CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Rocketing homeless figures 'just the tip of the iceberg'

Crisis has warned the latest homeless figures released by the DCLG are 'just the tip of the iceberg'.

Crisis has warned the latest homeless figures released by the DCLG are ‘just the tip of the iceberg'.

According to the statistics, released by the DCLG on 8 March, the number of households accepted as homeless in England increased by 14% last year. The number of people who approached their local council as homeless also increased by 10%, to 107,060.

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