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The number of people dying on our streets has reached record levels
Shockingly, deaths in the South East have risen 27% in a year

08 October, 2025

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“I felt like a second-class citizen”: A glimpse into the daily hostility faced by people who are homeless
"I felt like I had no right to exist alongside other people"

08 October, 2025

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The link between homelessness and declining mental health
An important message for World Homeless Day and World Mental Health Day

06 October, 2025

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We're campaigning to save the UK's supported housing from funding cuts
The Starts at Home campaign is calling on politicians to act

29 August, 2025

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False rumours about Porchlight properties being sold to house asylum seekers
Our statement

08 August, 2025

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You kept women safe by donating to our fund for homeless women
It’s a pot of money we use to help them as quickly as possible

29 July, 2025

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"Light at the end of the tunnel" - clients help government trial new homelessness support
We’re one of 54 organisations involved in the Test & Learn programme

17 June, 2025

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The Vagrancy Act - which criminalises homelessness - is set to be scrapped
Our response

12 June, 2025

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Letter to Keir Starmer: don't discharge homeless hospital patients to the streets
Porchlight and other charities are calling for change

04 June, 2025

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