tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81852842011-12-13T19:56:31.335-08:00Homeless FAQFacts about the homelessMusic Bloggernoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8185284.post-1094215007313135712004-09-05T05:36:00.000-07:002004-10-23T18:49:35.576-07:00Homeless centre's financial woeA centre for homeless people in Nottingham could be facing closure after serious financial difficulties.
Emmanuel House on Goosegate helps up to 130 people a day to get food and advice on how to find housing.
The centre needs to raise £54,000 by the end of the financial year in order to remain open.
Staff say it provides a vital lifeline for people living on Nottingham's streets and relieves Music Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8185284.post-1098582659782357502004-09-01T18:50:00.000-07:002004-10-23T18:50:59.783-07:00Model joins unfit homes 'sit in'Model Nell McAndrew has become the first protester to join homeless charity Shelter's "sit in" campaign to help British children in unfit housing
The charity hopes to raise awareness of the education and health problems unfit housing causes for children.
It says more than a million children in the UK overcrowded, unfit and emergency accommodation.
The campaign features a red armchair, in Music Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8185284.post-1098582149685580812003-10-03T18:41:00.000-07:002004-10-23T18:42:29.686-07:00Resident 'frustrated' by fire delayA Nottingham man has described his frustration at being left homeless by a fire at the block of flats where he lived.
Three weeks after the fire in Radford, most of his clothes and possessions remain sealed off beyond his reach.
The flames which spread rapidly through High Cross Court left 24 homes damaged.
Most families were allowed to return home the same evening, but 16 flats were Music Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8185284.post-1098582209301611982003-09-25T18:43:00.000-07:002004-10-23T18:43:29.300-07:00Homeless figures riseMore than 3,000 households in Devon are now living in bed and breakfast or temporary accommodation.
The number of people or families declared homeless over the last 12 months has risen by about 600.
The high rents and house prices in Devon are being blamed.
South Hams Housing Officer Andrew Fiske said councils were working to try and prevent the problem.
He said: "We are trying to Music Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8185284.post-1098582535739239942003-09-02T18:48:00.000-07:002004-10-23T18:48:55.740-07:00Waite in homeless appealFormer Beirut hostage Terry Waite is appealing to Scottish businesses to help him establish the country's first working community for the homeless.
As president of Emmaus, an organisation dedicated to helping homeless people in Britain, Mr Waite hopes to establish a community in the Possilpark area of Glasgow by the end of 2004.
The project would house 24 people in purpose-built accommodation Music Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8185284.post-1098581964853072792003-07-07T18:38:00.000-07:002004-10-23T18:39:24.853-07:00Million homeless in Assam floodsMore than a million people are now homeless as flooding worsens in India's north-eastern state of Assam.
Waters have risen further in the past 24 hours, sweeping away 16 villagers and submerging 500,000 hectares of cropland.
More than 5,000 villages have been affected by the floods.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi said the army had been called out in several districts to help the civil Music Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8185284.post-1098581840280594802003-06-23T18:35:00.000-07:002004-10-23T18:37:20.280-07:00Final touch for homeless playersWales' national homeless football team are putting the finishing touches to their ball skills ahead of the first ever international street football tournament.
The Welsh squad is made up of homeless people from Cardiff and Swansea who initially played in separate teams in the two cities.
But they united to form a national team and have been trained by professional coaches at the University of Music Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8185284.post-1098580801102853012002-11-03T18:11:00.000-08:002004-10-23T18:34:16.450-07:00Homelessness - Provision of Mental Health and Substance Abuse ServicesHow many people are homeless?
In 1996, an estimated 637,000 adults were homeless in any given week. In the same year, an estimated 2.1 million adults were homeless over the course of a year. These numbers increase dramatically when children are included, to 842,000 and 3.5 million, respectively. Over a 5-year period, about 2 to 3 percent of the U.S. population (5 to 8 million people) will Music Bloggernoreply@blogger.com