Latest government statistics show that 8,150 households with children were owed a relief duty – meaning their council had assessed them as being homeless – between July and September 2020. That represents a 28% increase on the 6,380 households with children that were owed a relief duty between April and June. The increase was driven by a rise in the number of single-mother households becoming homeless, with 6,050 single-mother households being owed a relief duty between July and September, compared with 4,770 in the previous three months. Read more on Inside Housing.
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People are living with sickness or disability younger than a decade ago.
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