Over 123,000 Children ‘Spent Their School Holidays Homeless’

More than 123,000 children and their families have spent their school holiday homeless, an increase of around 53,000 since the summer holidays of 2011. The Local Government Association (LGA) is warning the numbers of homeless children councils are housing in temporary accommodation has increased by 76% in the last seven years. Councils, who since 2011, have been housing an additional 650 homeless children every month – the equivalent of an additional primary school’s worth of children every fortnight – are calling on the Government to adapt welfare reforms and allow councils to borrow to build new homes, with the right infrastructure, to tackle the housing shortage. Read more on 24housing.

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