Calls to 'break the homelessness cycle'
The Herald|August 10, 2024
WHITEHALL must pump-prime councils if Government chiefs want to tackle homelessness, five housing leaders have warned.
Calls to 'break the homelessness cycle'

They have told Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner that the UK needs a 'paradigm shift' to 'break the cycle of homelessness and create lasting change! There were 151,630 children living in temporary accommodation at the end of March this year, according to data published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on Thursday, which is up 15% year-on-year and a record high since this measure began in 2004. A total of 117,450 households were in temporary accommodation, the figures showed.

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