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Big Issue warns of ‘mass homelessness’ amid rising bills and rent
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THE rising cost of bills coupled with £360 million of rent arrears accrued during the Covid-19 pandemic are on the verge of causing mass homelessness, the Big Issue has warned.
The campaigning magazine said that the toxic mix could force Tory ministers to spend more than £2.6 billion on keeping people off the streets this winter as inflation bites and energy prices climb.
The government spends £9,266 for every person made homeless, whereas the price of early intervention is just £2,263 per person, the Big Issue said.
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