Households In Temporary Accommodation Up Again

Latest figures from the CLG show that 78,180 households were living in temporary accommodation on 30 June 2017 (these households included 120,170 children or expected children). This is up 7% on a year earlier, and up 63% on the low of 48,010 at 31 December 2010.  Between 1 April and 30 June 2017 local authorities accepted 14,400 households as being statutorily homeless - i.e. households owed a statutory duty to secure accommodation as a result of being unintentionally homeless and deemed to be in priority need. This was down by 1% on the previous quarter and down 5% on the same quarter last year. Local authorities also took action to prevent and relieve some 54,270 households between 1 April and 30 June 2017. Read more on the ARCH website.