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Today, 1 April 2016, marks the beginning of LandAid's new mission to end youth homelessness.

In an announcement widely trailed over the past couple of days, the Chancellor today earmarked £115m to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the UK. Any funding is of course welcome, especially for hard-pressed services working with those on the streets who are in desperate need of accommodation and support today and tonight.

With a grant of £100,000 from LandAid and the Redevco Foundation, 42nd Street is converting a 3-storey shop into a new facility for young people in order to respond to an unprecedented increase in demand for its services.

In this guest blog post, LandAid Ambassador and Legal and General employee Marc Tevendale looks back on last month's visit to Fight for Peace and the impact LandAid is having on the Newham charity.

There are about 200,000 long-term empty homes in England alone. This is a scandal at a time of massive housing need and chronic affordability problems.

With just three days until the property industry's biggest day of fundraising, we thought you'd like to know how your wacky activities and innovative events will help young people across the UK.

As we mark World Homelessness Day 2015 - the 5th such day since the initiative started in 2010, surely we're all wondering how long must the scandal last, in which, for whatever reason, people end up with no roof over their heads - and we in one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

Back in 2013, LandAid awarded £36,500 to fund essential repairs to the Zebs Centre and create an IT suite, a consultation room and a social space in the basement. Today the results are clear for all to see.

I'm here on a sunny Thursday afternoon with Chief Executive Paul Morrish and fifteen enthusiastic representatives from LandAid's Foundation Partner network to visit the Bromley by Bow Centre, a community facility supported by LandAid funding.