Homelessness Among Children Rises By 15,000

The number of homeless children and young people in the UK has risen by 15,000 over the past year, it has emerged.  Homelessness charity Shelter analysed latest figures on the use of temporary accommodation by families across England, Wales and Scotland. This shows that at the end of September 2015, there were 105,251 children living in temporary accommodation across the three countries, about 15,000 more than in September 2014. The use of bed and breakfast accommodation has also risen. The use of this form of accommodation rose 25 per cent, from 2,154 families with children at the end of June 2014 to 2,700 at the end of June 2015.  Since June 2010, when the figure stood at 817, the number of families with children living in bed and breakfast accommodation has trebled.  Read more on the Children & Young People Now website.