The Homelessness Reduction Bill cleared its third and
final reading in the House of Lords – as new figures confirm the number of
households in temporary accommodation in England rose by 10% over the course of
2016 to 75,740 up 58% on the low of 48,010 on 31 December 2010. The CLG figures
confirm councils accepted 14,420 households as being statutorily homeless
between October-December last year – down 3% on the previous quarter and down
0.4% on the same quarter of last year. These are households that are owed a
main homelessness duty to secure accommodation as a result of being
unintentionally homeless and in priority need. Read more on 24housing.
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