How landlords can help with youth homelessness: Children In Need
Posted : 06/11/2015 | By Alice Mahalia & Hayley Cowburn
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There are many many factors leading to the homelessness of young people in the UK, from home runaways, to refugees and care leavers.
There are steps all of us can take to help those who have ended up in a desperate, homeless situation by: donating and volunteering for relevant charities, looking our for vulnerable young people and reporting regularly rough sleepers to organisations such as Street Link.
But what can be done in our sector?
1. Report any concerns you have relating to your tenants' wellbeing to relevant authorities.
2. One month of rent struggles does not mean it will continue. Talk to the tenant to ascertain problems before considering eviction.
3. Sign up to local schemes which place homeless people in shared accommodation. Many of these will guarantee rent even though you are housing a formally homeless person.
4. Consider providing more 'affordable housing' to young people or offer properties to young sharers.
5. Help raise ,money for a local homeless charity. This will also give the landlord or the letting agent some publicity at the same time as helping those in need.
Sources
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/homelessness/homelessness_-_an_introduction/what_is_homelessness
http://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/policy_and_research/policy_library/policy_library_folder/young_people_and_homelessness_factsheet
http://england.shelter.org.uk/campaigns/why_we_campaign/supporting_families_and_children
http://www.doorway.org.uk/ourwork/work-landlords.php
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/may/25/property.landlords
http://www.homeless.org.uk/facts/our-research/young-and-homeless-research