Westminster Council is facing expensive legal action for
keeping families in B&Bs beyond the statutory minimum six-week limit. Average monthly rents in London have reached £1,100. Alarmingly, rents are now rising so fast in London that charities are
seeing people who found new homes after being evicted in the first round of
benefit cuts being made homeless again as costs soar. Karen Buck, Labour MP for Westminster North,
said: "We are now seeing the costs and consequences of the government's
salami-slicing approach to housing benefit as homelessness rises and millions
are being spent keeping families in hotels and bed and breakfast. Not only are
there massive costs associated with homelessness, but the lives of children and
families are being damaged and disrupted, with a particular impact on
children's education." Read more on
the Observer website.
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