Advocates demand social welfare 'overhaul' as families exceed housing support thresholds

Homelessness levels reached a record high for the second month in a row in August with 10,805 people accessing emergency accommodation.

Families could exceed the income threshold for social housing even on the most basic welfare payments, advocates have said, as they urged the Government to complete a review of these thresholds as the homelessness crisis deepens.

Despite an indication from the Department of Housing that this new review would complete its work by the end of the year, charities say it’ll be a “tight” turnaround and it would be “unacceptable” for it to drag into 2023.