Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing
‘Similar pressure to London’: the housing crisis reaches Newcastle
The homelessness charity Crisis is going to become a landlord for the first time in its 60-year history, saying the housing crisis in the UK has reached a “catastrophic scenario”.
Matt Downie, the charity’s chief executive, said it was preparing to launch a fundraising appeal to buy its own housing stock as it can longer get access to social housing to help homeless people.
