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Story summary
- Crisis (British charity) reports that low-income people in England face barriers to social housing, increasing homelessness.
- Crisis notes that 71% of housing associations cite benefit restrictions as a factor in denials.
- Crisis urges the government to adopt Scotland's system, where housing associations must rehouse homeless households.
- The Ministry of Housing acknowledges the crisis.
- The Ministry of Housing claims to be investing £1 billion to address homelessness and boost social housing.
