Article 6R6QX English councils illegally turning away homeless young people, charity says

English councils illegally turning away homeless young people, charity says

by
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6R6QX)

Centrepoint records 564 instances of gatekeeping' including dozens involving young people who were pregnant or had children

Hundreds of homeless young people, including dozens who are pregnant or have children, are being illegally turned away by councils when they ask for help, the Guardian has learned.

As government figures showed the number of households with children living in temporary accommodation in England rose 15% in the last year to nearly 75,000, it emerged that a young pregnant woman who was sleeping rough was refused support because she wasn't 20 weeks" into her pregnancy. Others were rejected because they were wrongly judged to have no local connection or to have made themselves homeless - in one case despite a person having fled domestic abuse.

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