Sentences with phrase «increase homelessness»

And housing charity Shelter said the government's plans to move more people from social housing into the private rented sector could increase homelessness.

A party that wouldn't take a firm stand against an arbitrary household benefit cap — predicted to increase homelessness and drive many families into poverty — wasn't a party they wanted to support.

Now we learn that, despite repeatedly denying it, the government does believe its ideologically - driven welfare cap could increase homelessness.

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These issues included a potential that the plan would cost more money than it saved and increase homelessness by 20,000 on top of the 20,000 already anticipated due to other changes to housing benefit.

The Seattle - based company says its own research has highlighted the relationship between rising rents and increased homelessness.

A number of organisations told Bolt that there was «significant concern» about increased homelessness resulting from right - to - rent.

Three years later and a report by the chief inspector of borders and immigration has detailed concerns from a number of migrant organisations about the policy leading to increased homelessness and the risk of exploitation.

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«The government was warned its policies risked increasing homelessness and rough sleeping but these warnings fell on deaf ears.

In a Daily News OpEd, Queens Sen. Tony Avella (a onetime NYC mayoral candidate) calls de Blasio's new HomeStat plan «nothing but a press - release gimmick; a pointless publicity stunt to flip public opinion that has found him unable to admit, much less reverse, the increasing homelessness problem.»

For all the human misery they have caused, the household benefit cap is forecast to save just # 110m a year by the DWP, while the bedroom tax will raise just # 490m (and both, as analysts have warned, may end up costing more than they save by increasing homelessness and other social ills).

Assemblyman Charles Barron, of Brooklyn, known for his outspoken ways, got up and began yelling during the governor's speech about the state's failure to obey a 10 year old court order to fully fund schools, and increasing homelessness among other grievances.

Secondly, the government's own Impact Assessment found that most of the families hit have at least four children, and that it has increased homelessness.

But the subsequent, expansive closure of mental health facilities, fragmentation of outpatient health care services and growing difficulties in finding housing (increasing homelessness and incarceration rates) and support for persons with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses have adversely impacted longevity.

Not exact matches

According to a November 2015 HUD report, homelessness around large U.S. cities increased by 3 %, despite dropping 2 % nationwide.

Los Angeles, for instance, faces one of the nation's toughest challenges with homelessness, seeing an 11 % year - over-year increase as of January.

If rents in Seattle increased five percent, Zillow says an additional 258 people would fall into homelessness.

This has been one cause of the city's rapidly increasing rental and purchase prices for housing, gentrification and homelessness.

Articles and teaching sessions are devoted to social scandals like the increase in hunger, poverty, homelessness and illiteracy in the U.S. Likewise, issues surrounding U.S. foreign policy, aid and grotesque military appropriations are frequently critiqued on behalf of a foreseen new social order that will be founded on liberationist principles.

Poverty has various manifestations, including lack of income and productive resources sufficient to ensure sustainable livelihoods; hunger and malnutrition; ill - health; limited or lack of access to education and other basic services; increased morbidity and mortality from illness; homelessness and inadequate housing; unsafe environments; and social discrimination and exclusion.

Average earnings continue to drop drastically, indebtedness, bonded labor, illiteracy, homelessness, health hazards have increased and a host of social and economic ills not only persist but are on the increase.

The scale of homelessness had «increased significantly» (33 per cent) across Britain in the last five years, up from 119,900 in 2011.

For example, during the Reagan years, total consumption rose greatly, but homelessness and hunger also increased.

«While accepting that homelessness has many causes and there is no «one size fits all solution», we believe it is imperative that the Government take the brave decisions needed to tackle the crisis that has been an increasing scandal for our country,» the clerics said.

As homelessness has increased in recent years, so too has the number of homeless camps around the country.

Official figures show a 16 % increase in homelessness in 2016, with London accounting for most of it.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed back against news coverage that said his budget proposal hurts New York City, saying that it would be «absurd» to expect increases in funding to address homelessness and expand infrastructure without an offset elsewhere.

The city's reliance on commercial hotels is «truly out of control,» Stringer said, noting that almost half of the increased spending on homelessness across all city agencies has come from an boost in spending on these types of shelters.

«I will continue to fight for the issues I brought up during the campaign, particularly the need to reform our property tax structure, the need for transit, and address the increasing rates of homelessness and mental illness in our community,» said Malliotakis.

The governor proposed several initiatives that brought his platform further left towards liberal issues that de Blasio has been championing — such as increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, mandating 12 weeks of paid family leave and offering up $ 20 billion over the next five years to address homelessness by providing 20,000 more supportive housing beds and 100,000 units of affordable housing.

Department of Homeless Services stepping up censuses and Mayor de Blasio increasing services to address an alarming rise in homelessness

«Homelessness is on the increase in New York City, that is true,» Cuomo said Sunday on WCBS 880.

Robin says that not only have the numbers using the centre increased in recent years but so too have the issues which can lead to homelessness and destitution.

Earlier this week the Department for Work and Pensions select committee published evidence that the reduced cap was leading to sharp rises in the number of people affected outside London, with increased workloads for Citizens Advice and homelessness charities as people struggled to cope with the sudden loss of income.

Cuomo took questions from reporters following a rally for increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 with labor leaders, but all of the questions focused on homelessness.

De Blasio also said his administration's efforts to curb homelessness are working, despite increasing estimates of the number of homeless people on city streets, and expressed frustration that New Yorkers often confuse panhandlers «who are not particularly in need» for homeless persons.

The government has scrapped its year - old decision to bar 18 - to 21 - year - olds from receiving housing benefit amid fears the policy would drive an increase in youth homelessness.

The statement provides the first, if vague, indication of how Cuomo plans to respond to de Blasio's calls for increased state homelessness funding.

Ulrich said he proposed the legislation out of the need for increased funding for the Mayor's Office of Veterans» Affairs (MOVA), which relied heavily on coordinating with other city agencies to address issues of homelessness, mental health and unemployment in the city's veteran population.

Since then, de Blasio has announced several new initiatives to address homelessness and has increased his direct interaction with the public through friendly town halls and by appearing more often on radio call - in shows.

Referencing the report, «Homelessness in Oneida County, NY: Understanding and Addressing a Hidden Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military serHomelessness in Oneida County, NY: Understanding and Addressing a Hidden Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military serhomelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military serhomelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.»

In response to the city's continuing homelessness crisis, the council is also requesting the state increase support for the Homeless Rental Assistance Program collectively known as LINC.

He said the meetings show the de Blasio administration was «caught off guard» about the response to an increase in homelessness.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced his intention to increase oversight of New York City's homelessness problem and expand low - cost housing across the state, two issues at the core of the de Blasio administration's 2016 agenda.

In advance of Wednesday's budget release, Cuomo's staff released the highlights of an anti-poverty plan that includes increasing the minimum wage from $ 8.75 an hour to $ 10.50 an hour, more funding for an urban youth jobs program and investing millions in housing, homelessness services and emergency food.

Author and public health activist Dr. Irwin Redlener, and Queens State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, talk to In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the longstanding factors that have led to the dramatic increase in homelessness in New York City.

He also provided specifics for a few things he's been talking about for a while, like education — he wants to increase school aid by about a billion dollars — but especially homelessness, an issue he's been sparring about with Mayor Bill de Blasio.