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Homeless families from London are being 'dumped' in Manchester, MPs told
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'We're spending lots of money on these families for crap outcomes'
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The children with nowhere to call home
Homelessness
SPECIAL REPORT: One in 30 kids are stuck in temporary accommodation across the city. They're at risk of 'falling behind their peers' and suffering trauma that 'stays with them for life'. Stephen Topping and Declan Carey report.
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After 14 years of Tory rule, is Manchester any Greater?
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Ahead of the general election on July 4, the Manchester Evening News looks back at the big moments in Greater Manchester over the last 14 years and how the lives of people here - and the city itself - have changed since the Conservatives first came to power
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'I could lose everything': The desperate woman turned away from HUNDREDS of houses
Homelessness
“A lot of landlords don’t like taking people on benefits. The way things are I can’t blame them"
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'It’s horrible out here... we moved as people were smoking spice' - Waking up on on the streets of Manchester on Christmas Day
Homelessness
“It’s Christmas Day, we want to be together.”
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'Suicide rate will go up' if homeless people banned from using tents, Manchester charities warn
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Manchester has seen a 42 percent rise in homelessness in the past year
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A new emergency has been declared in Greater Manchester
Homelessness
Campaigners say too many are becoming 'locked out' of a pricey private rented sector
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Against all odds, homelessness is falling in Manchester
Manchester
After a huge spike in homelessness, the figures are finally falling
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A thousand single mums have no home to call their own
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At the end of last year more than 1,100 single mothers in Manchester found themselves stuck in temporary accommodation
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“A cold doorway or a grotty hostel is not a home” - last year more than 11,000 were homeless in Greater Manchester
Homelessness
Experts at Shelter say they are bracing for a spike in homelessness.
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"Surely it's cheaper on booking.com": the high costs of housing families in B&Bs
Greater Manchester News
Manchester council spends millions on housing families in B&Bs
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Rats everywhere and a sex offender in the bathroom - a homeless mum's journey through a broken system
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SPECIAL REPORT: Kim presented as homeless to Manchester council in August. In three months she lived in seven different properties - with an alcoholic and a sex offender as neighbours in one of them
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'He had friends all over' - tributes to Manchester’s first homeless tour guide
Homelessness
Veteran Danny Collins’ moving walking tours led visitors to the spots where he slept rough and spent much of his time when he was homeless
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Pensioners among rough sleepers bedding down at Manchester Airport
Homelessness
Charity workers say they have come across three people aged in their 70s and two women sleeping at the airport in the last few months.
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The place that makes sure that no young LGBTQ+ person is alone on the streets of Manchester
Greater Manchester News
The LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity akt has opened a new centre to support people in the city centre
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'I thought I was going to die on the streets. It saved my life’ - the game-changing homelessness project facing an uncertain future
Homelessness
'Housing First works' - but government funding currently runs out next year
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Young homeless man was found dead by M&S staff after sleeping rough outside Manchester city centre store
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An inquest heard the impact of poverty and mental health problems on the short life of John Scott Wrench
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The Manchester lads motivated by tragedy to help those in desperate need - and who now need your help
Homelessness
The Cold Hands Warm Hearts organisation was set up to help Manchester's homeless earlier this year
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Manchester's hidden homelessness crisis is expected to snowball this year
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A worst case scenario drawn up by the council would see 700 more households needing temporary accommodation due to the impact of the pandemic. At the same time, the town hall is cutting millions from its homelessness budget
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Mancunians at risk of homelessness urged to get advice early by council as winter demand looms
Greater Manchester News
'It is so much better to ask for help before a crisis point is reached'
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The service making sure young gay people aren't forgotten as lockdown leaves Canal Street deserted
Greater Manchester News
The legacy of a gay teenager who fell from the roof of the Chorlton Street car park in 1986 lives on, with a movement supporting young people in Manchester, London and Bristol
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What it's like for two people who have been homeless during the pandemic
Salford
Council bosses say single-person accommodation is in high demand
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Manchester is living through an unparalleled homeless crisis - yet an axe hangs over vital support services, mid-pandemic
Homelessness
The town hall has put forward a possible £2.8m saving to its homeless budget, amid fears of bankruptcy. But councillors are pushing back as charities warn of ‘dizzying’ rises in destitution and false economies
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The flats where people get more than a home - they get a second chance
Salford
'I’m going to be more mature and independent now'
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