Jas' Trends and Visual Communication: Homelessness Drastically Increased in London this Year

There has been a huge rise in the number of homeless people this year and it has been blamed on housing shortages and the 'bedroom tax'.
This is due to more housing demand than houses available.
The number of people sleeping rough has increased by 13% in London this year and 6% in England alone.
There has been a 10% increase in those who are housed temporarily and 14% rise in the use of B&B's.
Homelessness has only started increasing again since the government coalition. The previous 6 years years to this, homelessness had been decreasing.
Labour want to 'abolish the bedroom tax', as the impact of it has been horrendous.
A recent study found 9% of adults in England have been homeless at some point in their life.
A survey by the Inside Housing magazine shows that 'councils and housing associations are increasingly resorting to the threat of eviction'.
Although there is no evidence that the increase in homelessness is directly caused by the government's reforms.
The only thing that in really helping all these homeless people are charities and those who donate to these charities.

Jas' Trends and Visual Communication