There are over 1,300 children in Bristol living without a permanent home. The shocking figures have come to light according to data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
The figures show that there were 1,188 households living in temporary accommodation in Bristol at the end of December 2022. Almost 600 of those have dependent children, a total of 1,311 children living without a permanent home.
Nationally, 101,300 households were living in temporary accommodation with this number topping 100,000 for the first time in nearly 20 years. Over 64,000 of those have dependent children, meaning 127,220 children were living without a permanent home in the UK.
