Rocketing homeless figures 'just the tip of the iceberg'

摘要

Crisis has warned the latest homeless figures released by the DCLG are 'just the tip of the iceberg".According to the statistics, released by the DCLG on 8 March, the number of households accepted as homeless in England increased by 14% last year. Hie number of people who approached their local council as homeless also increased by 10%, to 107,060.Crisis chief executive, Leslie Morphy, said the charity's 'worst fears are coming to pass", and blamed a combination of the economic downturn, rising unemployment and public spending cuts.