Support for the estimated 15,700 babies living in
homeless households needs to urgently improve, a damning report by the NSPCC
and Anna Freud Centre has found. The report, An Unstable Start: Spotlight on Homelessness, details how poor
co-ordination of local services is leaving homeless parents of children aged up
to two struggling to access support and stable housing. Many are forced to live
in unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation and hostels, or be put up by
family and friends. Among the
recommendations is for the government to bring in a "gold standard"
for the high-quality support a homelessness service should provide for pregnant
women and families with babies. Read more on the Children & Young People
Now website.
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