Another quarter, another record high for households in temporary accommodation

Number of children in temporary accommodation hits record high

The number of children living in temporary accommodation has hit its 18th quarterly high in a row.

Record number of children are living in temporary accommodation

A record 177,530 children were living in temporary accommodation in England at the end of March, new government data shows.  The research, which was published on Thursday, shows the number of children living in these conditions is higher than the population of North Lincolnshire or the London borough of Kingston upon Thames.  Over the last year the figure has risen by 5.2% and by 0.8% in the last three months. The statistics – from the Departmen…

Another quarter, another record high for households in temporary accommodation

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) data showed that on 31 March 2026, there were 135,580 households in temporary accommodation, up

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