One in 50 Londoners homeless, London Councils finds
Researchers also found a big rise in the number of London families who were placed in unsuitable B&B accommodation for more than the six-week limit councils are legally allowed to place them there for.The overall figure for the number of families placed in B&Bs after losing their homes more than doubled between April 2022 and April 2023 - up from 1,543 to 3,242.
The organisation said it estimated figures for the remaining four boroughs by applying the average year-on-year increase from the responses received to the official homelessness statistics from March 2022.Darren Rodwell, London Councils' executive member for regeneration, housing and planning, said: "This is the latest evidence of the homelessness disaster unfolding in the capital.
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