint\u2019s research also found that 35% of these young people weren\u2019t assessed at all when they approached their local authority for help. Many are told to go home, even though this may not be a safe option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That is one of the many reasons why a collective of over 100 youth and youth homelessness charities have united to call on the government to adopt and implement a <\/span>national strategy to end youth homelessness<\/span><\/a>. The strategy prioritises three key areas; prevention, finances and housing and lays out specific updates and evidence based solutions that the government should support in order to tackle the crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The collective of homelessness and youth organisations have united to call on those in power and seeking to be in power to put young people first, and to deliver a strategy to end youth homelessness ahead of the next general election.<\/span><\/p>\n

Join us to campaign for a #PlanForThe136k by signing the petition here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

We need 100,000 signatures to be considered for debate in Parliament and get this crucial issue on the political agenda.<\/b><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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