More than 100,000 households were in temporary accommodation by the end of March - a 25-year high.
English councils spent more than £1.7bn on temporary accommodation for homeless people in the past year, new data shows.
Councils charge fees for rent and energy in their emergency housing, and sometimes they sell their property assets. "We simply can't keep throwing money at grim B&Bs and hostels instead of focusing on helping families into a home," she said. Riverside, a developer of affordable housing which also provides homelessness services and supported housing, said the rise on B&B spending was "sadly not at all unexpected".
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