British Red Cross research says Ukrainian families four times as likely to end up on streets as UK families
Thousands of Ukrainian refugee families are at risk of homelessness this winter and are four times as likely to end up on the streets as UK families, according to research from the British Red Cross.
A report by the charity and Heriot-Watt University, published before Wednesday’s autumn statement, calls on the chancellor to include extra funding for Ukrainian families to prevent a sharp rise in homelessness among this group.The report found 6,220 Ukrainian refugee families are expected to have applied for homelessness support by the end of this financial year, a rise of 13% on the 2022/23 figure. Almost 5,000 of those families are predicted to face “core homelessness”, such as rough sleeping, sofa surfing or being accommodated in a hostel.
