Half of young people facing homelessness denied help – report
This is likely to be a “significant underestimate†of the scale of youth homelessness, the charity says, as it does not include young people who turned to charities for help, or who ended up sofa-surfing with friends, for example.
Although the 52% of homeless young people who received no help last year should now receive support under the Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) introduced in April, Centrepoint said councils were not properly funded to meet their new duties.
Just 13% of young people who presented to councils as homeless were deemed eligible to be housed, while 35% received alternative support, ranging from mediation aimed at moving them back into the family home, to help with a rent deposit.
