Homelessness in the over-55 age cohort is growing, with part of the problem being the difficulty of both losing jobs later in life & the difficulty of then finding re-employment.

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Homelessness in the over-55 age cohort is growing, with part of the problem being the difficulty of both losing jobs later in life & the difficulty of then finding re-employment.

Of course, homelessness is a problem for all ages, but what this older cohort demonstrates is even when life seems settled it doesn't take much (in the UK) for your life to take a very different turn.

One more sign of our callous political economy?

#politics #housing #homelessness

‘People are so judgmental’: the growing cohort of over-55s facing homelessness

Richard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many hit by rising costs and a lack of social housing

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)