Provide homeless youth with 10 shelters in and around Birmingham. · petition

What the petition asks

We seek support from the Government to build and fund a minimum of 10 homeless centres across Birmingham, aimed, specifically, at vulnerable homeless youth. These centres should supply young people with a safe environment and basic necessities, including free sanitary products for women.

Statistics from Centrepoint estimate that nearly 122,000 young people across the UK were homeless or in danger of losing a home in 2020/21. As a large city, Birmingham reflects a high percentage of these figures.The pandemic, combined with the increase in the cost of living has exacerbated social and economic causes, particularly, for young people.
We must provide targeted support to help break the cycle of homlessness and the provision of more secure accomodation is essential to achieving this.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about local accommodation for homeless people are a matter for individual local authorities, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could raise your issue with a local councillor who represents you. You can find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them, by entering your post code here:
https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

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Timeline

22 Apr 2022	Petition opened for signatures
26 Apr 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee