Over the last decade, the number of social rented homes in England has fallen by more than 100,000. Into this void has emerged ‘temporary accommodation’. This is accommodation councils offer to homeless households while they wait to be offered a settled home.

Temporary accommodation was never intended to exist outside of emergencies. But it’s now accommodating almost 100,000 households, including over 125,000 children.

Here we meet Natasha as she explains how their temporary accommodation is posing a risk to her daughters health and their security.

"I was terrified to bring her back to the property with all the ongoing issues."

Temporary accommodation is not the solution to homelessness. Instead, we need the government to
invest in a new generation of social housing.

To find out more read Shelter's groundbreaking research Still Living in Limbo: Why the use of temporary accommodation must end
https://england.shelter.org.uk/profes...

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