Over 100,000 children in England will spend Christmas in
temporary accommodation according to the latest Government figures on
homelessness. The statistics show that on 30 September 2016 there were 74,630
households in temporary accommodation, up 9% on a year earlier, and up 55% on
the low of 48,010 on 31 December 2010. Almost 80% (59,210) of those included
dependent children and/or a pregnant woman with an average of two children in
each household. The figures for the
third quarter of the year also revealed that 6,680 households were in bed and
breakfast style accommodation and 51% of those included dependent children or
expected children of which 1,300 had been resident for more than six weeks.
Read more on the Housing Excellence website.
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