"I am really furious about the impact that this is having on our kids. If you are a child in temporary accommodation and you can't do your homework properly because you haven't got the space that is going to have a limit on you for the rest of your life and it cannot go on This urgent money is about trying to help make sure that families don't become homeless."
"But if they do, we can get them to a more stable situation as quickly as possible. The use of temporary accommodation at the moment is really bad for our kids. It's really bad for families and it's bad for taxpayers because it's so expensive as well. So this money is about making sure that we mobilise every possible opportunity to get families into more stable accommodation."
Funds will support families in temporary accommodation to cover essentials such as food, school travel and laundry and to help children remain in education despite housing instability. The daily cost rose from 4.2 million a day in 2023/24, driven mainly by temporary accommodation, and highlights the dire state of the capital's housing market. Homelessness and rough sleeping are at record levels, with households in temporary accommodation two and a half times higher than in 2010 and nearly 170,000 children affected. London will receive 36.5 million as part of an 84 million government package, alongside 950 million to increase the supply of good temporary accommodation. Councils can use the funds for earlier intervention and specialist support including mental health and drug services.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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