The number of families being forced to live in temporary accommodation has hit another record high as campaigners urge the government to get serious about building social housing on a major scale.
New figures reveal 105,750 households were in temporary accommodation in England at the end of June – a 25-year high and an increase of 10.5 per cent in a year. The total number of children in temporary accommodation was 138,930 – the highest since records for that measure began in 2004. Housing charity Shelter said it was “yet another shameful record in the housing emergency”.
