A year ago the prospect of having nowhere to live never would have occurred to Adam, his wife and two children, who were living in a threebedroom home in West Bromwich that they had rented for eight years.

Adam works as an electrician and his wife works as a teaching assistant. They had always paid their rent on time.

But their children, Holly, 12, and her younger brother, will now be among a record number of children who are homeless this Christmas.

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