<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Housing and homelessness articles from Community Care</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk</link><description>Read housing and homelessness stories from Community Care as soon as they're published.</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright>Reed Business Information, 2006</copyright><generator /><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:34:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>News round up: Prisons campaigner found dead at daughter's grave</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108202/news-round-up-prisons-campaigner-found-dead-at-daughters-grave.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108202/news-round-up-prisons-campaigner-found-dead-at-daughters-grave.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include: Tories launch new group to tackle homelessness; 'Ladette' culture sees jump in crimes by girls; Woman beat to death her grandmother to stop inheritance being spent on care bills</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prisons campaigner found dead at her daughter's grave</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108204/prisons-campaigner-found-dead-at-her-daughters-grave.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108204/prisons-campaigner-found-dead-at-her-daughters-grave.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include: Tories launch new group to tackle homelessness; 'Ladette' culture sees jump in crimes by girls; Woman beat to death her grandmother to stop inheritance being spent on care bills</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Councils told rough sleeping must be reduced to 'close to zero'</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/09/107823/councils-told-rough-sleeping-must-be-reduced-to-close-to-zero.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/09/107823/councils-told-rough-sleeping-must-be-reduced-to-close-to-zero.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Homelessness agencies must do more to reduce the numbers of persistent rough sleepers to "as close to zero as possible," the government said yesterday. </description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DCLG study exposes poor plight of homeless young people</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/02/107782/dclg-study-exposes-poor-plight-of-homeless-young-people.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/02/107782/dclg-study-exposes-poor-plight-of-homeless-young-people.html</guid><category>News</category><description>A Department for Communities and Local Government study has revealed homeless young people placed in accommodation by English councils are three times more likely to suffer from mental health problems than the average for their age group.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alzheimer pills 'can do harm'</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/01/107758/alzheimer-pills-can-do-harm.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/01/107758/alzheimer-pills-can-do-harm.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include:- Homophobia rife in British society, landmark equality study finds; UK peers reject benefits of migration; BBC psychiatrist struck off.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>News round up: Alzheimer pills 'can do harm'</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/01/107757/news-round-up-alzheimer-pills-can-do-harm.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/01/107757/news-round-up-alzheimer-pills-can-do-harm.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include:- Homophobia rife in British society, landmark equality study finds; UK peers reject benefits of migration; BBC psychiatrist struck off.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Law Lords: Council should have assessed teen under Children Act</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/29/107448/law-lords-council-should-have-assessed-teen-under-children-act.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/29/107448/law-lords-council-should-have-assessed-teen-under-children-act.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Councils must assess vulnerable homeless 16- and 17-year-olds for their eligibility for looked-after children's services, rather than more limited housing support, a Law Lords ruling made clear this week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jersey inquiry - police focus on care home cellar</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/26/107388/jersey-inquiry-police-focus-on-care-home-cellar.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/26/107388/jersey-inquiry-police-focus-on-care-home-cellar.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include: Scientists: Prozac does not work; Councils need £1bn to care for the elderly; Manchester offered deal to soften supercasino blow </description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>News round up: Jersey inquiry - police focus on care home cellar</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/26/107387/news-round-up-jersey-inquiry-police-focus-on-care-home-cellar.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/26/107387/news-round-up-jersey-inquiry-police-focus-on-care-home-cellar.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include: Scientists: Prozac does not work; Councils need £1bn to care for the elderly; Manchester offered deal to soften supercasino blow</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Government plans age-friendly homes and neighbourhoods</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/25/107381/government-plans-age-friendly-homes-and-neighbourhoods.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/02/25/107381/government-plans-age-friendly-homes-and-neighbourhoods.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Housing and neighbourhoods will be designed to be more “age friendly” to meet the needs and aspirations of an ageing population, the government announced today. </description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>