Tories in Northumberland have given up caring!
Despite Labour’s Cllr Allan Hepple seeking a full report on the plight of evicted homeless people from Northumberland; Nationally, Tens of thousands of people have been evicted throughout the coronavirus pandemic, despite a government ban on the practice. Since April this year at least 90,063 people in the UK have been threatened with homelessness – and more than half of these have already lost their accommodation.
Charities say data shows a
new cohort of homeless people who were not protected by the ban on evictions
and a government scheme to house the homeless during the coronavirus crisis,
due to their precarious living arrangements. These include young people who
have lost their jobs and are struggling to support themselves
financially.
Jonny Webb, a fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research who specialises on housing and homelessness, said official data showed there was a 69% fall in people being given section 21s this year compared with 2019 but people were still being evicted. The charity Crisis has called for local authorities to be given “clear instruction and sufficient funding to ensure everyone is in safe and self-contained accommodation.
In Northumberland it's believed that Cllr John Riddle has presided over a massive number of without proof evictions in with his Council and local housing associations turning away many of those claiming they have made themselves intentionally homeless via its homefinder service.
