“The ‘More Home Truths’ report by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) finds examples of where councils have missed the opportunity to prevent people from becoming homeless. In one case, a man had to sleep in his van for two years when he fled his home because of violence, after his local council failed to accept his homelessness application.”

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Social Work Today source: https://www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/Councils-%E2%80%98still-not-getting-homelessness-right%E2%80%99-according-to-ombudsman

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