Homeless Link releases election podcast on housing and homelessness

Published by Homeless Link for Homeless Link in Housing and also in Central Government, Local Government

Homeless Link worked with its members and service users to come up with six questions to ask the housing and homelessness spokespeople of the 4 main political parties. 

Homeless Link is the national umbrella organisation for approximately 500 frontline homelessness agencies and their service users and clients. Our vision is a country free from homelessness and we work closely with Government and the shadow cabinet, local authorities and our members to make this vision a reality. We asked our members and their service users to provide questions that they would like to ask the party spokespeople. Ian Austin, homelessness minister and Grant Shapps, the Conservative party spokesperson on housing agreed to be recorded for the podcast, while the Liberal Democrats and Green Party chose to provide written answers which have been read out by staff members of Homeless Link and the Salvation Army.

After the election, we look forward to working with our members, people with experience homelessness and with national and local government to ensure that ending homelessness remains a priority on the political agenda.

During the podcast, you’ll hear each question followed by responses from the parties in alphabetical order: Conservative, Green Party, Labour and Liberal Democrat.

Read the podcast here.

* Transcripts of these interviews will be available shortly.

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For more information on Homeless Link, please visit our website www.homeless.org.uk or call Gill Perkins on 020 7840 4425 or 07881 921476.