At least 130,000 households in England were made homeless
during the first year of the pandemic, despite the government’s ban on
evictions. With the ban now over, fears are rising that a surge of evictions
may be imminent. But figures show that even while the ban was in place,
households were being forced from their homes. Government
homelessness statistics and figures collected under the Freedom of Information
Act from around 70% of local authorities in England show that 132,362
households were assessed by councils as being owed the “relief duty”, where a
household is deemed to already be homeless. Read more on the Observer
website.
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