Homeless families putting budgets under strain, say councils

Homeless families putting budgets under strain, say councils:

More than 86,000 households are currently in temporary accommodation

Growing numbers of homeless families and the increasing cost of putting them up in bed and breakfast hotels caused two-thirds of English local authorities to break their homelessness budgets last year, say councils.

Analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) found that councils collectively spent £663m on homelessness services in 2018-19 – a 28% overspend amounting to a £140m excess budget.

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