12,000 Homeless Families Housed Outside Their Borough

The number of homeless families in England that have been housed outside their borough has risen by nearly 20 per cent in a year. English councils have sent nearly 12,000 homeless families out of their home boroughs as they struggle to find accommodation for destitute households, official statistics reveal. Figures from the CLG show 11,860 homeless households were placed in temporary accommodation in another local authority district at the end of December 2013, compared with 9,670 in December 2012 – a rise of nearly 20 per cent. The number of households living in temporary accommodation rose by 7 per cent to 56,930 in December, compared with the year before. View the statistics on the GovUK website.