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Ending rough sleeping in England is an ambition undermined by policy failures

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In 2017 the government set a target of halving rough sleeping in England by the end of this parliament and ending it by 2027. The average age of people who die while homeless is 45 for men, and 43 for women. The causes of homelessness and rough sleeping are deeply embedded in policies that have remained untouched by the rough sleeping strategy.

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Ending rough sleeping in England is an ambition undermined by policy failures

In 2017, at the launch of a report from the Centre for Social Justice on homelessness, I had the chance to ask Sajid Javid, then the housing secretary, whether he was committed to ending rough sleeping. To my surprise, he said “yes”. In 2017 the government set a target of halving rough sleeping in England by the end of this parliament and ending it by 2027. In 2019 the Johnson administration went further, committing to end rough sleeping by 2024…

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