This new research from Coram Institute for Children finds that local authorities are routinely failing in their legal duties to provide support to homeless children aged 16 and 17. Ten years ago, the study ‘The Door is Closed’, which examined the advocacy case work of Coram Voice, found that children were being allowed to become or remain homeless because local authorities were failing to give them the support they are legally entitled to. This new report finds that little progress has been made in the intervening decade. Examination of legal rulings, case work and published reports shows that all too many homeless 16- and 17-year-olds are still being left unassessed, unsafe and denied the support and security that vulnerable children need.