Homeless Families Putting Budgets Under Strain, Say Councils

Growing numbers of homeless families and the increasing cost of putting them up in bed and breakfast hotels caused two-thirds of English local authorities to break their homelessness budgets last year, say councils. Analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) found that councils collectively spent £663m on homelessness services in 2018-19 – a 28% overspend amounting to a £140m excess budget. It warned that local homelessness services were being pushed to “breaking point” by rising demand caused by a shortage of social housing and the gap between rents and housing benefit. Read more on the Guardian website.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/29/homeless-families-putting-budgets-under-strain-say-councils