Over 120,000 children in Britain face spending Christmas
homeless and in temporary accommodation, the highest level recorded since 2007.
The number of families living in emergency B&B and hostel rooms has risen
by a worrying 18% in just a year. Shelter carried out in-depth interviews with
25 families currently or recently living in emergency B&B’s, hostels or
sofa-surfing. Findings included:
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Over 75% of families said they felt their
accommodation was unsafe
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Every family lived in a single room without any
space for the children to play
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60% had to share toilet and bathroom facilities
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More than 67% said their room was in a state of
disrepair, including mould, broken beds and stained mattresses
Read more on the Shelter blog.
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