AutisticMumTo3May 24, 2024

No space to crawl, play or use a potty: why are thousands of young children living in B&Bs? | Katharine Swindells | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/24/thousands-of-children-under-five-living-bed-and-breakfast-government-allowing-this

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#UnfitForHumanHabitation
#Poverty
#Deaths
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#Housing

No space to crawl, play or use a potty: why are thousands of young children living in B&Bs?

The government knows this accommodation is unsafe and potentially even deadly. Its inaction is scandalous, says Katharine Swindells, Inside Housing’s deputy features editor

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3Mar 9, 2024

Revealed: homeless children spending entire lives in temporary housing in England | Homelessness | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/09/homeless-kids-england-childhood-temporary-housing-families

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Revealed: homeless children spending entire lives in temporary housing in England

Thousands of families have not found permanent accommodation for more than a decade, according to alarming new research

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3Dec 24, 2023

England has ‘twice as many empty homes as families stuck in B&Bs’ | Housing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/24/england-empty-homes-families-temporary-accommodation

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England has ‘twice as many empty homes as families stuck in B&Bs’

There are 121,327 in short-term housing, while 261,189 homes are empty long-term, say Lib Dems

The Guardian