Housing disaster – 131,000 kids in momentary lodging in England

The variety of folks residing in momentary lodging in England has hit a 25-year excessive.

Some 104,510 households have been with out everlasting properties by the top of March – an increase of 10 p.c on the earlier 12 months. That included 131,370 kids.

Of the households in momentary lodging within the first quarter of the 12 months, 13,780 have been residing in mattress and breakfasts, up 37.4 p.c from the identical time final 12 months.

The quantity who have been tough sleeping after they approached their native authority for assist was up by 18.2 p.c from the primary quarter final 12 months, to three,770.

The figures, launched by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, come a day after Housing Secretary Michael Gove expressed his dedication to Tory manifesto pledges to construct 300,000 properties a 12 months by the mid-2020s.

Polly Neate, chief government at Shelter, mentioned: “With record numbers of people becoming homeless, the time for empty words on building social homes and overdue promises on ending no fault evictions has long past.”

She mentioned “genuinely affordable homes” are wanted and urged the Government to “get on and build” social properties.

A authorities spokesman insisted it’s “determined to prevent homelessness before it occurs”.