“A cold doorway or a grotty hostel is not a home” - last year more than 11,000 were homeless in Greater Manchester
At least 11,550 people were homeless in Greater Manchester on any given night last year, according to the charity Shelter.
Meanwhile, Shelter says there were an estimated 7,450 homeless people in the city - the second highest of anywhere in the country outside of London. Around one in 74 people in the city are thought to be living in temporary accommodation, or on the streets.“A cold doorway or a grotty hostel room is not a home, but this is reality for too many people today,” Shelter chief executive Polly Neate says.
Nationally, Shelter’s research shows that at least 271,000 people are recorded as homeless in England, including 123,000 children. That equates to a national rate of one in 208 people.Shelter says use of temporary accommodation has risen nationally by an ‘alarming’ 74 per cent over the last decade thanks to a ‘chronic shortage’ of social homes.
In a Shelter survey of 1,112 households in temporary accommodation, 63 per cent said their living situation had had a negative impact on their mental health. They cover people in temporary accommodation, hostels, and those on the streets. They do not include the various forms of hidden or unofficial homelessness, such as sofa surfing or overcrowded homes and, as such, are likely to be an underestimate.
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