Many people have not yet realised the full impact of housing benefit and other welfare reforms threatening further hardship for those already disadvantaged. On political if not humanitarian grounds, the government would do well to stop targeting those in greatest need, says Savi Hensman, examining the specific issue of housing benefit.

Homelessnness kills, yet it seems like the world is still walking on by while it happens, says a senior Church of Scotland minister.

Two leading homelessness charities are teaming up to help homeless men and women using winter shelters across London to escape homelessness.

The number of households declared homeless so far this year is up by 13 per cent from the same period last year, according to Government figures out today.