London Councils Spend Near £500m On Temporary Accommodation

London councils spent nearly £500m on temporary accommodation over the past 18 months. A  Freedom of Information (FoI) request has uncovered five capital councils alone put out nearly £217m. And the eye-watering sum could be even higher. 29 councils responded. Four other councils - Enfield, Newham, Greenwich and Bromley - had not made figures available at the time of publication. Overall, the 29 responses reveal London Councils as spending £464,352,749 on temporary accommodation – an average of £25,797,474 per month. Broken down to an average of £889,568 each month per council. For the top five councils in the capital, their total spend on temporary accommodation over the 18 months is £216,825,693. Read more on 24dash.