Nationally, there is a 10 per cent surge in families needing help
Shocking figures have revealed the number of families in Yorkshire and the Humber seeking support for homelessness is on the rise.
In England, the number of households which needed homelessness assistance surged by 10 per cent within the past year, with nearly 91,000 cases assessed in the quarter ending June. Out of these evaluations, 83,240 households were identified as in need of 'a duty to prevent or relieve homelessness', obliging housing authorities to aid in averting their homelessness or assist them in finding accommodation if already without a home.
Polly Neate, the CEO of Shelter, said: "Devastatingly we're seeing the housing emergency continue to escalate, with more and more people showing up to their council facing homelessness, desperate for help." In England, there were 123,100 households in temporary accommodation as of June an increase from the previous year's figure of 105,750. The situation for children is particularly dire, with nearly 159,400 children experiencing homelessness in temporary housing nationwide a 15 per cent increase from the previous year and the highest number since records began in 2004.
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