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Guardian: Supported housing in England on brink of financial crisis, charities warn
More than 150 organisations, including Age UK and Refuge, have warned the supported housing sector is on the precipice of a financial crisis that could plunge tens of thousands of vulnerable people into homelessness.
In a letter to the government being delivered on Friday, public bodies, charities and housing associations called for urgent action to save the sector, which provides homes for 500,000 people across England with complex needs.
They said funding cuts and rising costs had pushed providers to breaking point, and that organisations providing nearly one in five (18%) of all supported homes are on the verge of closing down services – which would lead to the loss of 70,000 homes.
About two thousand supporters flocked to see Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in a Progressive Conservative heartland this week – the Central Nova riding of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, and former federal cabinet ministers Elmer MacKay and his son, Peter MacKay, in northeastern Nova Scotia.
As the rally unfolded in Trenton, a small community nearly a two-hour drive from Halifax, one person wasn’t there: Nova Scotia’s PC Premier, Tim Houston.
“Premier Houston sends his best. He would be here tonight but he’s a busy man,” Peter MacKay told a cheering crowd, though Mr. Houston was in the province with no publicly scheduled appearances.
Last Updated: 25.Apr.2025 02:56 EDT
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