100,000 children will be homeless this Christmas

Shelter Policy Blog | 1 November 2015

100,000 children will be homeless this Christmas. Thankfully, you won’t see them on the streets. Councils have a duty to find children that have nowhere to live somewhere to sleep.

But increasingly, councils are forced to place more and more homeless families into the most insecure and inappropriate emergency accommodation. This can be anything from cramped bed and breakfasts to hostels; places where families might have no cooking facilities. They could be squashed into a single room, and sharing a bathroom with dozens of strangers. This is no place for a child.

Shelter Policy Blog | Emergency Appeal