The scale of the spike in local authority homelessness spend over the past 15 years makes for sobering reading, writes Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran.
The government must act quickly to tackle the temporary accommodation crisis, because an increasing number of families are being placed in housing “unfit for human habitation”, the cross-party...
Government subsidies have failed to cover the rising cost of temporary accommodation to councils across England since 2017-18 to the tune of £1.5bn, analysis by the Local Government Association has...
The government is investing £3.5bn over the next three years in a homelessness strategy, with a pledge to halve the number of long-term rough sleepers and end the unlawful use of B&Bs for...
Councils are calling for a major update in the way they are reimbursed for the cost of temporary accommodation after new figures showed the bill had soared by a quarter in the last year.
There have been growing calls for the government to increase the levels of available temporary accommodation to ease the current crisis surrounding asylum seekers in hotels.
A record number of families are living in temporary accommodation as the supply of social housing dries up and support for lower-income households declines, according to new research.
MPs will look into the challenges faced by children living in temporary accommodation as the homelessness crisis puts council budgets under increasing strain.
The housing crisis will push Newham Council’s temporary accommodation bill to more than ten times its recent size, piling further pressure on an authority already looking for £70m of savings to cover...
Challenges such as rocketing temporary housing costs threaten local government finances, and chancellor Rachel Reeves faces calls to fix the system in the upcoming Budget.
Local authorities are being put under unsustainable financial pressure by their duty to tackle homelessness, with some warning that the demand for temporary accommodation risks pushing them into...
Urgent spending cuts are needed to avoid a section 114 notice at Hastings Borough Council this year because of ballooning temporary housing costs and near-exhausted reserves, the Local Government...
