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Council’s pension scheme could provide over 200 homes

10/06/2025

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea intends to invest millions from its £2bn pension fund to support vulnerable residents.

Wealthy boroughs place homeless families in deprived areas

19/05/2025

Wealthier London boroughs are increasingly placing homeless families in more deprived areas, charities warn.

Council fined £3k for woman’s rent increases

16/05/2025

A council has been ordered to pay a woman more than £3,000 in compensation for charging her unaffordable rent while she was in temporary accommodation.

Record number of children in temporary accommodation

30/04/2025

A record 165,510 children are now homeless and living in temporary accommodation, according to the latest homelessness figures.

200k children risk being trapped in temporary accommodation

29/04/2025

Over 200,000 children could be in temporary accommodation by the end of this Parliament if more isn’t done to build social housing, homelessness charity warns.

London boroughs issue bankruptcy warning over £330m overspend

23/04/2025

Town halls may soon be forced into effectively declaring bankruptcy if more is not done to tackle the £330m homelessness overspend, London Councils warns.

Temporary accommodation crisis ‘utterly shameful’, MPs say

03/04/2025

Council chiefs have urged the Government to increase the temporary accommodation subsidy as MPs warn homeless children are living in ‘appalling conditions’.

Ministers in urgent plea for council help with Afghan refugees

11/03/2025

Councils have been urged to support an Afghan resettlement programme under which regions will be handed an allocation from the 6,000-7,000 annual arrivals.

Shortfall worsens after allocation changes

04/03/2025

Councils are facing an additional £76m shortfall in their temporary accommodation budgets following changes to the allocation of £440m homelessness grant.

Call to scrap ringfence in homelessness funding

27/02/2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged the Government to scrap a new ringfence within the homelessness prevention grant.

Rising number of child deaths linked to temporary housing

28/01/2025

An estimated 80 children died in temporary accommodation in the year up to 30 September 2024, according to new research.

The Temporary Accommodation Crisis: A call for urgent solutions

08/01/2025

Nathalie Meunier, sales director at offsite manufacturer Premier Modular, argues modular construction offers a solution to the temporary accommodation crisis.

State will operate 'more like a start-up'

10/12/2024

The launch of a £100m fund to pioneer public sector reform and deliver the Government's Plan for Change will see the state operate ‘more like a start-up', a minister has pledged.

Child was at ‘constant risk of injury’ in unsafe temporary accommodation

05/12/2024

A family with a disabled child had to live in an unsafe flat for a year and a half longer than they should have, an investigation has found.

Council apologises after belongings of deceased tenant binned

26/11/2024

Brighton & Hove City Council has apologised after the belongings of a 29-year-old man found dead in temporary accommodation were binned by contractors.

Inquiry into temporary accommodation launched

31/10/2024

A select committee has launched an inquiry into how living in temporary accommodation impacts children and families, and the pressure it puts on local authority finances.

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