This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Amend council housing points system so homeless veterans receive higher priority
Under the current scheme updated in Aug 2019 an End of service in Armed Forces, returning to civilian life, widow(er) Only receives 50 points. Make veterans a priority. If veterans are willing to put their lives on the line for this country, the least we can do is home them when their service ends
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Too many are living on the streets because they are not entitled to a council house on the current scheme. The Royal British Legion estimate that there are over 6000 homeless veterans In the U.K., yet The latest Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) homelessness data reveals that over the past year only 1,780 homeless veterans were identified by local authority housing services. That’s identified, not housed. Most of those would still have not received enough points.
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