B&B Use for Families Rises Again

The number of families forced to live in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks has increased five-fold since the coalition government came to power. On 30 September 2,100 households with children were in B&B accommodation.  Statistics released by the CLG show that, as of 30 September this year, there were 790 families who had spent more than six weeks in B&B accommodation, compared to just 150 at the end of December 2010. The latest figure represents a four per cent increase since 30 June this year, when the figure stood at 760. In 2012, then housing minister Grant Shapps chastised councils when the figure trebled from 150 in December 2010 to 450 in December 2011. Read more on the Children & Young People Now website.