The variety of homeless households in Nice Britain reached a document excessive within the yr to March 2024, in line with official statistics.
About 117,400 households in England, 16,300 in Scotland and 6,400 in Wales had been in non permanent lodging, the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics mentioned on Wednesday.
The figures got here hours earlier than Rachel Reeves’ spending evaluate, with more money anticipated for housing and the NHS.
In England, the usage of non permanent lodging started to rise sharply from 2022, the ONS mentioned, particularly for households with kids, probably as a result of finish of a brief ban on evictions in the course of the pandemic, in addition to the rising price of dwelling and different pressures.
