The capital is the worst affected area in the country for homelessness.
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The new data, released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) show that there is an estimated 213 people living rough on the streets of the borough, a serious issue for homelessness.
There could be sleepless nights in store for the Mayor as the figures also show that Camden saw a 647% spike in homelessness – making it the third highest problem borough in England.
Overall more than 1137 people were recorded last year to be suffering from homelessness in London – the first time it has crept into a four digit figure.
Polly Neate, chief executive of homelessness charity Shelter, said: “These figures expose the worst pain inflicted by our housing crisis.”
“We have failed as a society when so many people are forced to sleep rough.”
Chief executive of the charity Crisis, Jon Sparkes, said: “It is truly a catastrophe that in a country as prosperous as this, more and more people are finding themselves forced to sleep in dangerous and freezing conditions, when we have evidence to show how the situation could be turned around.”
“While we warmly welcome the Government’s pledges to tackle rough sleeping, including a Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Taskforce, now that we know the solutions to end rough sleeping for good we’re calling on the Government to take swift action to tackle the problem and fix it once and for all.”
A spokesman from MHCLG stated that “this Government is committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027.”
“In addition, a new cross-Government taskforce supported by a panel of experts will drive forward a new strategy that will make life on the streets a thing of the past.”
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The new data, released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) show that there is an estimated 213 people living rough on the streets of the borough, a serious issue for homelessness.
There could be sleepless nights in store for the Mayor as the figures also show that Camden saw a 647% spike in homelessness – making it the third highest problem borough in England.
Overall more than 1137 people were recorded last year to be suffering from homelessness in London – the first time it has crept into a four digit figure.
Polly Neate, chief executive of homelessness charity Shelter, said: “These figures expose the worst pain inflicted by our housing crisis.”
“We have failed as a society when so many people are forced to sleep rough.”
Chief executive of the charity Crisis, Jon Sparkes, said: “It is truly a catastrophe that in a country as prosperous as this, more and more people are finding themselves forced to sleep in dangerous and freezing conditions, when we have evidence to show how the situation could be turned around.”
“While we warmly welcome the Government’s pledges to tackle rough sleeping, including a Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Taskforce, now that we know the solutions to end rough sleeping for good we’re calling on the Government to take swift action to tackle the problem and fix it once and for all.”
A spokesman from MHCLG stated that “this Government is committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027.”
“In addition, a new cross-Government taskforce supported by a panel of experts will drive forward a new strategy that will make life on the streets a thing of the past.”
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