Homeless Families to Be Offered One-Bedroom Accommodation

Westminster council is under fire again following attempts to reduce the number of homeless families living in temporary accommodation in the area by downgrading its housing offer to parents of young children.  The council has decided to reduce its minimum offer of accommodation to families with a child under the age of three from a two-bedroom to a one-bedroom home.  The change, affecting both single parents and couples, is designed to cut the number of families living in temporary accommodation.  Families that refuse the offer of a one-bedroom home will lose their right to be housed by the council.  Read more on the Children and Young People Now website.