A national housing and homelessness charity warns that a record number of children in England are living in temporary accommodation, leaving them without a safe place to call home for Christmas.
A record number of children face Christmas ‘without a safe place to call home’, a national housing and homelessness charity has warned. Shelter said that parents are ‘desperately’ trying to cope after government figures revealed that almost 139,000 children in England are living in temporary accommodation . A rise of 14% on last year, the alarming statistics show that 7,500 of those counted were in hostels or B&Bs, with 17,660 living in council or housing association properties.
Shelter has identified ‘record-high private rents’ as being a key part of the problem, with households struggling amid the cost of living crisis. Chief executive Polly Neate told Metro.co.uk: ‘It’s nothing short of a national disgrace that a record 139,000 children will wake up on Christmas morning without a safe place to call hom
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