Tag: temporary accommodation

Sadiq Khan blames government failures for rising homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2024, 2 years ago | 28

Temporary accommodation and homelessness spending by councils has soared to £1bn in the last eight years. According to figures by...

Welsh Conservative warns: “Nightmare legislation” driving good landlords away

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th April 2024, 2 years ago | 12

A wave of “nightmare legislation” is driving many good landlords out of the rental sector in Wales, warns Welsh Conservative...

Council to buy homes with a REIT to tackle homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th March 2024, 3 years ago | 15

A London council has announced it will create a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to secure homes for housing homeless...

London councils’ temporary accommodation ‘bankruptcy risk’ as landlords quit

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2024, 3 years ago | 13

New data from London Councils paints a grim picture of the capital’s homelessness crisis, revealing a shocking 40% increase in...

Liverpool city council face massive rise in homelessness costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2024, 3 years ago | 12

Liverpool City Council is turning to the private rented sector to address the homelessness crisis. The city is facing huge...

Temporary accommodation residents demand better housing in open letter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2024, 3 years ago | 3

A council has been urged to improve its temporary housing for residents living in poor conditions in an open letter...

Call to unfreeze LHA immediately to reduce homelessness in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2023, 3 years ago | 5

A homeless charity is urging the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates immediately in a bid to...

Shelter says 309,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – as it unveils fundraising campaign

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2023, 3 years ago | 31

At least 309,000 people in England will spend Christmas without a home, including nearly 140,000 children – which Shelter says...

Do families in temporary accommodation pay rent?

Author: Readers Question

13th December 2023, 3 years ago | 13

Hello, with so many people finding themselves homeless being housed in B&Bs, I was wondering if they are required to...

Councils spend £1.74 billion on temporary accommodation for the homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that homelessness has reached record levels, with 104,000 households living in temporary accommodation...

Homelessness spending hits record high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2023, 3 years ago | 10

Councils have spent £1.7 billion on temporary accommodation in just one year, according to new government figures. The latest figures...

Landlords pull out of London’s temporary accommodation sector

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st August 2023, 3 years ago | 7

London’s boroughs are sounding the alarm over the escalating housing pressures after it was revealed that there has been a...

Homelessness crisis looms as councils struggle with demand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th August 2023, 3 years ago | 55

Councils across England are struggling with a surge in demand from households facing homelessness with nearly a quarter of a...

Homeless charity joins with home furnishing company

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th March 2023, 4 years ago | 8

IKEA has teamed up with Shelter to reveal the ‘realities’ of the UK’s ‘housing emergency’. The furniture giant and the...

Shelter says 271,000 people were homeless in 2022

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 4 years ago | 14

The homeless charity Shelter says there were ‘at least’ 271,000 people who were homeless on any given night last year...