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SOFA surfing is having “horrific” effects on people’s mental and physical wellbeing, Crisis warned today.
A new report from the homelessness charity says that eight out of 10 people who have relied on the sofas or floors of friends and family have suffered from poor mental health as a result.
The report, dubbed It Was Like A Nightmare — The Reality Of Sofa Surfing In Britain Today, was based on interviews with 114 people across 12 areas in Britain.
Plans to delay access to the universal credit health element until age 22 have triggered fierce opposition from disabled people’s groups, who warn it would deepen poverty and entrench discrimination against young disabled people under the guise of ‘encouraging work.’ DYLAN MURPHY reports
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON
