05 The level of support provided by local In the autumn of 2023, New Horizon Youth Centre 05 authorities can be inconsistent, there are and LSE collaborated on a piece of research some positive stories and some exploring young people’s experiences of engaging very negative. [...] unaccounted-scale-youth-homelessness-uk RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE MEDIUM TERM PROCESSES AND HOUSING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS: LONDON: London Councils should help create a pan-London centralised website for young people setting out rights and the options available SHORT TERM to them if they become, or are threatened with homelessness. [...] NATIONAL: The Homelessness Code of Guidance should be updated to include a specific LONG TERM chapter on engaging with, and offering exemplar support to, young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. [...] Be on our side… just listen to us.” NATIONAL: Government should commit to a national strategy to end youth homelessness with “[The local authority] was asking a focus on specific allocations for new housing that me for a letter of evidence that I meets the needs of young people. [...] But if we can reduce – Young people being all of that movement, and if we supported by NHYC can bring our resources together, ” cross-sector, cross-systems, and make it easy for the person that needs the assistance rather than all the bits that we want to do, then… they’re much more likely to experience positive outcomes.” ”.
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