London's homelessness count continues to rise
However you cut the numbers, the capital’s struggle to house its vulnerable people is getting harder
Newham stresses that its similar problems are “exacerbated by the government’s welfare reforms which have restricted the number of properties available to families on low incomes”. It says a not-for-profit housing organisation it set up in 2006 provides some temporary accommodation. Across town, the story from Ealing Council is much the same: “The numbers of families presenting to the council as homeless is increasing year on year and, like many councils, we are struggling to find accommodation for them.” They are developing small pockets of their own land and building their own modular homes as an alternative to housing people in expensive, temporary private accommodation locally.
It’s 50 years since Shelter was founded.
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