Households In Temporary Accommodation Rose Nearly 10% As Pandemic Hit

Official figures showed that councils assessed 75,140 households as either being homeless or threatened with homelessness within 56 days over a three-month period. That is a 9.7% jump from the figure for the previous quarter and the highest level since the assessment system was introduced in April 2018 as part of the Homelessness Reduction Act. On 31 March, there were 93,000 households in temporary accommodation including 129,380 children – up 5.3% from 88,310 households at 31 December and a 9.4% rise from the 85,040 recorded on the same date in 2019. The increase was mainly driven by single households, with a 28.5% rise over the 12-month period among this group. Read more on Inside Housing.

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