The People Dumped In “Temporary” Housing For More Than A Decade

A survey of more than a hundred local authorities has found that many councils are housing people in stopgap accommodation for years on end. The survey, carried out for the DWP, asked councils for the maximum period that claimants are being placed in temporary housing. 114 councils responded to the survey. Of these, a third said they had claimants who had been in temporary housing for more than a year. Less than 40 percent of councils did not have anyone in temporary housing for more than a year, while a further 29 percent didn’t know what the maximum local period in temporary housing was. 3 percent said they had had people in temporary accommodation for 10 years or more. Read more on the Sentinel News website.