200,000 Households In Temporary Accommodation

Eight in 10 councils have seen an increase in homelessness presentations since the Reduction Act’s introduction in 2017. More people are being placed in temporary and emergency accommodation because of the Homelessness Reduction Act, a survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals. The survey highlights how because of the Act, councils are struggling to cope with rising numbers of people facing homelessness, with a lack of affordable housing available to house them. The findings come ahead of the anniversary of the Homelessness Reduction Act, which placed a renewed focus on homelessness prevention and introduced a range of new duties on councils, coming into force on 1st April last year. Read more on the LGA website.

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