Our pick of human rights news stories from the past week.News From BIHRHuman Rights, Housing and AccommodationThe 8th October was Housing Day. Some of the rights in our Human Rights Act are really relevant to housing, for both providers and service users. We take a look at how human rights can create change in the housing sector.BIHR Website News from Elsewhere Homeless families denied supportHomeless families are being denied support, told they are not really homeless and offered “ridiculous” solutions by councils who do not have the resources to help them.Though councils have a legal duty to prevent people becoming homeless, many of them are not helping people who are in danger of homelessness, an investigation by non-profit organisation the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found.A lack of resources means many councils are “failing to meet basic requirements”, charities have said, and there is a lot of variation between how different councils are interpreting their re...

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