Starting to bite: how Universal Credit is making people homeless

Insight14.12.187.00 AM by Nathaniel Barker

New figures unearthed by Inside Housing suggest Universal Credit could be pushing more people into homelessness. Nathaniel Barker finds out why. Pictures by Alamy

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