{"id":9021,"date":"2015-11-20T15:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T15:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2015-11-20T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T15:50:04","slug":"more-young-homeless-people-seeking-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/more-young-homeless-people-seeking-for-help","title":{"rendered":"More young homeless people seeking for help"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why there are more young people becoming homeless in Cardiff?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9398\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9398\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg\" alt=\"More young people are becoming homeless in Cardiff.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9398\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg\" alt=\"More young people are becoming homeless in Cardiff.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> More young people are becoming homeless in Cardiff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More young homeless people are seeking support in Cardiff in recent years,\u00a0whereas the official figure shows homeless people has declined.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the official figure that the number of people registered homeless in Wales has declined this year, the local charity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huggard.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huggard<\/a> warns they haven\u2019t seen a decrease in people applying to ask for help.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Laydon, the deputy chief executive of Huggard says: \u201cHomelessness is not just about accommodation. Substance misuse issues, mental health issues and simply chaotic lives are actually more pressing and important to be tackled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the changes in the past decades would be the average age which has dropped quite dramatically,\u201d he says. \u201cWe see a lot of teens and twenties who have no accommodation and couldn\u2019t live independently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explains that more young people are becoming homeless due to mental health issues, substance misuse issues, housing shortage and the changing nature of work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany young people are dealing with mental health issues but a lot of mental health services have been reduced,\u201d he says. \u201cCertainly they are under great pressure and relying on benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the winter approaches, Huggard will be providing food and services among Christmas day and opening up full space at the day centre at night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More young homeless people are seeking for support in Cardiff in recent years, according to a local homeless charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":461,"featured_media":9398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-9021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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