B&B accommodation alone accounted for almost half a billion in costs in the year to March.
Spending on temporary accommodation by council homelessness services in England rose to more than £1.7 billion in the year to March, with bed and breakfast costs up by a third.
When these are accounted for, the net expenditure on overall temporary accommodation to March this year was £657 million, up from £585 million the previous year.B&B accommodation alone accounted for almost half a billion in gross costs in the same period, up by a third on the previous year from £369 million to £492 million.
“We simply can’t keep throwing money at grim B&Bs and hostels instead of focusing on helping families into a home. With a general election on the horizon, no one can afford to continue to ignore a crisis of this magnitude.” “This decision combined with the decades of failure to build enough social homes has meant that families can’t find anywhere affordable to live and as a result are forced into homelessness in cramped and unsuitable temporary accommodation, often miles away from their children’s schools and support networks.
John Glenton, its executive director, said: “The number of people living in temporary accommodation or facing homelessness is becoming a growing humanitarian crisis in England, particularly for families living together in single-room B&Bs. He added: “If more funding was invested in building new social housing, homelessness prevention and tenancy sustainment, we would reduce spending on temporary accommodation.
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