Abstract

Background Recent measures to reduce government spending in the UK, including welfare benefit reforms and Local Authority (LA) budget reductions, could have increased homelessness by increasing strain on household ability to afford housing and negatively impacting LA spending on housing support services and homelessness prevention. We investigated the relationship between changes in LA expenditure on services and welfare benefits with the prevalence of homelessness across England. Methods Data covering fiscal years 2004/05 to 2012/13 …

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