Centrepoint · 2023
Centrepoint's Youth Homelessness Databank report estimates that 129,000 young people aged 16–24 in the UK presented to their local authority as homeless or at risk of homelessness in 2021/22, a 6% increase on the previous year. England had the highest rate of youth homelessness among the four nations, and for the sixth consecutive year recorded a rise in presentations. The report finds that nearly a third of young people who approached a council in England were not assessed for eligibility, and only 38% achieved a positive outcome. Rural local authorities fared significantly worse than urban ones on both assessment rates and positive outcomes.