{"id":34470,"date":"2019-11-28T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T17:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=34470"},"modified":"2019-11-28T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T17:13:09","slug":"22000-young-people-at-risk-of-being-homeless-at-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/22000-young-people-at-risk-of-being-homeless-at-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"22,000 young people at risk of being homeless at Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>More than 22,000 vulnerable young people will be at risk of being homeless in the weeks leading up to Christmas. This figure exceeds the capacity of The O2 Arena in London. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The national youth homeless charity, Centrepoint, claimed that thousands of people aged 16 to 25 may sleep on the street or \u2018sofa surfing\u2019 during this year\u2019s Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Figures from Centrepoint indicated that 33% of homeless young people have spent their night in the park, 27% have slept in tent, and 10% have taken night buses to keep from being on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>The staff of youth homelessness charity, Brennan, says the government has continually been unable to provide a solution to the country\u2019s growing homeless population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are plenty of lip service-various declarations and promises have not been made, which is obviously tragic\u201d, he continued.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot celebrate when, in 2019 alone, more than 100,000 young people in our country found themselves homeless or at risk of homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on the statistical analysis from report of <em>The homelessness monitor <\/em>calculated around 3.74 million people in England are hidden homeless in 2019, and these proportions have been increasing rapidly since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan expressed: \u201cThe issue of \u2018conspicuous rough sleepers\u2019 needs to be addressed, however, that is just the \u2018 tip of the iceberg\u2019. The hidden homelessness is the biggest issue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>These people may occasionally have a shelter, but they haven\u2019t got a home. There is no support network behind them to sustain the accommodation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34472\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/homeless-person-sitting-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/homeless-person-sitting-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/homeless-person-sitting-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/homeless-person-sitting-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>In addition to the data collected from local authorities, Centrepoint also interviewed 227 young people who have been homeless, which found that 69% of them had no one who cared them, while 72% said homeless had a negative impact on their mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan says, the root cause of young people being homeless is the broken relationships. I applauded the church for making significant progress in helping the homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Ending youth homelessness is just the right thing to do. There should be no young people homeless in London in 2019.Solving this problem requires everyone\u2019s attention and joint effort.<\/p>\n<p>Together, We can beat youth homelessness if we choose to do so!<\/p>\n<p>Words: Wanchen Cao<\/p>\n<p>Credit to: PA Media, Hammersmith and Fulham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 22,000 vulnerable young people will be at risk of being homeless in the weeks leading up to Christmas. This figure exceeds the capacity of The O2 Arena in London. 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