10-08-2017 01:01 via huffingtonpost.co.uk

Number Of Rough Sleepers Set To Explode 76% by 2027 If Government Does Not Change Course

Rough sleeping will rocket by 76% by 2027 if power-holders fail to take long-term action on homelessness now, a leading charity has warned. 
Crisis has called on the government to urgently overhaul policy as experts estimated that, based on current trends, the number of people living on the streets, in hostels or on someone’s sofa was set to explode over the next decade. 
The charity picked out the benefit cap, sanctions, a severe lack of affordable housing, cutbacks to homelessn
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