Homelessness is now a serious risk for working families
with stable jobs who cannot find somewhere affordable to live after being
evicted by private-sector landlords seeking higher rents, the local government
ombudsman has warned. Michael King said nurses, taxi drivers, hospitality staff
and council workers were among those assisted by his office after being made
homeless and placed in often squalid and unsafe temporary accommodation by
local authorities. King said the common perception that homelessness was about
people with chaotic lives who slept rough no longer held true. Read more on the
Guardian website.
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