As rapper Professor Green tackles youth homelessness for a BBC documentary,my research shows how planned housing benefit cuts will be a disaster for young peopleWhen the rapper Professor Green set out to explore modern experiences of homelessness among young people for a BBC3 documentary, airing on Tuesday 9 February, and he came to see me as I had spent a year conducting ethnographic research with young homeless people in London.
Youth homelessness is already a problem in the UK and the safety net is being further eroded through proposed changes to housing benefits. The consequences could be disastrous.
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Source: theguardian.com