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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Ruth Bloomfield

London’s rental crisis sees number of homeless families living in hotels reach new record high

Record numbers of homeless families are living in hotels because of London’s rental crisis — costing the taxpayer more than £8,000 per household per month.

Westminster Council has confirmed that over the past two years the number of households lodging in hotels has increased by an astonishing 1,740 per cent. It blames the cost of living crisis and the shortage of private rented properties for the upsurge.

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