Become, a charity for young people in care, said it had seen 'really worrying examples' of some feeling forced to leave care before they were ready to find housing.
Young adult care leavers are nine times more likely to become homeless than their peers, a charity has said, calling on the government to find an end to the 'appalling' situation. Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, analysed government figures and population estimates and said the group is at risk of falling off a 'care cliff' as they reach adulthood. In a report published today, the group found that approximately 9.
Become's chief executive Katharine Sacks-Jones said it is 'appalling that thousands of care leavers are forced to leave their home at the age of 18, sometimes younger, without the family support that many of us take for granted'. 'No young person leaving care should have to live in unsafe accommodation or be left homeless - but that is the reality for many right now, compounding the trauma they've experienced in the past,' she added. 'But this can be fixed.
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