More Than 120,000 Children Now In Temporary Accommodation

More than 120,000 children are now in temporary accommodation – a 66% rise since the government came to power.  Responding to questions on the figure, Marcus Jones MP, under-secretary of state for communities and local government, said the number of children in temporary accommodation is below its 2006 peak. “But we are certainly not complacent, that is why we have put £402 million into the flexible homelessness support grant over the next two years so that local areas can plan strategically to reduce the number of people in temporary accommodation,” Jones said. Jones also cited homelessness prevention as at the centre of the government’s approach to protecting the most vulnerable. Read more on 24housing.