Over a third of families with children living in B&Bs have been there longer than the government's six-week limit, a 200% increase in two years.
Local authorities are supposed to use hotels and hostels as a temporary measure. Rooms are often extremely basic. Those placed in such accommodation have no cooking facilities, and usually share bathrooms with other families.
The federation warns that a "perfect storm" of rising rents, insecure private tenancies and a lack of affordable housing has led to a sharp increase in homelessness – with many low-income families now facing "the very real prospect of being homeless". The report, by the National Housing Federation, Homeless Bound which looks at homelessness in London, the South East and the East of England, also found that - Homeless acceptances have increased sharply across all three regions in the last two years
- After a long period of decline higher numbers of families with children are again being placed in unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation, and are staying there for longer
- The future funding of vital temporary accommodation for homeless households is in limbo, potentially jeopardising this essential service.
- More people than ever before are becoming homeless as a result of private rented tenancies ending.
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