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2025-02-13 13:01:21
The Guardian gives some numbers that outline the depth of the housing crisis. Nearly 160,000 children are living in temporary accommodation. More than 6,000 families with children are living in B&Bs. Councils in England spent over £1bn on housing homeless families in temporary accommodation – a 50% rise. And 1.3 million people are languishing on social housing waiting lists.
Private rents have continued to rise, surging past inflation to set by 9.2% in England – in London, it was 11.2%.