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This week we visited charity partner Hope into Action: Black Country in the West Midlands, who provide supported housing for people facing homelessness in Wolverhampton. Hope into Action was awarded a LandAid grant to refurbish four shared houses in four different locations including Wolverhampton, as well as an additional home in Wolverhampton as part of our Sponsor a Home campaign.

For the first time in 40 years a Snap General Election has been called. I recently attended the Homeless Link Strategic Policy forum, along with other leading charities in the homeless sector, to discuss how the new government should tackle homelessness post-election.

A fantastic £32,000 has been raised from LandAid's Christmas Card Alternative campaign, which closed earlier this week.

LandAid, the property industry charity, has launched a new campaign to encourage businesses to help turn empty properties into homes for young people facing homelessness.

LandAid and fund manager Frogmore have launched London's first taxi that can be coloured in. The taxi, which was unveiled on Thursday, will raise awareness of LandAid's work tackling youth homelessness whilst also being a unique piece of public art.

LandAid has today unveiled its new Young Voices programme which aims to promote young people's voices to the property industry and help raise youth homelessness up the agenda.

76 influential property figures have signed a call to action pledging their support to LandAid's new mission to end youth homelessness in the UK.

A record-topping £34,500 has been raised from LandAid's Christmas Card Alternative campaign, which closed earlier this week.

I'm not aware if 'to Blatter' has become a verb yet. I suspect it will soon - 'To wilfully ignore the evidence, to turn a blind eye, to believe that night is day.'