{"id":26619,"date":"2015-10-26T20:59:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T20:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=26619"},"modified":"2015-10-26T20:59:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T20:59:42","slug":"voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Voxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of Welsh households accepted as homeless has declined this year, with the current figure at 14,160 for the year 2015, according to StatsWales.<\/p>\n

Despite the seeming influx in homeless people throughout Wales, this is not the case, with homeless numbers falling from 15,855 last year.<\/p>\n

StatsWales confirms that the main reason behind homelessness in Cardiff is the loss of rented or tiered accommodation, with the total figure being 230.<\/p>\n

\"Despite

Llion Bevan, a campaigns officer at Cardiff charity Shelter Cymru says, \u201cCardiff is relatively well catered for due to a mixture of local authority provision and charitable causes working to help also.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cIt has been a tough year with the demand for advice, but many of our surgeries are working to full capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many people have a biased view of the homeless, so we took to the street to find out what people really thought some of the main reasons behind homelessness were.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year has seen a decline in Welsh households accepted as homeless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":26627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4631,409,661,4632],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-26619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-decline","tag-homelessness","tag-shelter-cymru","tag-statswales"],"yoast_head":"\nVoxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This year has seen a decline in Welsh households accepted as homeless\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-26T20:59:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/1218104582_3e2d7f955a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Emily Owen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emily Owen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/\",\"name\":\"Voxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline - alt.cardiff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/1218104582_3e2d7f955a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-26T20:59:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/fe124b68b939288f1dae67d79e546d82\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/1218104582_3e2d7f955a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/1218104582_3e2d7f955a.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":375},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Voxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/\",\"name\":\"alt.cardiff\",\"description\":\"If it\u2019s offbeat and in Cardiff then it\u2019s online here.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/fe124b68b939288f1dae67d79e546d82\",\"name\":\"Emily Owen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/5d8fa250043d4eb2a6a16e722c96d147\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/accae3db61b3bcd810ab4b7a505951012e77360f770ce39e085f12e7ee8417b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/accae3db61b3bcd810ab4b7a505951012e77360f770ce39e085f12e7ee8417b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Emily Owen\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/author\/owen\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Voxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline - alt.cardiff","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Voxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline - alt.cardiff","og_description":"This year has seen a decline in Welsh households accepted as homeless","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/","og_site_name":"alt.cardiff","article_published_time":"2015-10-26T20:59:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":375,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/1218104582_3e2d7f955a.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Emily Owen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Emily Owen","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/","name":"Voxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline - alt.cardiff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/1218104582_3e2d7f955a.jpg","datePublished":"2015-10-26T20:59:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/fe124b68b939288f1dae67d79e546d82"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/1218104582_3e2d7f955a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/10\/1218104582_3e2d7f955a.jpg","width":500,"height":375},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/10\/26\/voxpop-welsh-homeless-numbers-in-decline\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Voxpop: Welsh homeless numbers in decline"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/","name":"alt.cardiff","description":"If it\u2019s offbeat and in Cardiff then it\u2019s online here.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/fe124b68b939288f1dae67d79e546d82","name":"Emily Owen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/5d8fa250043d4eb2a6a16e722c96d147","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/accae3db61b3bcd810ab4b7a505951012e77360f770ce39e085f12e7ee8417b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/accae3db61b3bcd810ab4b7a505951012e77360f770ce39e085f12e7ee8417b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Emily Owen"},"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/author\/owen\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26619"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=26619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}