Bolton Council needs £1.5m to help every young homeless applicant, figures suggest

Councils are obligated to assess anyone who seeks homelessness support.

This means issuing a prevention duty, stopping them from becoming homeless if they are deemed to be at risk, or a relief duty, where the authority must help an already homeless applicant secure accommodation for at least six months.

Research from youth housing and homelessness charity Centrepoint and WPI Economics shows 1,084 young people presented themselves…