Child homelessness in England at highest level since 2007
The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England reached 79,800 in the first three months of 2018, up 56% from 2010. Households headed by a single parent account for just under a quarter of all families in England but make up 56% of families in temporary accommodation.
Rough sleeping in England increased for a seventh consecutive year in 2017, reaching 4,751 people, although the true figure is believed to be much higher. Rough sleepers in London accounted for almost a quarter of the national figure last year, but substantial rises were recorded in Greater Manchester, Oxford, Swindon, Hastings and Peterborough.
Campaigners have blamed government welfare cuts, lack of affordable housing and rising rents for the growing number of homeless people housed in temporary accommodation by the state.
