Thursday, 11 February 2021

One In Four Households Living In Temporary Accommodation Moved To Different Council Area

More than a quarter of households currently living in temporary accommodation have been moved away from the local authority that they first became homeless in, latest government statistics have shown. Of the 93,490 households living in temporary accommodation at the end of September last year, 25,930 (28%) were living in a local authority that was different to the one they submitted a homelessness application in. The percentage of homeless households being placed in temporary accommodation outside of their own council area has more than doubled over the past decade, with just 13% of households being placed outside of their home authority in 2011. Read more on Inside Housing.

https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/one-in-four-households-living-in-temporary-accommodation-moved-to-different-council-area-69434?utm_source=Housing60&utm_medium=email&utm_content=article_link&utm_campaign=H60 

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