A man gives change to a homeless person in central London
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HOUSING must be made a human right in British law in order to hold the government to account for its “woeful failures,” on tackling homelessness, a new report has claimed.
The major report into homelessness in England by Amnesty International, claims that key government policies have resulted in thousands of people being denied housing.
Looking at British policies, law and practices, the human rights group found that people are “locked out” from accessing homelessness support by a series of “stringent and draconian eligibility criteria.”
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON