A Gateshead homelessness charity has joined organisations from across the UK's housing and homelessness sector in calling for the next Prime Minister to fulfil the Conservative Party's pledge to end rough sleeping by 2024.
Gateshead -based charity Oasis Community Housing, Crisis and Shelter is among the 28 organisations to sign an open letter to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, urging them to take action on homelessness if elected as the next PM.
The letter, co-ordinated and sent by membership body Homeless Link on August 23, calls on the victorious leadership candidate to commit to meeting the Conservative manifesto commitment of ending rough sleeping in England by 2024 - and to publish a strategy by the end of 2022 outlining how they will achieve this.