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08/12/2017
The centrality of poverty
Poverty as measured by material deprivation through lack of economic resources remains absolutely central to understanding the causation of most aspects of social exclusion and a range of social outcomes, concludes the 2nd of the two-volume PSE-UK study.
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03/02/2016
Briefings, PhD theses and other reports
Are subjective measures of well being effective at identifying risk of material deprivation? What are they measuring? How should we take account of children's views when examining measures of child poverty? Read Grace Kelly and Gill Main's Phd theses drawing on the PSE research.
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04/12/2012
Benefit cuts risk homelessness for young people
Cuts in benefits for young people are putting them at greater risk of becoming homeless, according to a new survey.
The campaign group Homeless Link asked 117 homeless charities and 101 local authority housing services to give their assessment of how benefit changes are affecting young people.
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04/11/2012
Councils planning homeless exodus from London
Local authorities in London are preparing to send thousands of homeless families to live in temporary homes outside the capital, according to a survey conducted by the Guardian newspaper. This would be in defiance of official guidance that people should continue to be housed locally.
Out of the 33 London local authorities contacted by the newspaper, 17 said they were already placing homeless families outside the capital, or had secured or were considering temporary accommodation outside London for future use. Councils have acquired rental properties as far away as Northampton, and are considering accommodation in places such as Manchester, Hull and south Wales.
The councils reportedly say the move is inevitable because there is virtually no suitable private rented temporary accommodation for larger families in London that is affordable within government-imposed housing benefit allowances, which are capped at £400 a week.
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24/10/2012
New European aid fund for most deprived
A new fund to help deprived people in the European Union has been proposed by the European Commission. The fund would support schemes in member states providing food to the most deprived people, and clothing and other essential goods (such as shoes, soap and shampoo) to homeless people and materially deprived children.
The Commission envisages a budget of €2.5 billion (about £2 billion) for the fund over the period 2014–2020. Member states would be responsible for paying 15 per cent of the costs of their national programmes, with the remaining 85 per cent coming from the fund.
The proposal now goes to the European Parliament and the European Union's Council of Ministers for approval.
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07/06/2012
Housing and the Living Environment Indicators in the PSE survey
This paper discusses indicators to housing and the living environment, Domain 10 of the Bristol Social Exclusion Matrix (BSEM), for use in the Poverty and Social Exclusion survey. Indicators that capture the relationship between poverty and housing must give a good picture of the following main areas: the physical quality of housing; the degree of (over)crowdedness; the suitability for the specific needs of the household; the security of tenure and the affordability of housing. The effect of housing on other measures of poverty and social exclusion extend to the quality of the neighbourhood and the wider area in which housing is located, referred to as the living environment, which will be measured through various indicators of neighbourhood quality.
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02/05/2012
London borough plans to deny social housing to homeless people
Homeless people in a London borough face being moved outside their local area into private rented accommodation, rather than being placed on a waiting list for council housing.
According to a leaked document obtained by the Guardian, Conservative-controlled Hammersmith & Fulham council is considering a plan to break the previous link between a homelessness application and a social housing tenancy. This change is permitted under the Localism Act 2012 introduced by the government. The council would instead meet its statutory obligations on homelessness by finding private rented accommodation, which, the leaked document says, could be within the borough but ‘could equally’ be outside it.
Source: Report in the Guardian, 2 May 2012
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01/05/2012
Work assessment ‘causing stress and anxiety’ for homeless people
Campaigners have warned that the work capability assessment is causing stress and anxiety for single homeless people. Over three-quarters of those surveyed said they are unhappy with the outcome of their assessment.
The campaign group, Crisis, has surveyed people’s experiences of the test, which was introduced in 2008 to assess entitlement to employment and support allowance.
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24/04/2012
Housing benefit cuts will hit the most disadvantaged
The cuts in housing benefit will adversely affect some of the most disadvantaged groups in society and are likely to lead to an increase in homelessness, warns the homeless charity Crisis. In a new briefing paper looking at the impact of the Coalition government changes to housing benefit introduced from 2010 to the 2012 budget, the charity finds:
Nationally 936,960 households will lose out as a result of the removal of various changes. The average 1 bedroom claimant will lose £11 a week. The average London claimant will lose £22 a week.While accepting that housing benefit needs reform and that there is an issue with very high rents, particularly in parts of London, the report concludes:
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28/03/2012
Homelessness on the rise as cuts bite
Homelessness and levels of rough sleeping are increasing as a result of deep cuts to hostel and housing services, according to a survey of homeless charities, Homeless Watch, a survey of needs and provisions 2012. The survey carried out in November 2011 by the charity, Homeless Link, finds that:
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