There Are Children Dying At The Sharp End Of The Housing Crisis

Too often, complaints about the housing crisis are dismissed as plaintive mewlings of the metropolitan moneyed class, disgruntled at their state. But for some people, the housing crisis is a matter of life and death. Two stories in particular pull this into sharp aspect. In late September, two-month-old Donald, sleeping with his homeless parents in a car in Bournemouth, died during the night. The parents had approached two councils for help but were told they did not qualify for emergency accommodation. Now Warwickshire county council have published the findings of a serious case review that saw a 10-week-old premature baby named in the review as “John” die on the night his parents were evicted from their housing association home. Read more on the Guardian website.