Some children living in dire housing conditions have been woken up by chesty coughs caused by damp, others by the smell of sewage leaking down their walls. Toby* was woken by rats on his chest...
Nationally, 142,000 homeless children are living in places like commercial hotels, converted offices, and dingy hostels, an all-time high, after rents and no-fault evictions have soared across the country...
Last week, a National Education Union survey found that 59% of teachers in England and Wales had seen their students experience frequent ill health due to poverty, with housing a major factor...
Where a child calls home has become increasingly clear by the condition they turn up to school in, if they turn up at all. Some children are unable to bathe or wash their clothes. It affects our students' self-esteem...
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