Youth Homelessness review by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

May 2008

As part of our exploration we are looking at research available on the issue of Youth Homelessness. Here is the first UK-wide review on youth homelessness in a decade which indicates that at least 75,000 young people experienced homelessness in the UK in 2006–07...

Youth homelessness in the UK

There have been significant policy developments across the UK to address youth homelessness in recent years, most particularly the extension of priority need groups and a new emphasis on the prevention of homelessness. This study, the first UK-wide review of youth homelessness for a decade, explores whether these changes have been effective in tackling youth homelessness.

Here is a web link for the full report...

http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2221.asp

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