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• Why homeless people without ID are especially vulnerable to financial abuse

  10-12-2019 17:52
  
  Violent crime is a daily hazard for homeless people – but document theft and financial exploitation can also pose a threatHomeless people are much more likely to be victims of violent crime than those of us lucky enough to have a roof over our heads. Indeed, a survey by the charity Crisis found that almost eight out of 10 homeless people had suffered some sort of violence, abuse or antisocial behaviour, while more than one in three had been deliberately hit, kicked, or experienced some oth
  
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• ‘It’s a lifeline’ – how bank accounts can disrupt the cycle of homelessness

  10-12-2019 17:52
  
  Bank accounts that don’t require customers to have a permanent address are helping homeless people to get back on their feet Kai, a 22-year-old man from Ilford, east London, has been staying at Centrepoint for the past four years. He became a primary carer for his father in his teens, which led to him dropping out of college. When his father died he lost his accommodation rights.“When I left college I no longer qualified for income support,” he says. “I didn’t under
  
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• ‘You don’t feel like you belong anywhere’ – the plight of the hidden homeless

  10-12-2019 17:18
  
  It isn’t just rough sleepers who are homeless. Crisis estimates that 62% of single homeless people are ‘hidden homeless’, who sofa-surf or find other temporary solutionsMark, a 35-year-old former soldier from Kent, has spent the past seven years sofa-surfing. It’s a term that perhaps sounds carefree or edgy, but is anything but. “I’ve slept on a sofa, a mattress in a corner, had a spare room. I have no stability any more – you don’t feel like you b
  
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