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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn

Families stuck in temporary accommodation tops 100,000 for first time in nearly 20 years

The number of households in temporary accommodation in England has exceeded 100,000 for the first time in almost 20 years, grim new figures reveal.

Charities said the bleak milestone showed the homelessness system was "on its knees'' while Labour described it as a "moment of shame" for the Tories.

According to Government statistics, there were 101,300 households trapped in temporary accommodation by December 2022 - a number last reached in 2004.

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