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Children living in B&Bs “reaches seven-year high” (25 June 2015)
Date: 25/06/2015
New figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show that the number of children living in bed and breakfast accommodation has reached a seven-year high.
BBC News reports that more than 2,500 families with children are staying in bed and breakfast-style accommodation – the highest level since 2008.
The government has set aside more than £500 million to support homeless families – but the figures show that 920 families had been living in B&Bs for more than six weeks, representing an 111% increase compared with figures for the previous year.
Overall 93,000 children are now living in temporary accommodation.
By the end of March this year, there were 64,000 families with children in temporary accommodation – an increase of 11% on last year’s figures.
Chief executive of homeless charity Shelter, Campbell Robb, said the figures were a “glaring reminder” of the impact welfare cuts – and the “drought of genuinely affordable homes” – on families and children in England.
“Behind these figures are real families who've gone through the trauma of losing their home – and are then left to linger in cramped and unfit B&B rooms, as overburdened councils struggle to find them anywhere that's stable and affordable to live,” said Mr Robb.
Chief executive of homeless charity Crisis, Jon Sparkes, said England was “sleepwalking into a homelessness crisis” – with council workers saying official homelessness figures did not accurately reflect trends in their area.
Mr Sparkes added that the shocking 27% rise in the number of people becoming homeless due to the ending of a private tenancy showed that “clearly something is going badly wrong with our private rented sector.”
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