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Rise in disabled people facing homelessness in England

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75% Informative

More than 60,000 disabled households in England faced homelessness last year , up 75% since 2019 .

21% of households facing homelessness in last three months of last year had some sort of physical ill health or disability.

Number of social housing lettings given to disabled people fell from 20% in 2022/23 to 16% in 2023/24 .

One MP warns the government against going "further and faster in the wrong direction".

VR Score

79

Informative language

77

Neutral language

82

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

59

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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1

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